Ging chat goo si 3: Chiu kup ging chat (1992)

Director:

Stanley Tong

Writers:

Edward Tang (characters)
Edward Tang (written by) ...
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Release Date:

26 July 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

There's never a cop around when you need one, but when this cop's around, all you need is one.

Plot:

A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Drug Lord | Undercover | Police | Violence

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Insp. Chan Ka Kui
Michelle Yeoh	...	Insp. Jessica Yang, Director of INTERPOL (as Michelle Khan)
Maggie Cheung	...	May
Kenneth Tsang	...	Chaibat (as Ken Tsang)
Wah Yuen	...	Panther
Bill Tung	...	'Uncle' Bill Wong
Josephine Koo	...	Cheng Wen Shi, Chaibat's Wife
Kelvin Wong	...	Peter (as Wong Siu)
Philip Chan	...	Insp. Y.K. Chen
Ken Lo	...	Chaibat's man (as Lowei Kwong)
Lieh Lo	...	The General (as Lit Law)
Wai Shum
Yee San Hon
Sze Tsuen Wai
Tuan Wai-Lun
Wong Yue Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mars	...	Panther's Man (uncredited)
Kim Penn	...	Blonde Gunwoman (uncredited)

Directed by
Stanley Tong

Writing credits
Edward Tang		(characters)
Edward Tang		(written by) and
Fibe Ma		(written by) and
Lee Wai Yee		(written by)

Produced by
Jackie Chan	....	executive producer
Willie Chan	....	producer
Leonard Ho	....	executive producer
Edward Tang	....	producer

Original Music by
Mac Chew
Jenny Chinn
Jonathan Lee

Cinematography by
Ardy Lam		(as Lam Kwok Wah)

Film Editing by
Kar Fei Cheung
Peter Cheung		(as Cheung Yiu Chung)

Production Design by
Oliver Wong		(as Yui Man Wong)

Art Direction by
But Yiu Kwong

Makeup Department
Shiu-Lin Lo	....	makeup artist
Law Kar Wei	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Lloyd Chao	....	post-production supervisor
Mario Landeros	....	post-production supervisor
Peggy Lee	....	production manager
Barbie Tung	....	production supervisor
Venus Wong	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ken Chan	....	assistant director
Johnny Lee	....	assistant director
Bo Shan Lo	....	assistant director
Kwok Wing Yip	....	assistant director

Art Department
Stanley Tong	....	martial arts choreographer

Sound Department
Beth Bergeron	....	supervising adr editor
Paul Berolzheimer	....	sound effects editor
Dean Beville	....	supervising sound editor
Peter S. Carlstedt	....	foley mixer (as Peter Carlstedt)
Thom 'Coach' Ehle	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Stephanie Flack	....	adr editor
Greg Hedgepath	....	sound editor
William Jacobs	....	sound effects
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Jeffrey Kaplan	....	adr editor
Patricio A. Libenson	....	sound recordist
Christian P. Minkler	....	additional sound mixer (as Christian Minkler)
Sergio Reyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joan Rowe	....	foley artist
Sean Rowe	....	foley artist
B. Tennyson Sebastian II	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charles Ewing Smith	....	sound effects editor
D. Chris Smith	....	sound effects editor
Scott Weber	....	foley mixer
Bob Wishnefsky	....	assistant sound editor

Stunts
Mars	....	stunts
Stanley Tong	....	stunt double: Jackie Chan
Ming-Sing Wong	....	action choreographer (as Sam Wong)

Camera and Electrical Department
Perry Ho	....	focus puller

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Rod Dean	....	editorial consultant
Paul Martinez	....	assistant editor
William Pine	....	color timer (as Bill Pine)

Music Department
Peter Afterman	....	music consultant
Craig Pettigrew	....	music editor
Scott Pettigrew	....	assistant music editor
Ray Santamaria	....	music supervisor
Ronny Vance	....	additional music consultant
Robert Scott Crane	....	music engineer (uncredited)

Other crew
Man-Ching Chan	....	action choreographer
Karen Huie	....	dialect coach
Jim Lau	....	adr voice
Richard Potter	....	production executive
Andrew Rona	....	production executive
Ailen Sit	....	action choreographer (as Chun-Wai Sit)
Tang Tak Wing	....	action choreographer
Garson Yu	....	title designer

Production Companies

• Golden Harvest Company
• Golden Way Films Ltd.

Distributors

• Golden Harvest Company (1992) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Media Asia Distribution
• Alliance Communications Corporation (1996) (Canada) (as "Supercop") (dubbed)
• Criterion Collection, The (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Criterion Collection, The (1997) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Dimension Films (1996) (USA) (dubbed)
• Dimension Home Video (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS) (as "Supercop")
• VPS Film-Entertainment GmbH

Other Companies

• Cine Art Laboratory  film processing
• Filmtech Camera Services  equipment provided by (as Technovision Serviced by Filmtech)
• Salon Films  equipment provided by (as Salon Films Equipment Rental)
• Showreel Film Facilities  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Jing cha gu shi III: Chao ji jing cha (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Police Story 3 (UK)
Police Story 3: Super Cop (Hong Kong: English title)
Supercop (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Runtime:

95 min | USA:91 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English | Mandarin | Malay | Thai

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Canton, China

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

Ken Tsang was doubled by director Stanley Tong himself for the helicopter stunt towards the finale. As a result, Tong broke his shin and can be seen sporting crutches and a cast during the film's outtakes/credits.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Kevin catches the rope ladder he grabs it only a few rungs below the copter, but in later shots, he is hanging on to it almost at the bottom.

Quotes:

Chan Ka Kui: This is hard to memorize.
Insp. Jessica Yang: You're a super cop, and you have no memory?
Chan Ka Kui: It's the first I came across this situation. If I were you, could you recite everything in one go? I'm Chan Ka Kui, born July 4th, 1958. I joined the Royal HK Police in 1981. 19 - ...
Insp. Jessica Yang: 1984, promoted to trainee inspector. Height: 5'10", weight: 73 kilos, blood type: AB. I'm nothing special. I've memorized your background.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Torque (2004)

Soundtrack:

WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT

Supercop - Good Jackie Chan vehicle

If you like Jackie Chan, then you'll like this movie.

I adore Jackie Chan, think he's the best of all the kung fu type fighters, also like his humor, and think he's cute as a button besides. Jackie looks great and does terrific work in this film - doing stunts that scared the wits out of me. I'm always so afraid he'll get hurt, as he has on occasion.

Jackie goes undercover to infiltrate a drug cartel, firstly getting involved in an exciting escape from a labor camp by the drug cartel villain.

Later, Jackie is pretending he's from a village where he's never even been. I found that part highly humorous as Jackie narrows dodges giving himself away, and an older male cop in drag plays his Mom.

At the village, he teams up with an undercover policewoman, who is pretending to be his sister, a woman who turns out to be ever bit as tough as Jackie. She can definitely handle herself.

There are some delicious villains in the film. One called Panther reminded me of a Chinese James Coburn.

Jackie has added problems when his girlfriend shows up and sees him with the undercover female cop.

Yes, Jackie actually has a little romance in this one. Not all that much, just a few kisses between him and the girlfriend. He's so handsome I certainly wish he DID do more romantic comedy style films, but understand why he doesn't.

Lots of fast action, foot fighting, narrow escapes and explosions. The film is fast paced. The plot is adequate for what's needed, and its fun to watch.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give a good 9.