Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jackie Chan | ... | Insp. Chan Ka Kui | |
Michelle Yeoh | ... | Insp. Jessica Yang - Director of INTERPOL (as Michelle Khan) | |
Maggie Cheung | ... | May | |
Kenneth Tsang | ... | Chaibat (as Ken Tsang) | |
Wah Yuen | ... | Panther | |
Bill Tung | ... | 'Uncle' Bill Wong | |
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Josephine Koo | ... | Cheng Wen Shi - Chaibat's Wife |
Kelvin Wong | ... | Peter (as Wong Siu) | |
Philip Chan | ... | Insp. Y.K. Chen | |
Ken Lo | ... | Chaibat's Man (as Lowei Kwong) | |
Lieh Lo | ... | The General (as Lit Law) | |
Wai Shum | ... | Drug Lord #1 at Meeting | |
Yi-Sheng Han | ... | (as Yee Sang Hon) | |
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Sze Tsuen Wai | ||
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Wai-Lun Tuan |
A Hong Kong police officer, Ka Kui is sent undercover to mainland China to break up a drug smuggling ring. After breaking the brother of the drug lord out of prison, he and another agent (a beautiful communist policewoman) are taken to Hong Kong to work for the syndicate. The wife of the crime boss has been arrested in Malaysia for drug trafficking and is soon to be executed. However, she is the only person who knows the account number of a secret Swiss bank account containing millions in drug money. While the two officers are in Malaysia preparing for the jail break, Ka Kui accidentally runs into his girlfriend May, who has traveled there from Hong Kong. Soon his cover is blown, the criminals kidnap his girlfriend and he is forced to help them pull off the jail break. Written by YO <pgc@maxwell.ee.washington.edu>
After the dissapointing Police Story 2, Jackie steps off the director chair and let's Stanley Tong do the job. This entry in the series tones down the acrobatic fights trademarked by Chan, focusing more in vehicle chases, shoot-outs and regular (but well coreographed of course) hand to hand fights, and instead of Ka Kui running around Hong Kong, he travels from country to country while infiltrating a gang of drug dealers. Funnily enough this feels more of a natural sequel to the original than the jarring Police Story 2. The addition of Michelle Yeoh's Capt Yang brings a lot of freshness and contrast to Chan's Ka Kui wacky and hot-blooded persona, and steals the show for the most part. The only downside is that most of the secondary characters from the previous movies are either ditched or have just small roles. Still, you can go wrong with this one.