Review of Gen-Y Cops (2000) by Lee B — 14 Jun 2009

First off, I got this because it was Jackie Chan endorsed and a sequel. Well, if the first one was this bad then I don?t know why they made another, and that has to be the reason Jackie Chan doesn?t even make a cameo. Second, so action-comedies from Hong Kong aren?t bad. This is supposed to be an action-comedy but the action is pretty weak and the comedy is the bad kind of slapstick, Tokyo Raiders for instance. This one had nothing going for it.

A last reason I watched this is what I want to dissect more. This movie stars Maggie Q and Paul Rudd in it. I was curious. Maggie has been in big action and yet in this movie she doesn?t have one real action scene. Paul Rudd, who I don?t think has been in any action movie plays the leader of the FBI team sent to Hong Kong. Even more so, he?s supposed to be the tough talking angry character. How did someone pick him for that? It is actually very comical because it?s played so straight at first. At the very end, when he has some comedic moments, their funny because it?s Paul Rudd. Shouldn?t he have been the comic part of this action comedy and not the other two clowns? See it to see Rudd completely out of place. And that?s the only reason to see it.