CJFouraki This is not only Jackie Chan's best film, but one of the best pieces of action cinema ever, and one of my personal favourite films from since I was a child.The action is phenomenal. It's creative, fun, dramatic, extravagant, exciting, brutal and meaty. The action scenes in this ranging from the serious to non-serious are all you could ever ask for in an action movie.The cinematography is great, with the angles and framing optimized for the best view and proper flow for action sequences. The editing is great as well, especially for showing connection with hits, something most action films neglect. By this I mean, sometimes when someone throws a punch, just as the punch is about to connect, the camera will cut to a close-up angle of the punch connecting full force than cut back to a wide to show the aftermath of the hit. It is superb action editing.The sound effects are the iconic punch and miss sound effects of the good ol' kung fu films. For me, this film has one of the most iconic theme songs of all time performed by Jackie Chan and I often catch myself humming it.The story is straightforward and engaging. Characters are unique and memorable. There are iconic moments that unfold and little re- occurrences that happen with characters that further the engagement.The stunt work by Jackie's team is fantastic as always, with one of the biggest stunts ever done in the history of cinema in this film. It was so good they showed it 3 times, something they usually do for a huge near-death experience stunt by Chan.Overall, this movie is perfect fun. An absolute blast with great characters, solid story, superb practical action and stunts that put modern action films and CGI to shame, a catchy theme song and an awesome ending. 10/10 a masterpiece.

Leofwine_draca Top-notch outing from director and star Jackie Chan at the peak of his powers, offering a plot which allows Chan to create a well-acted and likable character, superb action sequences - I mean, they really are the best here I've ever seen - a memorable supporting cast, and excellent production values. The film opens with a major fast-paced shoot-out, which is followed by an amazing stunt involving a number of vehicles rolling down a hill and demolishing a shanty-town in the process; for sheer visual spectacle this takes some beating. The set-piece is followed by a chase involving a bus which has a nice pay-off. Finally the action finishes and the viewer can take a breather whilst the plot evolves.Like most modern-day successful Chan films, the film takes the structure of having a major action event followed by some plot furthering, then of course the physical and fast-paced humour that Chan always inserts into his films. Most of the comedy here comes from Chan being given the job of Brigitte Lin's bodyguard, and the scrapes and pitfalls he falls into as he tries to win her affections. The light-hearted, good-natured humour is fun and pleasant to watch, which makes a change from the cruel and often offensive humour seen in modern cinema. Then suddenly we're back into the thick of the action, with Chan doing some amazing stuff like taking on a gang of bad guys, kicking people through car windscreens and hitting someone so hard with a car door that it flies off! Things eventually become more serious when Chan finds himself framed and is forced to take his own superior hostage to escape. Then the action moves to a shopping mall, where you better hold on to your hat because the conclusion is one of the best ever filmed. An action-packed odyssey of incredibly dangerous back-breaking stunts, physical humour, super-fast martial arts moves, and more breaking glass than you can shake a stick at. POLICE STORY definitely holds the record for "most glass broken in a film, ever" and the bone-crunching finale is the stuff that action fans' dreams are made of. The lack of special effects and the work of the stunt team add to the excitement, putting you into the thick of the action so that you really feel every blow.Chan is, as I mentioned before, at the peak of his game and his character a real revelation. He plays a straight-forward, occasionally bumbling everyday kind of character and this is a major strength for the film, because you end up feeling closer and more in league than if he was some kind of superman a la Schwarzenegger. The supporting cast is strong and blessed with memorable performances, especially the overacting superiors and the two girls caught up in the fray, Brigitte Lin and the beautiful Maggie Cheung, who has a smaller supporting role and is a little wasted (by that I mean in terms of her role, not that she's on drugs). Once again there are memorable stunts (the famous "pole slide" being the best, quickly followed by the bus routine) and all kinds of physical movements which are delightful. A magnificent action-cum-comedy-thriller which taught Hollywood a thing or two, but which stands light years ahead of most contemporary American fare.

Tweekums This is the film that introduces us to Inspector Chan Ka-Kui of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force. As the story opens he is taking part in an operation to catch a local drug lord; this leads to a shootout in a hillside shantytown, a car chase and finally a fight on a double-decker bus that leads up to the criminals arrest. That isn't the end of the story though; Chan is given the job of protecting his secretary who is to be a key witness. This leads to some awkwardness when Chan's girlfriend mistakes the beautiful witness for a rival. Later the criminal is bailed and sets about framing Chan for the murder of a police officer; this leads to more fights and a spectacular finale in a shopping centre.If you are looking for a decent story with some spectacular action and plenty of laughs this could be the film for you. The action isn't the CGI one gets these days it is proper action with stuntmen (and women) doing some fairly crazy stuff. The main cast members, including Jackie Chan, do most of their own bone crunching stunts. These fights and stunts are impressively choreographed and are often as funny as they are thrilling. The comedy is pretty good; genuinely laugh out loud funny at many times. Jackie Chan does a great job in the lead role; it is of little surprise that he went on to make more 'Police Story' films as well as going on to become a global star. The rest of the cast are pretty good too. Overall I heartily recommend this to anybody who wants great action and plenty of laughs.These comments are based on watching the film in Cantonese with English subtitles.

ivo-cobra8 Police Story (1985) is Jackie Chan's s best classic action masterpiece from Hong Kong! I love this movie to death and It is one of my favorite best action flicks this one and part II are classic and the best one In the series. This film is fearless action packed filed with spectacular incredible, insane action scenes. I grew up watching Police Story II (1988) as a child, which was my favorite best Jackie Chan movie. Watching this on Blu-ray few days ago I must say this is the original and the best action movie from the 80's of all time. This is Jackie Chan's the best finest action movie of all time, which I really do believe that it is a classic masterpiece! This is my favorite Jackie Chan film which is his best one. Police Story is the finest police action movie of all time. And, yet, believe it or not, it's not the action in the film itself that makes this be the case. This is especially odd in a movie with only a $26 million budget (in 1985!), with multiple real fights, realistic stunts used in the film, Jackie Chan making his own stunts. The acting is believable, the movie is fast paced and highly entraining and it has a humor in it. This movie is what it is, a perfect 10, because it takes the vision of one of the most imaginative directors on Earth, and realizes them almost perfectly with all the tools that fit the task - real stunts used in the film, realistic injuries, Jackie Chan is crazy making his own stunts but that does the man a legend. I don't think Bruce Lee would have done better stunts than Jackie Chan did; on the bus, shop mall, or in the car. Running barely foot down hill for the bus, Jackie is climbing onto the bus using the umbrella, as he reaches around the side of the bus we see the handle of the umbrella is clearly bent, the scene was really crazy and spectacular. Police Story is one of Jackie Chan's best known and beloved movies and for a good reason. It does have a bit too much comedy but the action is just spectacular. My jaw was hitting the floor during the opening sequence when the cars are driving downhill through a shanty town, which interestingly enough was totally ripped off by Michael Bay in Bad Boys II. Tango & Cash (1989) Stallone and Russell's action flick ripped off the scene from the bus. The movies are just ripping off Jackie Chan's films stop doing that. Why would Jackie Chan making two reboots is beyond me? This movie just did not need any sequels. Police Story II and Supercop were great sequels but than the series should have just stop making films. One of Jackie Chan's biggest selling points is that he likes to do his own stunts and Police Story has some of the best you'll ever see. There are scenes which will make you wince as it looks like people are genuinely injured during some of the stunts. During the end credits of this we get some out takes and we see that Jackie and some cast did indeed hurt themselves for their art. Such dedication should be lauded and is why Police Story is one of Chan's finest hours. The music is a little dated now and the humor overload does take away a lot of the tension and excitement but there are a lot of classic moments. The finale in the shopping mall is action-packed and Chan is just ferocious towards the bad guys. The stunts are completely insane in scale (at one point, in the mall Jackie Chan jumped on a Christmas tree pole lights who were plugged into the wall; and he fall on a glass house.) The mall pole slide also nearly paralyzed Jackie Chan after nearly breaking the seventh and eighth vertebrate in his spine. He also dislocated his pelvis doing it and he sustained a real burns on his hands. There was a moment during the opening scene which is something we rarely see in an action movie; one of the police officers gets really scared during a shoot-out and ends up wetting himself in fear which really adds to the scene's realism. I'm pretty sure if you are in a shoot-out in real life you will be terrified so it was something that was a nice addition. The music is a little dated but as the film was out in 1985 then we can let that slide. The film is realistic and Jackie Chan did one of his best acting performances of his life, I have ever seen on a screen.Overall, Police Story is action packed spectacular essential for any action fan. It is Jackie Chan's classic action packed masterpiece and I love this movie to death I love it so much. Police Story (Chinese: 警察故事; pinyin: Jǐngchá Gùshì; Jyutping: Ging2 caat3 gu3 si6) is a 1985 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Jackie Chan, who also starred in the lead role. It is the first of the Police Story series featuring Chan as a Hong Kong police detective named "Kevin" Chan Ka-Kui.10/10 Grade: Bad Ass Seal Of Approval Studio: Golden Harvest Media Asia Group, Golden Way Films Ltd., Paragon Films Ltd. Starring: Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Chor Yuen, Charlie Cho Director: Jackie Chan Producers: Raymond Chow Leonard Ho Screenplay: Jackie Chan, Edward Tang Rated: PG-13 Running Time: 1 Hr. 41 Mins. Box Office: HKD $26,626,760 (Hong Kong)