Zhong an zu (1993)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Kirk Wong

Writers:

Tin Nam Chun (screenplay) &
Man Keung Chan (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 June 1993 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Crime | Action | Drama

Tagline:

The World's Toughest City Needs More Than An Army To Stop The Mob . . . They Need One Man!

Plot:

A dark and handsome true-crime thriller about kidnapping and police corruption in Hong Kong. Once of Jackie Chan's most serious roles...

Plot Keywords:

Crooked Cop | Hong Kong | Corruption | Kidnapping | Police

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Inspector Chan
Kent Cheng	...	Detective Hung
Christine Ng	...	Lara
Law Hang Kang	...	Wong
Puishan Auyeung	...	Wong's wife (as Au-Yeung Pui Shan)
Leng-Leng Phua	...	Psychologist (as Phua Leng Leng)
Sau Leung 'Blacky' Ko	...	Captain Ko (as Blackie Ko)
Fat Wan	...	Simon Ting (as Wan Fat)
Ken Lo	...	Ng Kwok Yan (as Low Houi Kang)
Fat Chung	...	Ng Kwok Wah (as Chung Fat)
William Tuen	...	Superintendent (as Duen Wai Lun)
Chu Pak Wo
Seung Lam Wan		(as Wan Sheong Lam)
Lam Tak Shing
Rocky Lai		(as Lai Keung Gun)

Also Known As:

Cheung ngon cho (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Crime Story (Hong Kong: English title)
New Police Story
Police Dragon
Police Story IV
Serious Crimes Squad

MPAA:

Rated R for martial arts violence, shootings and a sex scene. (also 2005 edited version)

Runtime:

107 min | USA:103 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Hong Kong:II (cut) | Hong Kong:III (uncut video version) | Australia:M | Germany:18 | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:18 | USA:R | Canada:18A | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

Inspector Eddie Chan was originally in a romantic relationship with his therapist, but the idea was dropped.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning when Jackie is shooting the criminals, he first shoots a guy who falls into a cake shop. After that when Jackie is hiding behind the car he fires 6 more shots without reloading. In the 80s, Hong Kong's CID used .38 revolvers with 6 bullets.

7 out of 10

I'll tell you what, I was not expecting this! I had never known about Crime Story before I came over it in my local video store. This was about 3 years ago, and I was a big Jackie fan , but I hadnt seen all his films yet. So I rented this, thinking it would be a funny slapstick action flick. Boy, was I ever wrong! This is the most serious Jackie movie ever! Even more serious than pre-Drunken Master movies! This is as dark as Jackie comes. But was it any good? Hell yeah! This movie was awesome! Jackie plays the part of a troubled cop perfectly and the film focuses more on the story than the action. Not a bad thing, and a nice change of pace for Jackie. He should take more roles like this to broaden his horizens, cause this movie ruled!