Like many of the most compelling martial-arts movies, the Police Story films more closely resembles a dance picture than any kind of action blockbuster, with meticulously choreographed fight sequences standing in for fan-baiting musical numbers.
Police Story(警察故事)
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Hong Kong · 1985
Rated PG-13 · 1h 40m
Director Jackie Chan
Starring Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Bill Tung
Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
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A loud martial arts comedy about a virtuous Hong Kong police inspector who must clear his name after he is framed for murder. Packed wall-to-wall with daredevil action, slapstick comedy, and epic fight choreography, this film elevated Jackie Chan to a worldwide icon.
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CineVue by Christopher Machell
The film that made Jackie Chan an international star, Police Story fully embodies the martial artist’s spirit of entertainment – equal parts endearing, goofy and packed with eye-popping kung fu action.
Los Angeles Times by Justin Chang
A brazen mix of head-through-the-glass violence and pie-in-the-face slapstick, with a dash of Capra-esque working-class comedy for good measure, Police Story is remarkably seamless in tone and execution.
The fantastic action scenes featuring Chan in his pomp are slightly let down by comic overkill.
RogerEbert.com by Matt Zoller Seitz
Police Story is one of the great 1980s action films. It’s also one of the most 1980s action films.
Action geeks who rented Police Story on VHS back in the early ’90s could tell when the good parts were going to start, because that’s when the tracking would get fuzzy, from all the previous renters rewinding and re-watching the same scenes, over and over.
Chan seems to do everything he can think of to ingratiate himself with viewers.
The New York Times by Vincent Canby
Police Story is of principal interest as a souvenir of another culture.
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