Project A 2 (1987) 'A' gai wak juk jap (original title)

Director:

Jackie Chan

Writers:

Jackie Chan
Edward Tang
(more)

Release Date:

October 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

This A Is For Action!

Plot:

Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Pirate | Corruption | Acrobatics | Gunfight

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Dragon Mao
Maggie Cheung	...	Yesan
Rosamund Kwan	...	Miss Pak
Carina Lau	...	Beattie
David Lam	...	Superintendant Chun
Bill Tung	...	Police Commissioner
Sam Lui	...	Mr. Man
Regina Kent	...	Regina, Governor's Daughter
Yao Lin Chen	...	Awesome Wolf (as Charlie Chan)
Kenny Ho	...	Shi King
Mars	...	Jaws
Chris Li	...	Mao's Sidekick No 2
Ben Lam	...	Brawns
John Cheung	...	Bodyguard No 1
Mickey	...	Cobra
Ti-ko Chen	...	Python (as Chan Dick Hak)
Keung-Kuen Lai	...	Pirate No 1
Rocky Lai	...	Pirate No 2
Sing Kwong Lai	...	Pirate No 5
Sun Wong	...	Sgt. Ching (as Wong Sun)
Fat Wan	...	Wan Sam Mun (as Wan Fat)
Billy Ching Sau Yat	...	Yenkit (as Billy Ching)
Kwok Wai Lo	...	Policeman (as Lo Kwok Wai)
Wen-wei Lin	...	Sung (as Lam Man Wai)
Kenny Bee	...	Cop
Tony Wong
Ricky Hui	...	Homely Cop
Kwok-Leung Ngan
Clarence Fok Yiu-leung		(as Clarence Fok)
Abdullah Chai
Isabella Wong	...	Pearl (as Man-ying Wong)
Fung Woo		(as Wu Fung)
Lam Kwok Hung
Kwan-Min Cheng
Wellson Chin
Hoson Chan
Simon Lung
Yuen Ling Tao
Bao Wai Leung
Lai Bik Kwong
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony Chan	...	Cop (as Chan Friend)
Kwok Kuen Chan	...	Big Whale (as Chan Kwok Kuen)
Wai-Man Chan	...	Tiger Au (as Hui-Min Chen)
Tiet Wo Chu	...	Bodyguard (as Chu Teet Wo)
Mei Sheng Fan	...	Black Bear (as Fan Mui Sang)
K. Father	...	Governor (as Father K)
Yee San Hon	...	Moutain Tiger (as Hon Yee Sang)
Hoi-Shan Kwan	...	Chi (as Kwan Hoi Shan)
Siu-Tin Lai	...	The Maestro (as Michael Lai)
Wai Lam	...	Chun
Siu-Ming Lau	...	The Prince (as Lau Siu Ming)
Hoi Sang Lee		(as Lee Hoi Sang)
Fong Liu	...	Man with Bread (as Lui Fong)
Ken Lo	...	Brains (as Lo Wai Kwong)
Ray Lui
Frankie Poon	...	Pirate (as Poon Bing Chun)
Bozidar Smiljanic
Po Tai	...	Tai / Mr. B (as Tai Bo)
Chan Sai Teng
Lung Wei Wang	...	Bravo Wong (as Wong Lung Wei)
Anthony Carpio	...	Scaffold Worker (uncredited)
Chung Chi Li	...	Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)

Directed by
Jackie Chan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jackie Chan
Edward Tang
Ting Yu		dialogue

Produced by
Raymond Chow	....	executive producer
Leonard Ho	....	producer
David Lam	....	producer
Edward Tang	....	producer
Cho Yee Wong	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Siu-Tin Lai		(as Michael Lai)

Cinematography by
Yiu-Tsou Cheung		(as Y.C. Cheung)

Film Editing by
Peter Cheung

Production Design by
Eddie Ma

Art Direction by
Chin Yiu Hang
Ray Lam
Lyon Tam

Costume Design by
Ting Yu

Makeup Department
Tse Chak Ming	....	makeup artist
Tung Ho Wen	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Willie Chan	....	executive in charge of production
Lloyd Chao	....	post-production supervisor (international version)
Pattie Leung	....	assistant production manager
Rita Wu	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alexander Chan	....	second assistant director
Roberta Chow	....	second assistant director
Chan Chi Hwa	....	first assistant director
Fanny Leung	....	second assistant director
Fat Wan	....	second assistant director (as Wan Fat)

Art Department
Mak Bo Kun	....	property master
But Yiu Kwong	....	construction coordinator
Shing Chiu Law	....	property master
Chi-wah Lee	....	props
Lee Chi Wah	....	property master
Lau Siu Yang	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Michael J. Fox	....	supervising sound editor
Patrick Giraudi	....	sound re-recording mixer: English dubbing
Geordy Sincavage	....	sound editor

Stunts
Anthony Carpio	....	stunts
Jackie Chan	....	stunt coordinator
Tat-kwong Chan	....	stunts
John Cheung	....	stunts (as Johnny Cheung)
Wah Cheung	....	stunts
Lee Chun Chi	....	stunts
Yun-Kin Chow	....	stunts
Poon Ping Chun	....	stunts
Chun Han	....	stunts
Keung-Kuen Lai	....	stunts
Rocky Lai	....	stunts
Sing Kwong Lai	....	stunts
Ben Lam	....	stunts
Chun Kit Lee	....	stunts
Mars	....	stunt double: Jackie Chan
Mars	....	stunts
Pang Hill Sang	....	stunts
Fat Wan	....	stunts (as Wan Fat)
Chan Pui Yun	....	stunts
Jackie Chan	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Yuk Chan	....	still photographer
Lee Sun	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Consuela Mehjia Bruton	....	assistant costume designer
Sheng-hsi Chu	....	wardrobe supervisor
Tai Suet Chun	....	wardrobe supervisor
Georgina D. Garcia	....	assistant costume designer
Shing Fook Ying	....	wardrobe supervisor
Kwok Big Yun	....	assistant costume designer

Other crew
Leung King Chi	....	craft service
Kim Kai Ho	....	location manager
Keung-Kuen Lai	....	location manager
Chan Chun Ming	....	production assistant
Connie Wong	....	craft service
Masaki Yokochi	....	title designer: main and end titles

Production Companies

• Golden Way Films Ltd.
• Paragon Films Ltd.

Distributors

• Buena Vista Home Video
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Hong Kong Legends (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• Media Asia Distribution
• Medusa Communications and Marketing (UK)

Also Known As:

"'A' gai wak juk jap" - Hong Kong (original title)
"Jackie Chan's Project A2" - USA (long title)
"Project A II" - Hong Kong (English title)
"Project A Part II" - International (English title) (imdb display title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence

Runtime:

USA:101 min | Finland:93 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 (cut) | Portugal:M/12 | UK:15 | UK:PG (cut) | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:16 (nf) | Singapore:PG | Canada:G (Quebec)

Company:

Golden Way Films Ltd.

Trivia:

The peppers that Jackie Chan chews on and later rubs in the eyes of the attackers were real. The prop department were supposed to make up fake peppers, but weren't able to complete them in time for the shoot.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1992)

Misses Sammo and Yuen, but still good

Project A was amazing, fun, action packed and funny. It is one of the better early 80s classics that Jackie Chan was in. But Sammo and Yuen weren't in this film, and most fans agree - this film misses them, and in that sense its disappointing.

Chan, after killing off the pirates in the first one, now is a cop in an overly corrupt police station. The plot revolves around Chan exposing and taking down the dangerous tiger gang singlehandly in his typical "one man against the world" fighting style.

Some pirates come back for revenge, and in face off Jackie in the famous axe throwing scene (that'd be repeated in Shanghai Noon).

The film does move pretty slowly, but its still good fun to watch the film, and in the end Chan puts in a nod-and-a-wink stunt (running down a collapsing wall) that will remind viewers of the same stunt performed by Harold Lloyd(?)

Anyway, its good fun to watch...but if you watched Project A, you may find this disappointing because it doesn't have the comic/directional input of the three brothers.

My Rating: 5/10