Dak ging san yan lui (1999)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Benny Chan

Writers:

Benny Chan (writer)
Koan Hui (writer)

Release Date:

18 June 1999 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Comedy

Plot:

The "Generation X Cops" are four young officers of the Hong Kong Police, joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means...

Plot Keywords:

Hong Kong | Police | Topless Man | Computer | Title Appears In Writing

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Nicholas Tse	...	Jack
Stephen Fung	...	Match
Sam Lee	...	Alien
Grace Yip	...	Y2K
Eric Tsang	...	Inspector Chan
Daniel Wu	...	Daniel
Tôru Nakamura	...	Akatora
Terence Yin	...	Tooth
Francis Ng	...	Lok
Jaymee Ong	...	Haze
Moses Chan	...	Superindentent To
Bey Logan	...	SDU Commander
Ken Lo	...	Wing (as Low Houi Kang)
Irene Luk	...	Lok's girl
Tracy Wong	...	Lok's girl

Also Known As:

Gen-X Cops (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title) (literal title)
Te jing xin ren lei (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

Japan:113 min | Argentina:113 min | Hong Kong:114 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Australia:MA | Hong Kong:IIB | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:16 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Media Asia Films

Trivia:

The police station was actually shot on the fifth floor of West Island School in Hong Kong. The meeting room is actually the study room of the upper school area, and it also doubles as the infirmary. Other scenes take place right outside of that room. In fact you can see the blue lockers in the background.

Goofs:

Continuity: In a meeting early in the movie, the discussion is interrupted by Chan's belated entrance. As Chan takes his seat, we see computer screens behind him. Between shots, these screens change three times though everyone in the room is seated at the table and the people nearest the computers are facing away from the keyboards.

Quotes:

Akatora: History belongs to the winner and I will win.

Movie Connections:

References First Kid (1996)

Soundtrack:

XXXX

Pretty boys galore

The one line summary says it all. They are young. They are cool. They kick ass. They are pretty boys (cops) with big guns (no pun intended). Add an uberly uber sexy Toru Nakamura as the vengeful Yakuza boss, and what you'll get is a Gift from Heaven TM for all slash fangirls. Who cares about the plot? (Which actually is quite interesting). Ahem. I'll be serious now. When top secret bomb material is stolen by an aspiring and vengeful Yakuza boss (masterfully played by the wonderful Toru Nakamura), a detective considered by his colleagues to be a clown, decides to hunt down the villain. To infiltrate the criminal organisation, he finds a trio of kicked-from-the-academy former cadets and sends them under cover. The "icredible trio" unravels the mystery and at the and has a big KABOOM fight with Yakuza boss. Simple premise, isn't it? Anyway, if you don't want to be mentally challenged and are looking for good time (pretty boys), some mindless shooting and fighting, nice special effects, that's the movie for you. 7/10