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Plot

Even for viewers who can take or leave martial-arts films, the work of Jackie Chan bears special attention. Chan is quite simply the hardest-working movie star in the world, regularly participating in the sort of death-defying stuntwork which would make most American action heroes cringe in fear. Combining his daredevil heroics with an almost goofy brand of self-effacing humor, Chan is one of the genre's most entertaining and engaging personalities. In this film, third in the Police Story series, Chan plays a Hong Kong detective working undercover with the Chinese police to nab a Malaysian druglord. The usual hair-raising gamut of stunts follow, and numerous shootouts, fights and explosions surround the plucky cop as he combats bad guys atop a moving train, a bus, a motorcycle, a speedboat, cars, and trucks, eventually being swung through the city at high speed on a rope-ladder suspended from a helicopter. For the kind of fast-paced exotic thrills that make James Bond look like a wimp, this film is the place to go. There are some amusing comedy bits too, as when Chan's superiors all go undercover as his long-lost family, and the story zips along at a feverish clip.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Action
Run Time:
96min.
DVD Release Date:
04/22/1998
Distributor(s):
Golden Harvest
Director(s):
Stanley Tong
Starring:
Jackie Chan , Michelle Yeoh , Maggie Cheung , Tsang Kong , Yuen Wah
Themes:
Drug Trade,Going Undercover
Tone:
Humorous,Light,Rousing,Tense
Keywords:
China,Superhero,artist,assassination,bad-guy,car,concentration-camp,conflict,drug-lord,drug-ring,drugs,duel,explosion,forces [military],gangster,good-guy,international,lawman,lord,martial-arts,moving,nasty,outlaw [Western],police,police-station,slice-of-life,stunt,train [locomotive],training,undercover,violence,war-on-drugs,weapons
Language:
English