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 | Crime Scene | Police Officer Shot In The Chest | Black Leather Jacket

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:

Match: [to Jack] You gotta stop thinking with your dick!

Movie Connections:

References Enter the Dragon (1973)

Soundtrack:

You Can't Stop Me

If this is the new generation of Hong Kong action cinema, I'll stick with the old one...

...and here's why:

1) The plot is an overlong, unengaging mess

2) The action scenes are generic (mostly shootouts in which it's often hard to tell who's shooting at whom, and special effects-enhanced explosions).

3) The fight scenes are brief and overedited. There is one girl (Grace Yip) that appears to be a better fighter than the three male leads, and where is she during the climactic fight? Nowhere to be seen!

4) 15 years after the "Lucky Stars" series, Eric Tsang is still providing the same kind of lame-brained "comic relief". Isn't it time for this guy to give it a rest?

Two spectacular sky-diving sequences are all I'll remember from this one...and yes, it's easy to see why the very handsome Nicholas Tse has so many female fans.

*1/2 out of 4.