Police Story (1985)
Directed by: Jackie Chan
Screenplay by: Edward Tang
Genre: Action | Comedy | Thriller | Crime
Running Time: 101 Minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Viewed: Owned DVD
You may know the name, but the game has changed.
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Comments: So after I finished watching The Raid: Redemption, I checked out a few of the special features, mostly because I was curious to see the director, Gareth Evans, who had a very white-sounding name. Sure enough, he was a pasty white dude directing an Indonesian film that has serious East Asian influences. Anyway, while talking, he listed of few of his favorite films he watched growing up. Among them, he named Jackie Chan's Police Story, a film I owned but never watched (like 50% of my collection). Anyway, since I had nothing better to do this afternoon, I decided to pop in Police Story while riding a violence high after watching The Raid.
Police Story wasn't exactly what I expected. While bookended by some amazing fight sequences, most of the narrative has more of a comedic tone. While I enjoyed the style originally, I was soon ready for the film to progress forward (I'm mainly looking at the scene where Chan answers four phones at once). The movie is described as a good cop (Chan) who needs to clear his name after an officer is murdered, but none of this happens until about 75 minutes into the film. So when there's a relatively pointless comedy scene, I began to get a little antsy waiting for the real action to pick up. Regardless, Police Story is worth a watch for the fucking tremendous action sequences. It's amazing people weren't killed when they were performing these scenes (although reading through IMDb's trivia suggests that Chan had the absolute shit beat out of him). No wonder he retired from action films recently.
Police Story wasn't exactly what I expected. While bookended by some amazing fight sequences, most of the narrative has more of a comedic tone. While I enjoyed the style originally, I was soon ready for the film to progress forward (I'm mainly looking at the scene where Chan answers four phones at once). The movie is described as a good cop (Chan) who needs to clear his name after an officer is murdered, but none of this happens until about 75 minutes into the film. So when there's a relatively pointless comedy scene, I began to get a little antsy waiting for the real action to pick up. Regardless, Police Story is worth a watch for the fucking tremendous action sequences. It's amazing people weren't killed when they were performing these scenes (although reading through IMDb's trivia suggests that Chan had the absolute shit beat out of him). No wonder he retired from action films recently.
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