Police Story: Jackie Chan's Best Movie Ever?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มี.ค. 2023
- For many around the world, there’s one name at the top of the action totem pole. Jackie Chan!
If you only know Jackie Chan as a goofy martial arts comedian from the Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon series, then consider this a wake up call. Many would point to Drunken Master II as Jackie’s magnum opus. And that is an all-timer, but for an example of his best modern day martial arts action, mixed in with some crime drama and his signature comedy, one of his absolute best outings is 1985’s Police Story. And ACTION!
This episode of Reel Action is written, narrated and edited by E.J. Tangonan.
Do you think Police Story is Jackie Chan's best? Let us know in the comments!
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Still one of my all-time favorite Jackie Chan movies, and one that I re-watch every so often. Turned me on to foreign films (besides the Godzilla series, of course) and a different idea of action movies. At the time, I couldn't figure out why he wasn't a bigger star. Little did I know that in Asia, he was HUGE. Watching it now makes me nostalgic for that era in movies, music, and even for the Hong Kong which existed back then. 1985 was the year I graduated from high school, and I'm so glad for that. Those of you born after the 80s really missed out!
Man, you sounds like typical Polish guy borned in the first half of 1980's
My thoughts are exactly like yours
@@fekalistagrzybowory7619 Police story was the pinnacle of JC but but he has sold his soul to the devil now.
He was born and raised in British Hong Kong to mainland chinese pro kmt parents who fled maos communist slaughter, biggest sponsor was Japanese company Mitsubishi corporation who funded his early movies up until the late 90s. So how does he repay the missive opportunity he was given to be a mega star thanks to to virtues of western capitalism? He becomes a boot licking ccp party member, stars in ccp produced anti-Japan propaganda “patriotic” brainwashing movies and cheers the rounding up and purge of pro democracy protestors in Hong Kong which is now a dystopian hellhole. Jackie Chan died the same time Hong kong died when the british gave Hong kong to red china..
Jackie Chan was at peak at this time and the fight scenes he makes in this movie seem supernatural, as if he had powers, things I saw only in anime, so well done.
from late 70's to late 2000's Jackie Chan was absolute beast. Sad to see childhood heroes grow old. He was great in the foreigner too.
Just saw Police Story 1 and 2 last month for the first time. I was blown away with the fights and even the comedy and plots were satisfying. Jackie is a real life superhero
If you haven't seen number 3 otherwise called Supercop definitely check it out. Michelle Yeoh is awesome in it too!
@@Tartersauce101 I cosign this comment. 3 of my favourite movies growing up 💯
The way Jackie could run up walls always had me in awe and no one else in the movie industry could do such things. Apart from Sammo Hung...
Do you even Yuen Biao?
Sammo didn't jump too many walls; Yuen was the most gymnastic of the 3 (brothers).
@@danjonmills He is also a smaller guy, smaller people have an advantage when it comes to gymnastics.
They were all 3 roughly same height; just Sammo had more bodyfat.
No shiz smaller people are better at gymnastics, thanks for that revelation, chief.
There is a great chapter in Jackie’s biography I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action where he talks about the origin of Police Story and we have to owe it to his first failured attempt to break into the American market. When both The Big Brawl and especially The Protector failed with the US audience in the mid 1980’s, Jackie was extremely frustrated mostly due to not having control of the stunts and fight scenes in The Protector. He returned to Hong Kong with this frustration boiling inside of him and then wanted to do a movie that he had full control over be it directing, writing, stunts, fight choreography etc. That movie became Police Story. He went all out, balls to the walls in terms of stunts and fight scenes. All that which he wasn’t able to do in The Protector and show his skill to the US market. Jackie was a one man army with Police Story and he always mention that Police Story is the film that he is most proud of.
I’d urge any Jackie Chan fan to read his biography.
Jackie would have been huge in the 80's instead of the 90's. It took 13 years to redeem
Dude that mall fight was so brutal and raw
There are people out there say they are a true Jackie Chan fan because of the Rush Hour movies even though they haven't seen his best works ever
I've watched all of jackie chans library.
Don't hate on rush hour !
If it wasn't for rumble in the Bronx, rush hour would have been my first blessing of jackie chans works !
It by itself is one of the best "buddy cop" franchise ever, if not *THE BEST* !
@@Renwoxing13 I'm not hating on Rush Hour but so many people will keep saying Rush Hour even though people in the West haven't seen his best Hong Kong movies. Filmmakers like The Daniels are a true Jackie Chan fan because they talk about Police Story and other Jackie Chan movies, they never mention Rush Hour.
Also, Rumble in the Bronx is a Hong Kong production and fact is Jackie Chan isn't a fan of the Rush Hour movies, he did it for the money.
@@JamitMan i am a true fan he was acting when he was 5 or 8 years old
This showcases one of the biggest differences between older and newer movies. The stuntwork was a lot riskier, generally. I mean, I can hardly imagine many of Chan's insane stunts being allowed these days. Chan, over the course of his career, broke or dislocated nearly every bone in his body, it seems, and he often performed with injuries. While I'm against dangerous practices on set, I can't lie and say it didn't sometimes result in better action on screen.
I've seen so many stuntmen talk about the stunt scene in Hong Kong and it was/is basically just "we'll give you an extra 500 bucks if i can actually kick you in the face" haha
@@marchingham it was more innovated
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 11 OUT OF 10 STALLONES...
But then again, Jacky Chan is in a class all of his own.
Why Stallone ?
Stalone should be measured by Jackies
First Jackie Chan movie I ever saw as a child. My uncle had it on VHS and let us kids watch it. We both laughed our asses off and were utterly amazed. Thanks for reminding me why this movie was so kickass.
Your Uncle has good taste; my Uncle likes fishing.
The fight scene in the shopping centre was something else. Jackie Chan has some serious moves. Love this movie, definitely one of his Best.
What baffles me is hardly any movie reaction channels cover Police Story. It's always Rush Hour... and that's it. They always commented how awesome Jackie is and it's their first Jackie movie reaction but ignores his superior Hong Kong movies. 😂 More people should not only learn about Jackie's Police Story series but also Project A and other projects like Wheels on Meals and the Armor of God movies.
Honk Kong movies dont exist for Hollywood only the remakes/ movies made by hollywood with the foreign stars ...
They allways make remakes of the best movies ...
Excuse me???
Let’s be real here… a lot of casual fans didn’t really know about Jackie Chan until Rumble in the Bronx and Rush Hour. It wasn’t until those films were successful that Hollywood started porting his movies from Hong Kong overseas, not to mention the rise of the internet.
So of course a casual fan would start watching his mainstream films over his Hong Kong films
I hate when they watch rush hour, American movies with Jackie is boring.
Don't forget Operation Condor 2.
police story isnt a movie but an event.
Police Story 1 is his most iconic. The movie was a big F you to Hollywood, after he failed to find footing in that part of the world. It features maybe his most legendary stunt ever, the pole slide in the mall.
I’m a fan of all four. I got First Strike first, Supercop second, and a two pack with Police Story 1 and 2. Really hard to pick my favorite.
Police story 2 was my fave police story. Dragons forever and drunken master tied for my best fave of all chan films.
One of the best action movies ever. Would love to see videos on the whole series.
When I was a kid in the 80s, the local video store had a great foreign film section. Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat were my heroes. Police Story are amazing, but the absolute best fight scene was in Fearless Hyena. But unlike Police Story, Fearless Hyena doesnt really have a story.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO MUCH. I think it may be my favorite Jackie Chan film. But watching his stunts gives me cold sweats because of how much he jacked himself up doing them. What a friggin legend.
The first and second were favourites on VHS back in the day
I enjoy the blooper reels that play through the end credits of his movies. The injuries and stunt fails are wild.
They don't make them like that anymore. A truly amazing film!! You can be sure when you get to watch a movie from Jackie Chan from Hong Kong you will be getting fantastic entertainment every time :)
Every day, I open up the TH-cam app and scroll through way too many videos for something to watch. But i never scroll past this channel. Thank you.
To me this movie is 10/10
Supercop. A movie that Danny from the movie Hot Fuzz would recommend.
With Stallone homaging Jackie in Tango and Cash, Stallone would give Police Story , 10 Stallones out of 10
Why would Stallone even copy that stunt ? Did he even contact him to allow him ?
@@lexkanyima2195 He was friends with Jackie. Don’t really need to get permission to copy a stunt. Look at how many Matrix slow mo bullet time scenes were done.
@@marcuswai but he barely met Jackie
Incredible performer.
For me it’s always drunken master 1 and 2 and the police story 1 and 2 and also supercop that’s a classic right there . The police story franchise is underrated imo It has about what 4 classic movies in the franchise .
Benny wasn't in Armour of God though I did love the final fight scene from dining hall scene to those 4 women.
I would definitely include Project A 1 & 2
Love how you use the music from the Supercop trailer at the top! Amazing!
You’re 100% Right his Best Film!!!!! Dig it
indeed this's his greatest movie of all time in his career, you need to watch
Samo Hung movies as well such as Pedicab Driver 1989
Every Jackie Chan movie is a masterpiece
I just saw this for the first time. It brought me back to when I saw Rumble in the Bronx in the theater in the mid 1990s. The action is the best, just the best. I’m just in awe. The action is just so unbelievably fast.
Always gonna be in Jackie’s top 3!
Chans Hong Kong films are leagues better than his us films and I enjoy them. But his Hong Kong films are an action gold standard.
They just announced New Police Story 2 (Police Story 7) at Filmart event recently :)
when i saw this movie ,i end up sweating watching those amazing fights,culdnt beelieve it,adrealine from start to finish
I wouldn't say this is his best. But it's an excellent example.
Personally I think there are several examples you have to combine from different movies.
1. Wheels on Meals comedy elements
2. Project A (and pt2) for it's Keaton-esque stunts and homage.
3. Armour of God for the Benny Urquidez fight, which is still one of his greatest 1v1s.
4. Who Am I? building slide.
5. Rumble in the Bronx building jump to stairs.
and many more. Jackie Chan is more than the sum of any one movie. He is a lifetime experience.
[Edit: I had just hit the vape and messed up my references. See Comments. 420 and all that sorry]
Benny the Jet wasnt in armour of god he was in wheels on meals and dragons forever(his most underrated imo).
Also i would say his best is drunken master 2. (Especially that final fight.
Gorgeus is also an honorable mention imo thanks to the 2 Brad Allen fights.
Also drunken master 1 which is really great and funny.
He fought Benny Urquidez in Wheels on Meals and Dragons Forever. I don't remember them fighting in Armour of God but I could be wrong.
@@albinwallen634Gorgeous was unwatchable imo. I hated that movie with a passion when it first came out. But i've been seeing a lot of positive feedback the past couple of years. Should I rewatch it? Maybe I missed something.
Benny the Jet WASN'T IN Armor of God. He was in Wheels on Meals, and Dragons Forever
I saw this flick when I was a kid, back in the 80’s. One of Jackie’s best. 😎🕺
First movie I saw of Jackie's was Supercop. So that holds a special place with me. Plus introduced me to Michelle. A Police Story is a great movie, but that Drunken Master is pretty damn good too. I don't know why his movie, WHO AM I, doesn't even get mentioned at all in some lists. The story might be a little corny, but the fight scenes in it I really enjoyed. Especially the one on the roof with the 2 bad guys.
Who am I? one of my favourites, too. One of my favourite movie moments ever is when he reveals to the bad guy he has recovered his memory and unsheaths the shaft of that gun pointed at him.
Badass moment.
My introduction to Chan films was First Strike, but was so impressed with his style of using his environment to defeat adversaries it wasn't long before I ran across Police Story. Definitely one of Chan's best! I like Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon style ones, too, but Police Story is epitome tough guy Jackie.
One of my favorite movies of my childhood
Police story was my childhood, I've seen supercop before the first movie. And i agree this movie is one of the more serious and brutal compared to Jackie's later movies.
while that might be....my favorite is STILL The Fearless Hyena.
and what I think is Jackie Chan's most defining martial arts movie, to this day, remains to be the original 1978's Drunken Master.
P. S. The character’s name is pronounced “Ka Koi” like the fish. Kui is said that way 👍🏼
Thank you! Much appreciated!
@@wutamanwutman always happy to help. I’ve been writing about Hong Kong films since 1999 👍🏼
Unless you were a martial arts movie fan or had seen either of the 2 The Cannon Ball Run movies, you probably hadn't have heard of Jackie Chan in the 80s. In the late 80s, Jonathan Ross hosted a 6 part x2 season series in the UK called The Incredibly Strange Film Show. S02E01 was about Jackie Chan. That episode was 100% focused on how incredible Jackie Chan is (and also his co-stars). It made far more people aware of Jackie's films than ever before. It featured Drunken Master, Police Story, Armour of God, and my favourite - Project A. Incredible!
Awesome bro 😊
Drunken master II (the legend of drunken masters) is still my favorite though.
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Uh, who am i?, armor of god 1 and 2, young master, drunken master , project a and a-2, dragon lord, wheels on meals and many others say hi 👋
Yes
They just announced NEW POLICE STORY 2, starring Jackie Chan and Nicolas Tse, who will also direct the movie.
Holy shit, you're right! The first one was awesome - drunk loser Jackie.
The young cast were excellent; including villain Daniel Wu.
Look forward to what a sequel might be.
Apparently, there's also a sequel to The Myth??? But they also did one - Kung fu yoga was basically a sequel, but ok.
I loved the first one, The Myth is so underrated - great story, great sequences. Epic and heartwrenching.
HEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLL YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!
In answer to the question - Yes!
The first movie i seen of his was Rumble in the Bronx an i became a super fan
Regarding the trivia section about the pole-sliding stunt, audio commentaries that I have heard stated that, rather than the lights being plugged into a regular socket being a mistake, it was forced upon the production because the car battery was sadly not strong enough to illuminate all of the lights.
I like Drunken Master. The first one.
No question my favorite Jackie Chan movie The story was great the fight scenes the action the stunts top notch 9/10 ☆☆☆☆
How does the best movie by the best movie martial artist get 9/10? There will never be another Jackie Chan. This movie is a 10/10 for sure
Although I would say Legend of Drunken Master is his best work.
Great Video but on this one I disagree. The original Police Story is a solid 10 out of 10. The movie is outstanding, but it also had a massive impact on action films as can be seen by the multiple homages by other action Stars including Sylvester Stallone.
You'll have to forgive me. I'm not quite following you. We see eye-to-eye on this and I touched on that point. Are you just disagreeing with the one less rating I gave it?
@@wutamanwutman Yeah, jajajajajajaja. I thought it deserved a perfect score. Other than that I loved the video. 👍👍👍
@Jordi Barguñó thank you! 🙏
Black Dragon (Miracle) was pretty good too.
Jackie Chan befriended with Stallone on the plan of Cannonball Race if I remember correctly. And Jackie's Police Story wasn't first Hongkong modern police movie. It's a Michelle Yeoh & Cynthia Rothrock "Yes, Madam", from 1984.
I love Jackie Chan. For me he is legend since 1990, as well as Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. His movies, or rather their movies, are the top of the top
How did he met him ?
personally i also really enjoyed the last 2 police stories. It is indeed different then we were used to from jackie. But good acting and films on their own. I do get your issue of editing and the shots
sure best.
Worth mentioning about two spin-offs: Crime Story and Supercop 2
Bleeding Steel (2017) was a spinoff in Japan as well
10/10
Yes especially in its original language.
10:12 😅 must be a first for him to do that! 🤔🤨
我爱成龙
my fav is legend of the drunken master.
My Imdb ratings for Jackie Chan movies. 9/10. The forbidden Kingdom. Police story 3, Dragons Forever. 8/10. Crime story,Police Story, Police Story 2, 7/10. First Strike, The Foreigner, Rumble in the Bronx, The Legend of Drunken master, Armour of God II: Operation Condor ,Island of Fire, 6/10. Rush Hour 3, Project A, 1911, Little Big Soldier, Dragon Lord (Short(
he's a real star
He was in The Cannonball Run movie I think the second one if I remember right
Both!
His best movies are Armour of god, and Wheels on Meals. Police story and pirat patrol are both a great,but not his best
Not for nothing, but 1985 was 38 years ago. Can that really be considered "modern" anymore? A person born then is now rapidly approaching middle age.
I meant as opposed to a period film like Drunken Master. It's in modern day society.
Police story 1 and 2 are best jackie chan movie
Got the criterion copy
LOVE John Wick, but Jackie's Jacky. To bad they wouldn't slip him in as a villain in one of those flicks.
Bruh Stallone doesn’t give tribute to anything, he copies it.
Why is it that almost all Americans I know share this same opinion? Police Story is the best Jackie Chan movie ever. Either that or one of his films that were released in the states like Drunken master 2.
Imo he has made other films that are better than Police Story starting with Supercop (Police Story 3), Dragons Forever, Project A, Snake in The Eagle's nest, Drunken Master, Wheels on Meals, Operation Condor 2.
Police Story 2, Crime Story, New Police Story, Project A 2...etc I'd put on the same level as Police Story. But to each his own.
He's made a good chunk of amazing action movies. One of my all time top action stars!
@@Harmzz definetly I'm a HK movie afictionado and I think that him, Sammo, Yuen Biao, Cory Yuen, Yuen Woo Ping elevated martial arts cinema and made the golden age of Hong Kong.
I do think that overall Sammo is the most talented behind the camera and in choreography and that Yuen Biao might he the most underrated on screen performer but Jackie is the one that made most people fall in love with Hong Kong movies thanks to his unique charisma.
Question is, why do you care?
Does everyone have to Like the same things equal amounts?
Relax, you'll love longer.
@@danjonmills I'm relaxed. Just curious of mine.
People have differing opinions.
More startling news @ 6.
Evil Jackie Chan....the killer meteors. Awesome
Chor Yuen was cast as drug dealer Chu To/Tom Koo. He directed The House of 72 Tenants(1973), a movie that beat Enter the Dragon at the Hong Kong box office.
Interesting - i remember reading Enter the Dragon wasn't a hit in Hong Kong.
My favorite would actually be Police Story 2
Police Story 1 & 2 are equally great films.
The New Line Cinema version(1998 VHS tape/USA) removes footage of a police officer urinating in his pants. They also recycled music J. Peter Robinson composed for Mr. Nice Guy(1997).
that was the version i grew up on!
It make me laugh when people think Rush hour was Jackie's first film.
IT WASNT?
;)
Next do armor of the gods!!
Next you could do Unnatural history from 2010 from Cartoon Network and it's only one season and Maybe you could also do Aaron Stone from Jetix from 2009 too, thank you.
Rush hour movies definitely the funniest of Jackie's filmography but in terms of action it's not even close to his Hong Kong movies, especially police story which has some of the best stunts in the history of cinema.
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I saw this for the first time with a friend two weeks ago. I was astounded how insane the stunts were, the story etc wasnt that good, even a bit weird. But the stunts, jesus goddamn christ - some of the most daring stuff ive ever seen!
Yes, it is. But honestly I flip/flop between this and Drunken Master II as my favorite.
Commit and ye shall receive.
Michael Bay borrowed the shanty town car chase in Bad Boys 2(2003).
Next you could do Cellular from 2004, thank you.
Good little movie actually. Might be good for Best Movie You Never Saw. Thanks
its a shame you cant get a dubbed version of police story
You can. On VHS.
Question. Which Police Story movies are worth seeing?
All of them :) but specifically 1&3
It almost not seen fair That Jackie Chan made all these movies. And Bruce Lee only made 4 and a 1/2 movies but hes considered the best martial artist ever
But at the same time you can't argue with it though because Bruce Lee is a legend
Bruce will always be the pioneer, that first popularized kung fu cinema in the west. Plus, he's super Iconic (more so than Jackie).
But relax, they both have their place in immortality.
Personally, I prefer JC, but whatever, glad we had both.
The action and story idea is still good, some acting scenes, especially lines, aged not good. For me 'Armour of God 2 - Operation Condor' and 'Project A' top this movie
Everybody knows Fantasy Mission Force is objectively Jackie's best film and a flat out masterpiece.
Hahahahahaha - a joke only a true fan could make :)
@@JoBloOriginals watch Brandon's cult movie review of it. It's hilarious.