Ru jing cha (1973)

Director:

Mu Zhu

Release Date:

26 April 1973 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Crime

Tagline:

Before The Bronx there was...

Plot:

Incriminating evidence against a gang is left in a cab when a gang member dies in it. The gang chases the innocent cab driver, who receives help from the dead gangster's sister - a tough police woman. |

Plot Keywords:

Police | Hong Kong | Martial Arts

Cast

Qiu Yuen	...	The police woman
Charlie Chin	...	Cab driver
Jackie Chan	...	Gang Leader (as Jacky Chan)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ngai Fung		(as Fung Yi)
Chin Hu	...	Ho Mei Fong
Wen Tai Li
Mu Zhu	...	Car bomb victim

Also Known As:

Nui ging chaat (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Police Woman Against Jackie Chan
Rumble in Hong Kong (USA) (video title)
The Heroine (Hong Kong: English title)
Young Tiger

Runtime:

USA:90 min | USA:71 min (video version)

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | USA:PG-13

DON'T BE FOOLED!!!!

This is a sad example of bad marketing on everyone's part. Jackie Chan appears on the box and headlines the credits although he's only in the movie for a handful of scenes. I guess it was retitled "Rumble in Hong Kong" by the Americans to cash in on "Rumble in the Bronx"'s fame, even though the two movies have nothing in common. Even the Chinese title "Police Woman" is misleading; sure, there's a police woman in the film, but she's not the main character and the story doesn't follow her like the title suggests.

But as a film it isn't really 100% bad. Ignoring the unfairness of using Jackie's image and the misleading titles, the film is a basic "police vs. evil crime lord" story with the usual twists and turns, good guys and bad guys and the occasional action sequence. A good movie to see with friends, but kind of gets boring if you watch it alone. The hero isn't a police woman though, it's a taxi driver. Go figure.

Hardcore fans of Jackie's will like this film because you get to see him play something other than the hero. He's not the main villain though, only one of the henchmen, so everyone else will be disappointed by his amount of screen time. Deprived of his characteristic moves, humor, and even basic character development, he becomes just another thug (they give him an enormous ugly mole on his neck too, for reasons unknown).

So as a whole the movie's ok, just don't expect to see a lot of Jackie Chan or police women.