O Incorruptível (1985)

A virtuous Hong Kong Police Officer must clear his good name when the drug lords he is after frames him for the murder of a dirty cop.

Directors:

Jackie Chan, Chi-Hwa Chen

Writers:

Jackie Chan, Edward Tang

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Chan	...	Chan Ka Kui
Maggie Cheung	...	May
Brigitte Lin	...	Selina Fong (as Brigette Lin)
Kwok-Hung Lam	...	Supt. Raymond Li
Bill Tung	...	Inspector Bill Wong
Yuen Chor	...	Mr. Chu Tao
Charlie Cho	...	John Ko
Chi-Wing Lau	...	Cheung, the Lawyer
Hark-On Fung	...	Danny Koo
Hing-Yin Kam	...	Inspector Man
Mars	...	Kim
Tai-Bo	...	Lee / Snake Eyes
Ken Tong	...	Tom (as Kent Tong)
Fat Wan	...	Jacknife / Mad Wing
Fung Woo	...	Shau Tau Kok Station Commander

Storyline

Kevin Chan (aka Jackie) is a Hong-Kong cop, who scores his first big hit by virtually single-handedly capturing and arresting a big drug- lord. Of course, the drug-lord isn't too happy about this, and frames Kevin with the murder of another cop (who happened to be on the take). Kevin has to clear his name, whilst keeping himself from getting killed or arrested, and keeping his girlfriend from leaving him.

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Plot Keywords:

police protagonist | car rolling downhill | running downhill | car | cake | 

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Taglines:

You may know the name, but the game has changed.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

M/12

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

20 March 1992 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

O Incorruptível

Filming Locations:

Wing On Plaza, 62 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Way Films Ltd.,Paragon Films Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min 106 min (extended print) 89 min (New Line Version) (USA) 88 min (edited) 90 min (USA) (1988)

Sound Mix:

Mono (original release) Dolby (re-mastered version) DTS (DTS HD Master Audio 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first movie produced by Jackie Chan's production company, Golden Way Films.

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Goofs

Throughout the scene where Chu's men attack both Ka Kui and Selena, vehicles clearly marked "The JC Group" (Jackie Chan's stunt team name) are visible.

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Quotes

Kevin Chan Ka Kui: [after being assigned to protect her from Koo's men, Kevin tries to persuade Selina to go home after she's been released from jail] Miss Fong, it's much too dangerous out here. Please go home.
Selina Fong: I'll do what I want.
Kevin Chan Ka Kui: Miss Fong, it's for your own safety.
Selina Fong: [annoyed] Look, I don't need your protection, so get lost! Leave me alone!
Kevin Chan Ka Kui: Are you sure? Do you know what happened to four other witnesses who said that?
Selina Fong: [sarcastically] What? Somebody shot em? Don't try to scare me. So go on... what happened?
Kevin Chan Ka Kui: Uh... ...
[...]

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Alternate Versions

The Japanese print actually has an extended ending cut from all other versions, including the Hong Kong print. In this ending, after Kevin (Jackie) has beaten Koo into the glass case, his own co-officers have to arrest him and bring him in to jail. The only shot of this scene that has been seen in the U.S. is in a book titled "Great Martial Arts Films" by Ric Myers in which a full color still of the expurgated scene is shown. This scene may have been cut for sequel reasons since his character is not in jail in the sequel, but merely demoted to traffic officer.

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Connections

Followed by O Incorruptível Contra-Ataca (1988)

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Soundtracks

Hero Story
Performed by Jackie Chan

User Reviews

Jackie Chan's Masterpiece?

Version: Universal / Hong Kong Legends R4 DVD release. Cantonese / English subtitles

Once upon a time, five years ago, the world was obsessed with 'The Matrix', and I was perhaps one of the few fifteen year olds left who still believed that 'Terminator' was better than 'Matrix'. I was but a simple teenage boy, looking for a good action movie, and then there was a shining light on a TV station I had never really watched, a little station known as SBS. One night I noticed in the TV guide that a movie starring Jackie Chan - 'Police Story' would be on later. Being fifteen, and having only seen 'Rumble in the Bronx' and 'Rush Hour', I said... "WOW AWESOME" and sat down to watch it, and continually shouted "WOW AWESOME" as the movie progressed. Two weeks later, after SBS had shown the 'Police Story' trilogy, I knew I had found my new favourite actor.

Jackie plays Chan Ka Kui, a Hong Kong cop who busts a major drug-lord, Chu (Yuen Chor). Chu's secretary, Selina Fong (Brigitte Lin), is being held by the police as a witness against Chu, and Chan is assigned to protect her. Things go bad - reaaaal bad - when Chu's case is dismissed and he decides he wants Fong and Chan dead.

'Police Story' is one of the greatest action movies ever, and certainly one of my favourite Jackie Chan films. It starts off strong, and ends with one of the most incredible action sequences ever filmed. Everything in between is great. However, some of the funny parts may seem a little tasteless to more than a few people...

As a story, this is still one of Jackie's better efforts. For an action movie, the story is pretty good, and Jackie is a much better actor in this than he is in the acting & plot intensive 'New Police Story'. This isn't 'Miracles', but maybe that's a good thing.

'Police Story' is one of Jackie's finest works. It got me hooked on Jackie Chan movies, and should provide a nice start for any potential Jackie fans. The bad news for anyone who sees this first is that Jackie Chan movies don't come much better - 10/10