Review of Police Story (1985) by Leon B — 07 Nov 2015

Review:

After watching a few mediocre Jackie Chan movies, I finally reached a film which I throughly enjoyed, mainly because of the amazing, epic action scenes in the shopping mall at the end. It was good to see Chan act serious at the beginning of the movie but he can't help putting the silly comedy in the middle. The action at the end did make up for the comedic scenes and after such a long gap since I last watched it, it still looks great today. Watching Chan go nuts whilst performing some outrageous stunts really gave this film the "WOW" factor and the Commando like mall scene has never achieved again in today's cinema. Anyway, for people who haven't watched Police Story before, Chan plays Chan Ka Kui whose a cop trying to takedown some drug dealers. After an amazing car chase through a village and a death defying bus chase, he finally catches the criminals and he has to protect the secretary who can win the case against them in court. On the day of the hearing, the secretary gets kidnapped so the case is thrown out of court because of lack of evidence. He then gets framed for a police officers murder so to prove his innocence, he fights to get back the secretary who has evidence against them. The storyline wasn't too bad, along with the acting from the cast but Chan did show true emotion while he was fighting and causing havoc in the mall and village. The ending was a bit abrupt and the girls constant screaming did get on my nerves but the action really saved the day. I personally think that this movie has to go down as a classic because Chan pushes the stunts to the limit and he cut down on the silly, irrelevant comedic scenes which I have seen in a lot of his movies. Anyway, this is definitely worth a watch and I'm sure you will invest in a copy after seeing it. Brilliant!

Round-Up:

I haven't got a clue how Jackie Chan directed and starred in this movie because there is so much going on. I'm surprised that he also wrote this movie because there isn't that much comedy and he actually gets angry with his enemies. Anyway, this film won the Hong Kong film award for Best Picture and Best Choreography in 1986 but Chan didn't win the best actor or director category, which I think he really did deserve. I personally can't remember the other movies in this franchise so I'm hoping that they will be just as good when I get round to watching them. Fingers Crossed!

Budget: N/A.

Worldwide Gross: HK$26,626,760.

I recommend this movie to people who are into their action/crime/martial arts/comedies starring and directed by Jackie Chan. 8/10.