Zhong an zu (1993)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Kirk Wong

Writers:

Tin Nam Chun (screenplay) &
Man Keung Chan (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 June 1993 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Crime | Action | Drama

Tagline:

The World's Toughest City Needs More Than An Army To Stop The Mob . . . They Need One Man!

Plot:

A dark and handsome true-crime thriller about kidnapping and police corruption in Hong Kong. Once of Jackie Chan's most serious roles...

Plot Keywords:

Crooked Cop | Hong Kong | Corruption | Kidnapping | Police

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Inspector Chan
Kent Cheng	...	Detective Hung
Christine Ng	...	Lara
Law Hang Kang	...	Wong
Puishan Auyeung	...	Wong's wife (as Au-Yeung Pui Shan)
Leng-Leng Phua	...	Psychologist (as Phua Leng Leng)
Sau Leung 'Blacky' Ko	...	Captain Ko (as Blackie Ko)
Fat Wan	...	Simon Ting (as Wan Fat)
Ken Lo	...	Ng Kwok Yan (as Low Houi Kang)
Fat Chung	...	Ng Kwok Wah (as Chung Fat)
William Tuen	...	Superintendent (as Duen Wai Lun)
Chu Pak Wo
Seung Lam Wan		(as Wan Sheong Lam)
Lam Tak Shing
Rocky Lai		(as Lai Keung Gun)

Also Known As:

Cheung ngon cho (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Crime Story (Hong Kong: English title)
New Police Story
Police Dragon
Police Story IV
Serious Crimes Squad

MPAA:

Rated R for martial arts violence, shootings and a sex scene. (also 2005 edited version)

Runtime:

107 min | USA:103 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Hong Kong:II (cut) | Hong Kong:III (uncut video version) | Australia:M | Germany:18 | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:18A | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

Rumors that Kirk Wong and Jackie Chan did not get along during filming are just that: rumors. On the Dragon Dynasty DVD commentary, Kirk explains that he and Jackie got along just fine. He did, however, express disappointment over the fact that Jackie had made several cuts to the film without his approval. He goes on to say that he and Jackie have never spoken since the films's premiere.

Goofs:

Continuity: Wong's car. The model of the car before the kidnapping is newer than the one used in the scenes of crashing and being dumped into the sea

Too many guns, not enough Kung Fu...

I'm usually a big fan of Jackie Chan's movies. They're not horribly deep or meaningful, but they are usually very entertaining with Jackie's nice blend of impressive martial arts and humor. Unfortunately this movie was very lacking in both departments. Instead Jackie mostly uses a gun instead of his normal creative kung fu to deal with the bad guys. It's made worse by the fact that this was a poorly dubbed version of the movie. There are a lot of his movies I still haven't seen, but currently this one ranks lowest on the list. With his highly prolific career, do yourself a favor and choose another one of his movies.

*1/2 (Out of 4)