Jackie chans police story is one of the great 1980s action films. With jason beghe, jesse lee soffer, patrick john flueger, marina squerciati. And while this is somewhat okay with smaller hk action movies, police story deserves a bit more. Inspector wing of the hong kong police force has become the victim of a gang, led by the evil joe. Chan is back in the new action packed thriller police story 2014, in cinemas across the middle east january 2. Police captain zhong wen jackie chan knows all about sacrifice. Released during a golden era of action cinema, police story is perhaps one of the most entertaining bundles of a film that has ever existed. A chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry, and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the. In one episode, incident in the killing zone, starred janmichael vincent and james farentino. They both later play in two action shows which consists of two hightech helicopters known as airwolf 1984 and blue thunder 1984. He has written three books on the horror films of director bob clark 2014, the history of the character norman bates 2015 and the work of.
It is the first of the police story series featuring chan as a hong kong police detective named kevin chan kakui. Lockdown nov 10, 2015 this is my first police story movie that ive seen, though i own the first one, i believe, on dvd and lets just say that. Encounter shankar 2015 full hindi dubbed movie mahesh babu, tamannaah, sonu sood, shruti haasan. The actionthriller unseats feng xiaogangs personal tailor atop the charts in the worlds secondlargest movie market. A man looking for the release of a longtime prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage. The film was released in the hong kong on 24 september 2004.
Chan simply brings too much baggage with him nowadays, and when hes wrong for. Jackie chan stars as a hong kong police inspector who breaks down when his team is wiped out by a vicious gang and eventually plots revenge. Version caught in hk was screened 2d but in china, it was released as a. While a typical hong kong movie would have orchestrated a propulsive clash by this point, the police. A man looking for the release of a longtime prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter. Peter rabbit 2 is back with more unexpected mischief in this teaser trailer. Although it borrows its title from police story, one of chans feistiest. New police story is a 2004 hong kong action film produced and directed by benny chan, and also produced by and starring jackie chan. Lockdown, an uneven but satisfying hostage crisis thriller that is also a perfect example of the type of lateperiod films martial arts star jackie chan has decided to. But that all changed when his unit was slaughtered by a merciless gang of bank robbers and chan. Rent new police story 2004 starring jackie chan and nicholas tse on dvd and bluray. Horror movies 2014 every horror movie coming out in 2014. However it is not as good as some of the sequels and, just generally, some of chans other films. And the reason im speaking out now is that, tragically, too.
Police story 20 opened in china on 23 december 20 and in hong kong on 16 january 2014 and was shown on 211,468 screens. Police story lockdown movie 20 jackie chan, ye liu, tian jing. The circuit full movie olivier gruner, brandon lamberty, brandon frenkie, guillemo almejo duration. An ordinary lego construction worker, thought to be the. Lockdown is a mixed bag of a movie for jackie chan fans. The first film in the successful police story series is a fair example of a jackie chan film for those who have never seen one reasonable plot, great action, average acting potentially bad dubbing and the comic scenes. Created by michael brandt, derek haas, matt olmstead.
Jake gyllenhaal, michael pena, anna kendrick, america ferrera. I originally rated this movie higher, because i was unfairly judging it as a jackie chan movie. With jackie chan, richard norton, miki lee, karen mclymont. The series was created by joseph wambaugh, the successful crime novelist and 14 year veteran of the l. This is my first police story movie that ive seen, though i own the first one, i believe, on dvd and lets just say that it. The film was intended for release only in the city but quickly found a global market. New police story on dvd may 16, 2006 starring jackie chan. Police story is the first in the abuse of maggie cheung trilogy.
Speaking of blue thunder, joe santos, who starred in one episode of police story, was in the movie of the same name. Despite being an awesome kick ass police officer in the previous movie, kakui jackie chan is copping a mouth full from his superiors. The loveable rogue bunny makes its way onto the big screen through its sequel, showing soon in philippine cinemas. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including spy, entourage and insidious. The druglord then frames chan with the murder of a corrupt cop. A look back at the years biggest stories major news events, including the ebola outbreak and shooting death of michael brown. Police story is a 1985 hong kong martial arts action comedy film directed by and starring jackie chan. Lockdown is a 20 chinesehong kong action crime thriller film directed and written by ding sheng, and starring jackie chan. Ging2 caat3 gu3 si6 is a 1985 hong kong action film written and directed by jackie chan, who also stars in the. Jackie chans latest actionthriller, police story 20. He gets a lot of screen time here and has a chance to act rather than fight for most of it, but the film itself is quite messy in places and doesnt really convince in its depiction of a hostage. Police story 20 is a 20 chinesehong kong action crime thriller film directed and written.
Kick is a 2014 indian hindilanguage action comedy film produced and directed by sajid nadiadwala under his nadiadwala grandson entertainment banner. Police story was an anthology crime series that ran on the nbc network from 1973 to 1977. So my personal story didnt end with the movie, or with my retirement from the force in 1972. Jackie chan, who also directs, stars as kevin, a hong kong cop assigned to guard a key witness in the trial.
You may know the name, but the game has changed chan ka kui is a hongkong policeman, who single handedly captures and arrests a big drug lord. Watch new police story with english subtitles parts 14. Police story 2 with jackie chan jackie chan is back, in the sequel to police story the appropriately named police story 2. Jackie chans police story 2 is a 1988 hong kong action film written, directed by and starring jackie chan as chan kakui. Police story is an absolute joy to watch because it mixes great action, funny comedy and jackie chans charisma with amazing results. Rent new police story 2004 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. With chris pratt, will ferrell, elizabeth banks, will arnett. New police story is a 2004 action film that was filmed and released in hong kong. Similar to new police story this film has a darker tone. An uneven but satisfying hostage crisis thriller that is also a perfect example of the type of lateperiod films martial arts star jackie chan has. Police story 20, is the latest and exciting chapter in the police story franchise. Were already hoping theres gonna be a police story 2014 jackie chan proves. This film, much like new police story, is completely unrelated to the original cast and their universe, in a movie with a different feel and flow to the others.
Police story 2 with jackie chan martial arts action movies. If you want to see an action star age gracefully, you could do a lot worse than police story. Its an action packed thrill ride with some of the best stunts, fight scenes and beautiful leading ladies. Lockdown was released in 2015 on friday, june 5, 2015 in limited movie theaters.
When his entire team is killed, wing becomes a hapless drunk, feeling guilty for the deaths of his team. Directed by benny chan and starring jackie chan, charlene choi, nicholas tse and daniel wu. Superhit south indian movies in hindi dubbed youtube. Everything you need to know about new police story movie. Police story collection changes the movie database tmdb. Inspector chan kwokwing jackie chan was once the shining star of the hong kong police force. Sadly, this is not the official cut while the theatrical version starts right away without introducing the story or any character the japanese version eases the viewer into the movie instead of throwing him into it. Police story 20 ultimately tries too hard to remind us that its a jackie chan movie, when it might actually have been a better as a pure ding sheng film with a different star.
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