Dak ging san yan lui (1999)

Director:

Benny Chan

Writers:

Bey Logan (English dialogue)
Benny Chan (writer)
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Release Date:

18 June 1999 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Comedy

Plot:

The "Generation X Cops" are four young officers of the Hong Kong Police, joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Hong Kong | Gunshot Wound | Tough Guy | Pistol

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Nicholas Tse	...	Jack
Stephen Fung	...	Match
Sam Lee	...	Alien
Grace Yip	...	Y2K
Eric Tsang	...	Inspector Chan
Daniel Wu	...	Daniel
Tôru Nakamura	...	Akatora
Terence Yin	...	Tooth
Francis Ng	...	Lok
Jaymee Ong	...	Haze
Moses Chan	...	Superindentent To (as Chan Ho)
Ken Lo	...	Inspector Wing (as Low Houi Kang)
Bey Logan	...	SDU Commander
Irene Luk	...	Lok's girl
Tracy Wong	...	Lok's girl
Vivian Lee	...	Disco girl
Keiji Sato	...	Akatora's thug
Ho Ying Sin	...	Lok's thug
Jackie Wong	...	Sergeant
Ka Tung Lam	...	Dinosaur
Alan Mak	...	Correctional Officer
Yiu-Cheung Lai	...	Inspector Tang
Bradley James Allan	...	Akatora's Thug (as Brad Allan)
Jackie Chan	...	Poor Fisherman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yuk Wah Cheung
Mo-Chan Chik	...	SDU
Joey Choi	...	Lina Chow
Siu-Kei Chu
Chris Collins	...	Yanni's Thug
Mike Hashizume	...	Akatora's Thug
Sing Kwong Lai
Alannah Lam	...	Assistant Chief Police Officer
Tak-Shing Lam
Losa	...	Disco Dancer
Joe Man	...	Police Cadet
Hideri Meiken	...	Mr. Shimada
Alannah Ong
David John Saunders	...	Terrorist (as David Saunders)
Robert Sparks	...	Mr. Yanni
Kenji Tanigaki	...	Terrorist
Jackie Tse	...	Disco Dancer
Rocky Lai	...	Akatora's Thug (uncredited)
Dave Taylor	...	Board room agent (uncredited)
Jack Wong Wai Leung	...	Shooter (uncredited)

Directed by
Benny Chan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Benny Chan		writer
Koan Hui		writer
Yee-Wah Lee		writer
Bey Logan		English dialogue
Peter Tsi		screenplay

Produced by
Benny Chan	....	producer
Jackie Chan	....	executive producer
Willie Chan	....	executive producer
John Chong	....	producer
Thomas Chung	....	executive producer
Solon So	....	producer

Original Music by
Nathan Wang

Cinematography by
Arthur Wong

Film Editing by
Ka-Fai Cheung

Production Design by
Bruce Yu

Costume Design by
Bruce Yu

Art Department
Sung Pong Choo	....	storyboarding
Gary Young	....	model builder

Sound Department
Michael Hoffman	....	sound effects editor
Mark Kenna	....	consultant: Dolby film sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Bruce Law	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Sam Nicholson	....	visual effects supervisor
Dianna Oliva-Day	....	visual effects supervisor
Michael Huitron Lynch	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Wah Cheung	....	stunts (as Johnny Cheung)
Chun Han	....	stunts (as Hon Chun)
Sing Kwong Lai	....	stunts (as Lai Shing Kong)
Bruce Law	....	car stunt coordinator
Bradley James Allan	....	stunt double: Nicholas Tse and Eric Tsang (uncredited)
Bradley James Allan	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Bruce Khan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rocky Lai	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Wong Wai Leung	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Chin-cheng Fung	....	electrician
Jimmy Wong	....	Steadicam operator
Jimmy Wong	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Mike Stanwick	....	color timer

Music Department
Shung Tak Cheung	....	composer: theme music

Other crew
Jackie Chan	....	presenter
David Criden	....	director of adr: English
Chung Chi Li	....	action director

Production Companies

• Media Asia Films

Distributors

• Media Asia Distribution (1999) (worldwide) (all media)
• Universe Laser & Video Co. Ltd. (2000) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) (200) (Japan) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• Highlight Video (Germany) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2000) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Media Box Corporation
• Shaw Brothers

Special Effects

• Fantasy Film Computer Graphics

Other Companies

• Cinerent  camera equipment provided by
• Cinerent  grip and lighting equipment
• Filmtech Props Services  firearms
• Fine Art Film Production Company  titles
• Kodak (Hong Kong) Ltd.  film supplied by
• Media Business Service Limited  post-production facilities
• Props Company  firearms

Also Known As:

"Gen-X Cops" - Hong Kong (English title), International (English title) (literal title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language

Runtime:

Japan:113 min | Argentina:113 min | Hong Kong:114 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:16 | Argentina:16 | Malaysia:U | Australia:MA | Hong Kong:IIB | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Media Asia Films

Trivia:

After the fight in Daniel's bar, Match asks Alien why he disabled a gun he'd taken from one of Daniel's thugs instead of using it, to which Alien responds that that's what Jackie Chan always does. Jackie Chan is one of the film's producers and has a small appearance at the end of the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: In a meeting early in the movie, the discussion is interrupted by Chan's belated entrance. As Chan takes his seat, we see computer screens behind him. Between shots, these screens change three times though everyone in the room is seated at the table and the people nearest the computers are facing away from the keyboards.

Quotes:

Match:[to Jack] You gotta stop thinking with your dick!

Movie Connections:

References Men in Black (1997)

Soundtrack:

XXXX

Pretty boys galore

The one line summary says it all. They are young. They are cool. They kick ass. They are pretty boys (cops) with big guns (no pun intended). Add an uberly uber sexy Toru Nakamura as the vengeful Yakuza boss, and what you'll get is a Gift from Heaven TM for all slash fangirls. Who cares about the plot? (Which actually is quite interesting). Ahem. I'll be serious now. When top secret bomb material is stolen by an aspiring and vengeful Yakuza boss (masterfully played by the wonderful Toru Nakamura), a detective considered by his colleagues to be a clown, decides to hunt down the villain. To infiltrate the criminal organisation, he finds a trio of kicked-from-the-academy former cadets and sends them under cover. The "icredible trio" unravels the mystery and at the and has a big KABOOM fight with Yakuza boss. Simple premise, isn't it? Anyway, if you don't want to be mentally challenged and are looking for good time (pretty boys), some mindless shooting and fighting, nice special effects, that's the movie for you. 7/10