Great action scenes with a young Jackie Chan doing all his own stunts, including some pretty incredible ones. It is also a very funny comedy movie. Sure he's not an awesome actor or anything but he is definitely likable and a funny guy with an amazing level of talent for the physical fight scenes and stunt work. We really enjoyed this one.
Supercop
1992 [CN]
Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller
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A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
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Mr. Chan: more like this; less like the Americans, please!
This is a really fun movie. Jerry Bruckheimer could learn a thing or five from Stanley Tong. I can only give it 8 out of 10 because it's not exactly deep, y'know? It is light as a feather, but it's also fun, fun, fun -- far more interesting and surprising than any "action" film I've seen out of Hollywood in a long, long time, all of which have seemed to me to be recycling the same script, plot, characters, and score to desperation. (Beats me how people could shell out eight bucks a pop to see Enemy of the State aka Mercury Rising aka Absolute Power...when they could rent Supercop for two bucks and actually see something unexpected.)
Of course, this film stars Jackie Chan being his usual goofy self, deftly making his extraordinary skills as a martial artist, stuntman, and physical comedian look as natural as breathing, but the other amazing talent in this piece is exhibited by the fantastic stuntwoman Michelle Yeoh (aka Michelle Khan), the same woman who for the first time blew away many Western moviegoers in Tomorrow Never Dies.
I think this woman is made entirely of rubber and springs. Most of her stunts in this movie are actually scarier and more daring than most of Chan's, and some of the most brutal took more than one take. And she did a lot of them in a dress!
Fortunately, she is also in the sequel to this, Supercop II. It's seven years old, and I can hardly wait to rent it. (When was the last time you were in a hurry to see an action flick almost ten years old?) Too bad I can't say the same for Rush Hour, which I had to click off after less than 10 minutes because Chan's co-lead character was such an obnoxious idiot.
I really hope Hollywood learns from Chan and his Hong Kong associates, and not the other way around. Indicators are not positive. Keep your fingers crossed. Meanwhile, watch Supercop and enjoy something fresh.
Jackie Chan gives us what we want
I could go into detail about the plot of "Ging chaat goo si III: Chiu kup ging chaat" (alternately called "Police Story 3" and "Supercop" in English), but the fact remains that we watch these movies to see Jackie Chan carry out every stunt imaginable. And boy does he! Accompanying Chan is Michelle Yeoh (who more recently appeared as the matriarch in "Crazy Rich Asians"); she certainly carries her own as an Interpol agent.
Even if we decide to be cynical and say that these movies stereotype East Asia as nonstop martial arts, how can you not love all these gags? Jackie Chan's movies will entertain us forever!
Stanley Tong later directed Chan in "Rumble in the Bronx" and "First Strike".