Review of Police Story (1985) by Andrew K — 19 Jan 2010
THE GREATEST ACTION MOVIE EVER MADE!!When I first came on Flixster, they didn't have this movie in its database. WTF???Anywayz, about time!! This is Jackie's best action movie ever, and he did it all as well - acting, screenplay, action direction and director.
Oh, of course - the stunts as well. :-)Its a brillant piece of work - the definitive JACKIE movie - lots of action, a good plot, from which Jackie took fromm one if his dismal failures in the US, and made the idea into something legendary.
Most of the action scenes from this movie has been copied time and time again into many other movies - a good example being the Shantytown stakeout car chase - which was copied into the climatic car chase in Bad Boys 2.
Jackie is one of Hong Kong's finest, trying his very best to take down a drug dealer. But things go crazy when he has to babysit the beautiful witness to th chagrin of his girlfriend, the bad guys are out looking for him, and to top it off, he is framed for murdering another officer.
Lots of emotion and energy from this film - the final fight scene in the mall SPECTACULAR. interesting facts - this movie was nicknamed GLASS STORY by the stuntmen - and if you watch it, you'll see why.
And apparently so many people, including the main man himself, got injured and were rushed to hospital. And after this movie, no insurance company will work with Jackie - so pretty much he foots the medical bills and everything himself.
And despite all that - this is one of the best movies ever made. A "watch this before you die" movie.
This review of Police Story (1985) was written by Andrew K on 19 Jan 2010.
Police Story has generally received very positive reviews.
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