Xin jing cha gu shi (2004)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Benny Chan

Writer:

Alan Yuen (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 September 2004 (Thailand)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Inspector Wing of the Hong Kong Police Force has become the victim of a gang, led by the evil Joe. When his entire team is killed...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Drunk | Marriage Proposal | Robbery | Cop Impersonation

Awards:

7 wins & 16 nominations

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Senior Insp. Chan Kwok-Wing
Nicholas Tse	...	Zheng Xiaofeng
Mak Bau	...	Negotiator
Tak-bun Wong	...	Robber
Winnie Leung	...	Female hostage
Eric Kwok	...	Male hostage
Deep Ng	...	Rocky, Wing's team member
Kenneth Low	...	Kwong, Wing's team member
Tony Ho	...	Chui, Wing's team member
Timmy Hung	...	Tin Ming - Wing's team member (as Hung Tin Ming)
Tin Chiu Hung	...	Chiu - Wing's team member (as Hung Tin Chiu)
Carl Ng	...	Carl, Wing's team member
Andrew Lin	...	Hoi, Wing's team member
Samuel Pang	...	Sam, Wing's team member
Philip Ng	...	Phillip, Wing's team member

Also Known As:

New Police Story (Hong Kong: English title)
San ging chaat goo si (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

Hong Kong | China

Language:

Cantonese | English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | USA:R | Malaysia:U | UK:15 | Argentina:16 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Philippines:PG-13 | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

China Film Group

Trivia:

Jackie Chan sings the theme song, "September Storm".

Goofs:

Continuity: After the bank teller, who was used as a human shield by Joe, is killed, he falls to the ground Moments later, an extreme close-up of Joe firing his gun is shown, yet in the shot you can clearly the bank teller's shoulder in the shot

Movie Connections:

References The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Soundtrack:

September Storm

Jackie Chan is back and he is in a serious role!

The new movie from Jackie Chan deviates from his last few American box office duds as he plays a serious and dramatic role as a Hong Kong police officer. This movie is in fact very good.

Don't expect death defying stunts at this point of Jackie Chan's career. There are some short and fast fight scenes but they are not anything you haven't seen before (except in his American movies). This time Jackie's girl is Charlie Young/Yeung, whom came out from retirement to work on this movie. Jackie's partner is Nicholas Tse, who did a lot of his own stunts in this movie.

The story is simple and is not very believable. With that out of the way, you will enjoy Jackie's seriousness in acting. In many scenes you can see his tears (and no one in the theater was laughing).

This is a breath of fresh air from his last few big duds. The thing is Jackie is in total control making his movies in Hong Kong and he can make the movies he wants.