Gen-X Cops 2: Metal Mayhem (2000)
"Tejing xinrenlei 2" (original title)

After a lethal American attack robot, RS1, is unleashed onto the mean streets of Hong Kong, Asia's funkiest crime-fighting team, the Gen-Y Cops, find themselves on the wrong side of the law... See full summary »

Director:

Benny Chan

Writers:

Kiu-Ying Chan, Felix Chong,

Stars:

Edison Chen, Stephen Fung, Mark Hicks

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Edison Chen	...	Edison
Stephen Fung	...	Match (as Stephan Fung)
Sam Lee	...	Alien
Johnnie Guy	...	Dr. Cameron
Richard Sun	...	Kurt Lee
Dirk Rommeswinkel	...	Donovan
Teresa Herrera	...	IMC Technician #1 (as Theresa Herrera)
Trudy Cruise	...	IMC Technician #2
Oliver Worthington	...	IMC Technician #3
Daniel James Weber	...	IMC Technician #4
Dave Taylor	...	IMC Technician #5
Skip Wilder	...	RS-1
Ricardo Mamood-Vega	...	Quincy (as Ricardo Mamood)
Reuben Langdon	...	Mike
Jay Co	...	Kurt's henchman #1

Storyline

After a lethal American attack robot, RS1, is unleashed onto the mean streets of Hong Kong, Asia's funkiest crime-fighting team, the Gen-Y Cops, find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Their latest member, Edison, is accused of stealing RS1, and forced to go on the run. Gen-Y cops Match and Alien must find him before maverick FBI agent Ian Curtis does. Another member of the FBI unit, Jane (Maggie Q), becomes convinced of Edison's innocence. They discover that the real villain of the piece is Edison's old friend, Kurt, the warped genius who created RS1, and now follows his own deadly agenda...

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Plot Keywords:

fbi | hong kong | robot | warrior | pistol | 

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Genres:

Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and brief drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Coolala International scifi.com [us]

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English Cantonese

Release Date:

14 December 2000 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Jackie Chan Presents: Gen-Y Cops

Company Credits

Production Co:

Media Asia Films, Regent Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Ian: Roseanne Barr Arnold will be President of the United States before you two punks see the light of day.

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Connections

Follows Dak ging san yan lui (1999)

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Soundtracks

"YYYY"
Performed by LMF

User Reviews

Not exactly a Hong Kong masterpiece.

First and foremost, this movie was surprisingly released in 2000, and not in 1991 as it clearly looks. I'm still trying accept this. Let's just say the cinematography isn't a reason to see it. 

Gen-X Cops 2: Metal Mayhem (also known as Gen-Y Cops) is a thoroughly amateurish, incredibly cheesy Hong Kong attempt at a Hollywood-style blockbuster. I haven't seen the first Gen-X Cops movie, so I can't compare the quality between the two. The sequel, however, falls firmly into the "so bad it's (almost) good" category. The dubbing is atrocious, the fight and action scenes (while occasionally entertaining) are poorly choreographed, some of the acting is beyond awful, and the story is a mess of stolen robots, police officers trying to clear their names, maniacal hackers, and slapstick humor. Probably my least favorite thing about it was that it was simply too long and too often it was boring. 

I only watched the movie because of Maggie Q. (not nearly enough of her) and Paul Rudd (in his most ill-fitting role ever, though he still manages to be unintentionally funny). If you have similarly extraneous reasons or you just want to see a cheesy, weird movie, give Gen-X Cops 2 a shot. Otherwise, stay far, far away.