Supercop (1992)

A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

Director:

Stanley Tong

Writers:

Edward Tang (characters), Edward Tang

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

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
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)
Sze Tsuen Wai
Wai-Lun Tuan

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | 

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Taglines:

He fought to get in, now it's time to get out!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

DIRECTOR CAMEO (Stanley Tong): The director appeared as a PRC Army instructor.

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Goofs

When the copter carries Kevin over the locomotive's stack, soot from the black smoke smudges the back of his light-coloured trousers. In later shots, the soot is not there. Also, the stack gasses from an operating locomotive would be so hot that he would probably be badly burnt/scalded.

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Quotes

Chan Ka Kui: Super cops in Hong Kong are cheap and plentiful like commodities in supermarkets.

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Alternate Versions

The international/export version from Golden Harvest is identical to the Hong Kong one, except for localized credits and dialogue.

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Connections

Follows Police Story (1985)

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Soundtracks

Supercop
Written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale
Performed and Produced by Devo

User Reviews

Now this is a good sequel!

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.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese English Mandarin Malay Thai

Release Date:

4 July 1992 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Supercop

Filming Locations:

Shanghai, China

Box Office

Budget:

$900,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,503,176, 28 July 1996

Gross USA:

$16,270,600

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$16,270,600

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company, Golden Way Films Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 87 min (DVD edition) (US)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Original version) Dolby (US version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1