Gen-X Cops 2: Metal Mayhem
(2000)
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Gen-X Cops 2: Metal Mayhem
(2000)
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| Edison Chen | ... |
Edison
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| Stephen Fung | ... |
Match
(as Stephan Fung)
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Sam Lee | ... |
Alien
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Johnnie Guy | ... |
Dr. Cameron
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Richard Sun | ... |
Kurt Lee
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Dirk Rommeswinkel | ... |
Donovan
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| Teresa Herrera | ... |
IMC Technician #1
(as Theresa Herrera)
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Trudy Cruise | ... |
IMC Technician #2
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Oliver Worthington | ... |
IMC Technician #3
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Daniel James Weber | ... |
IMC Technician #4
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Dave Taylor | ... |
IMC Technician #5
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Skip Wilder | ... |
RS-1
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| Ricardo Mamood-Vega | ... |
Quincy
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| Reuben Langdon | ... |
Mike
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Jay Co | ... |
Kurt's henchman #1
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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... Written by Anonymous
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.