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New Police Story 
New Police Story Hong Kong film posterTraditional 新警察故事 Simplified 新警察故事 Mandarin Xīn Jǐngchá Gùshì Cantonese San1 Ging2 Chaat3 Gu3 Si6 Directed by Benny Chan
Jackie Chan (action)Produced by Jackie Chan
Willie Chan
Barbie Tung
Solon So
Benny ChanWritten by Alan Yuen Starring Jackie Chan
Nicholas Tse
Charlie Yeung
Charlene Choi
Daniel WuMusic by Tommy Wai Cinematography Anthony Pun Editing by Yau Chi-Wai Distributed by JCE Movies Limited
Emperor Motion Pictures
China Film Group CorporationRelease date(s) Hong Kong:
24 September 2004Running time 124 min. Country Hong Kong Language Cantonese Gross revenue HK $21,109,502 - New Police Story is also an alternate title for the 1993 Hong Kong film Crime Story.
New Police Story (Chinese: 新警察故事; Mandarin Pinyin: Xīn Jǐngchá Gùshì; Jyutping: San1 ging5 chaat3 gu3 si6) is a 2004 Hong Kong action film starring Jackie Chan and directed by Benny Chan.
The film is a reboot of the Police Story series. New Police Story relies much more on drama and heavy action than its predecessors.
Contents
Plot
The film begins with a highly intoxicated police Inspector Chan Kwok Wing (Chinese: 陳國榮; Mandarin Pinyin: Chén Guóróng; Jyutping: Can4 Gwok3 Wing4) drinking one whiskey after another. Later, he collapses in an alley, and is found by a stranger, played by Nicholas Tse.
The timeline then moves back a year, to show the heroics of Inspector Chan, as he disguises himself as a news cameraman in order to subdue a man holding a woman hostage in Central.
Soon after that incident, a group of rich, rebellious youths rob a bank. They explicitly ask a bank worker to call the police, and are confronted by the police outside the Legislative Council building. They play a sadistic game, in which they are awarded money for shooting police officers with assault rifles, before making their escape.
Inspector Chan and his squad are called to arrest the gang after their hideout is revealed. However, the hideout is rigged and the ten-man police squad fall into various traps one by one. Chan then finds his men in a large warehouse, suspended from the high ceiling by ropes. The gang challenges him to training regimes that are taught to policemen. Chan agrees in order to free his men. Chan comes out tops initially in the three duels, but due to the mental pressure, he eventually loses and is left with only his would-be brother in law to save. He tries in vain to save all his comrades before the explosives blow up the building.
Being the sole survivor of the incident, Chan takes a year-long leave from the police force, drinking heavily to drown his sorrows and guilt.
The timeline jumps back to the present day. The stranger, who first featured at the start, brings him home. When Chan wakes up, the man identifies himself as PC 1667, Frank Cheng (Chinese: 鄭小峰; Mandarin Pinyin: Zhèng Xiǎofēng; Jyutping: Zeng6 Siu2 Fung1), his new partner. Frank tries various means to convince Chan to cancel his leave and take up the case but Chan refuses. However, he comes to his senses eventually by apprehending the same two youths that robbed him. At the police station, Frank tells Chan that he is Kwong's younger brother, which convinces Chan to relook into the case.
Frank and Chan convinces Sam Wong, a former colleague of Chan, to reveal a clue from the night of the robbery; a watch which he snatched from one of the robbers. Chan and Frank are tailed by the police as they go in search of the owner of the watch. Sam Wong was also arrested by the police to assist in the investigation. Sam Wong is shot dead by another gang member, Fire, before he manages to identify the robber (Sue). Before dying, Wong Sum confesses to Chan that he betrayed their plans to the gang before the police took action.
Fire and Sue both manage to escape the building, with Chan and Frank pursuing Fire. To distract Chan, Fire shoots at a bus driver, killing him instantly and rendering the bus full of schoolkids out of control. Chan quickly jumps onto the roof of the bus in an attempt to stop it. After the careening bus has caused a great deal of havoc, Chan finally manages to climb in and hit the brakes, halting it from falling into Victoria Harbour, while Frank rams a truck full of rubber ducks in front of the bus' path.
After the incident, Chan discovers that Frank is not really a policeman, and confronts him. Frank attempts to explain to Chan, but Chan refuses to buy the story. Regardless, they stay together to continue to track the gang leader, Joe. They are informed by Officer Sa Sa that the gang members all come from rich families and the gang leader is actually the son of the police chief.
Sue and Fire return to the gang's new hideout. Sue is badly wounded, after being shot by Frank earlier. Seeing her injury, Joe shoots and kills her. Joe's gang access Chan's police file on a computer, with Joe bent on taking revenge.
Joe then arranges to meet Chan's girlfriend, Ho Yee, in the police station. He wraps a time bomb around her neck before leaving. When Chan learns of the bomb he desperately tries to free her. Ho Yee cuts the wires, with no effect, leading the police to believe that it is a fake. But when the two get ready to leave, a small wire attached to Ho Yee's back pulls out the secondary trigger, causing the bomb to explode. Before she can escape, it explodes and some falling pipes land on her, knocking her into a coma. Unfortunately for Chan, he is charged with assisting the impersonation of an officer (Frank) and for acting as an officer while under suspension.
After Chan and Frank are taunted by Joe's gang, Sa Sa and her father, the jailer, releases both of them illegally. The two sneak out of the police station, with everyone deliberately ignoring their escape. Police Chief Wong even makes his handgun available to Chan and tells Chan to 'bring it back when you're done'. Chan, Frank, and Sa Sa then go to a computer cafe to find teens playing the game up until they complete the most recent level to find out the gang's next target - the Bank of Hong Kong, located in the New Wing of the Convention and Exhibition Centre.
A squad of police officers arrive, but this time Chan stops them from rushing in, assigning them the task of calmly escorting the public out of the building. Once the public are moved to safety, the gang members' parents are sent in, much to their surprise. One of the gang members, Max, is so ashamed of himself that he attempts to run down the escalators to his parents, only to be shot dead by Joe.
Afterwards, Chan and Frank run up to engage the three remaining gang members. Frank manages to shoot Fire in the leg with his own gun, disabling him. Chan chases another gang member, Tin Tin, into a Lego exhibition. When the exhibition hall is emptied, Chan reminds him that neither won the last time they fought. The two engage in hand-to-hand combat, with Chan defeating Tin Tin. Joe then chases Frank into the hall and shoots at him. In the crossfire, Tin Tin is shot in the chest.
Joe manages to chase Frank out of the room just moments before the Special Duties Unit of the police arrive. Tin Tin grabs a gun from the floor and points it at Chan's back. Chan, oblivious to what's happening behind him, calls out to the squad to bring in a medic for the Tin Tin. Contemplating what he has done and how Chan is helping him, Tin Tin decides not to shoot Chan.
Chan finds Joe on the roof of the Convention Centre. Having captured and tied up Frank, Joe threatens to throw him to his death. Joe challenges Chan to a race to assemble a semi-automatic pistol, a rematch of an earlier challenge, wagering Frank's life in the process. This time, Chan chambers the bullet first thus swiftly wins the game, much to Joe's disbelief. A number of policemen arrive on the roof, along with Joe's father, the police chief. Joe's father reprimands him, while Chan tells Joe that he knows that he doesn't hate cops, but he actually hates his father for berating him.
Due to what Chan and his father have said, Joe finally admits defeat and deliberately unloads the single bullet in his gun and aims the empty gun at Chan for the police to have a cause to kill Joe. Not knowing that Joe's gun is empty, a police sniper then fires a round at him, injuring Joe in the process. He weeps and again aims it at his father, causing the sniper to fire once more, killing him. Chan rushes to rescue Frank, and both of them fall off the building. They eventually land onto a fireman's inflated cushion.
In the hospital, Ho-Yee has recovered and prepares to leave. She is met by several policemen and nurses who persuade her to accept Chan's marriage proposal. At first, she tries to hide her facial scars from Chan, but eventually accepts the proposal to the crowd's applause. Meanwhile, Frank is led away by Officer Sa Sa. He leaves his jacket on a railing. When Chan looks at the jacket, he suddenly recalls meeting Frank before, and has a flashback to an event from years ago: A homeless man from the mainland arrives without much money, and his son is starving. He tries to steal some food for his son from a 7-Eleven store. While running across the road to escape from the shopkeeper and the police, he is knocked down by a truck and killed. Chan arrives at the scene and uses his jacket to cover the body of the boy's father. Chan then buys the boy a loaf of bread. He comforts him, saying that the best thing do is to try to forget the past and look forward to the future. He asks the boy for his name, to which the boy replies, "Frank Cheng".
Cast
- Jackie Chan as Senior Inspector Chan Kwok-Wing
- Nicholas Tse as Frank Cheng Siu Fung
- Charlie Yeung as Sun Ho-Yee
- Daniel Wu as Joe Kwan
- Lee Ting Fung as Joe Kwan - Age 6
- Charlene Choi as Sa Sa
- Dave Wong as Sam Wong Sum (as Wang Chieh)
- Hayama Go as Max Leung
- Terence Yin as Fire
- Yu Rongguang as Commander Chiu Chan
- Chun Sun as Joe Kwan's father
- Lui Yau-wai as Joe Kwan's mother (as Lisa Lui)
- Coco Chiang as Sue Chow
- Andy On as Law Tin-Tin
- Liu Kai-Chi as Chief Tai
- John Shum as Eric Chow
- Steven Cheung Chi-Hang as Green-haired thief (Cheung Chi Hang))
- Kenny Kwan as Red-haired thief (as Kenny W. Kwan Jr.)
- Ken Lo as Kwong, Wing's team member (as Kenneth Low)
- Asuka Higuchi as Kwong's wife
- Wu Bai as Frank Cheng's father
- Deep Ng as Rocky, Wing's team member
- Tony Ho as Chui, Wing's team member
- Timmy Hung as Tin Ming, Wing's team member (as Hung Tin Ming)
- Sammy Hung as Tin Chiu, Wing's team member (as Hung Tin Chiu)
- Carl Ng as Carl, Wing's team member
- Andrew Lin as Hoi, Wing's team member
- Samuel Pang as Sam, Wing's team member
- Philip Ng as Philip, Wing's team member
Jackie Chan Stunt Team
Box office
New Police Story opened in Hong Kong on 23 September 2004, where it made $5,625,746 HKD in its first three days. It ended its run with $21 million HKD, making it the third highest-grossing domestic release of the year.
On 13 October 2006, the film received a limiting release in the United Kingdom. In its opening weekend the film grossed $19,332 having been shown in 16 theatres. It ranked #21 at the box office and averaged $1,208 per theatre.[1] As of 22 October 2006, New Police Story had grossed a total of $33,404 in its two week release in the UK.[2] British film critic Jonathan Ross gave the film a fairly positive review and felt that Chan could "still do the business".[3]
U.S. version
New Police Story was released straight-to-DVD in the United States by Lions Gate on 16 May 2006. The DVD included an English dub, with participation by Jackie Chan. Also included is an introduction by Jackie himself and a message not to buy a pirated copy of the film. When played in its original language, it contains dubtitles. A cut was made towards the end of the film wherein a young Frank Cheng was being escorted back to the PRC by Chan.
A Blu-ray version was released in the United States on 24 November 2009.
Awards
24th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards
- Nomination - Best Picture
- Nomination - Best Director (Benny Chan)
- Nomination - Best Actor (Jackie Chan)
- Nomination - Best Supporting Actor (Daniel Wu)
- Nomination - Best Editing (Yau Chi-Wai)
- Nomination - Best Action Design (Lee Chung-Chi, Jackie Chan Stunt Team)
- Nomination - Best Sound Effects (Kinson Tsang Kin-Cheung)
- Nomination - Best Visual Effects (Wong Won-Tak, Ho Chi-Fai)
41st Annual Golden Horse Awards
- Winner - Best Supporting Actor (Daniel Wu)
- Winner - Best Action Choreography (Lee Chung-Chi, Jackie Chan Stunt Team)
- Winner - Best Visual Effects (Victor Wong, Brian Ho)
- Winner - Audience Choice Award
- Nomination - Best Editing (Yau Chi-Wai)
- Nomination - Best Art Direction (Wong Ching-Ching, Choo Sung-Pong, Oliver Wong)
- Nomination - Best Sound Effects (Tsang King-Cheung)
See also
References
- ^ "United Kingdom Box Office: October 13–15, 2006". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/uk/?yr=2006&wk=41&p=.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "United Kingdom Box Office: October 20–22, 2006". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/uk/?yr=2006&wk=42&p=.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "LOVEFiLM.com New Police Story DVD Review". LOVEFiLM.com. http://www.lovefilm.com/product/80895-New-Police-Story.html. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
External links
- New Police Story at the Internet Movie Database
- New Police Story at AllRovi
- New Police Story at Rotten Tomatoes
- HK Action Films review of New Police Story
- Official UK Site for New Police Story
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