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New Police Story
New Police Story
Directed By Benny Chan
Written By Alan Yuen
Cast Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Charlene Choi, Daniel Wu
Produced By Benny Chan, Jackie Chan, Willie Chan, Barbie Tung, Solon So
Cinematography By Anthony Pun
Film Editing By Yau Chi-wai
Music By Tommy Wai
Distributed By JCE Movies Limited, Emperor Motion Pictures, China Film Group Corporation
Country Hong Kong
Language Cantonese
Release Date September 23, 2004
Runtime 124 Minutes
Rating R


Plot[]

Inspector Chan Kwok-Wing is considered one of the most respected members on the Hong Kong Police Force. A year prior to the events of the film, he helps resolve a hostage situation by disguising himself as a reporter, before subduing the hostage taker with only his hands. He receives praise and respect from his colleagues and the public for his heroic actions which led to the female hostage being saved and her captor being arrested and taken into custody.

Shortly after this incident, a gang of youths decides to rob The Bank of Asia, and while they do so, they encourage the bank teller to call the police. They are confronted by a large number of police officers outside the Legislative Building, and it is revealed that the gang plays a sadistic game in which they are rewarded money for shooting at police officers with automatic rifles before making their escape.

After their hideout is revealed, Inspector Chan Kwok-Wing and his squad are called to arrest the gang. However, once they begin their raid, things quickly start going south for his team. Unbeknownst to them, the hideout is rigged with various traps. One by one, Chan's entire team falls into the various different traps, from trapdoors to mazes. Chan himself is spared, however, and later finds his men hanging from a high ceiling in a large warehouse. There, he also meets the gang, before they challenge him to various training skills taught to police officers, such as hand-to-hand combat and pistol assembly. Under mental pressure, Chan loses all of the challenges, and his entire team is ruthlessly slaughtered. The gang the blows up the warehouse with explosives.

Chan takes a year-long leave from the police force due to the trauma that he had endured, becomes nothing more than a shadow of his former self, drinking heavily to drown his sorrows and guilt. However, a young man, Frank Cheng, meets up with him, claiming to be PC 138, the brother of a deceased member of Chan's team. He shows a desire to help Chan capture those who had slaughtered his colleagues. While Chan is initially reluctant, he eventually agrees, and together, the duo visits Sam Wong, a former Hong Kong police officer who had confronted the gang the night of their robbery of The Bank of Asia. Wong relays information to the duo, informing them that one of the robbers is a female and that they enjoy X-Games.

Chan and Frank are followed by Commander Chiu and other policemen as they search for the gang members at an upcoming X-Games event. Sam was forced to help out with the investigation. At the event, held on the rooftop of a skyscraper, Frank and Chan manage to locate one of the gang members, Fire, while Sam and the police interrupt the event and single out the female robber, Sue. Before they can apprehend them, Fire fatally wounds Sam, and the two escape. Sam confesses to Chan that he was blackmailed by the gang to aid them in ambushing Chan's team, and that he alone is responsible for the death of Chan's colleagues.

Frank Cheng and Inspector Chan proceed to chase Sue and Fire, scaling down the building on a tightrope. To distract Chan, Fire shoots and kills a bus driver, sending the bus careening out of control. Chan and Frank manage to save the bus just before it falls into Victoria Harbor. Chan's former superior, Inspector Tai, reveals that he had never assigned him a partner. Chan angrily confronts Frank, who is neither a cop nor a kin of deceased squad member. Frank admits that even though he wanted to be a cop, he failed the exam. Chan is convinced that Frank is sincere, and the two are briefed by Frank's friend, Officer Sa Sa, that the gang members all come from wealthy families and the leader, Joe, is actually the son of the police chief. The gang has also created online video games based on their raids.

In vengeance for Sue's gunshot wounds at the hands of Frank Cheng, Joe decides to get revenge on Chan. He accesses Chan's police file on a computer and plants a bomb on Ho Yee after luring her to the police station. Chan and Ho Yee cut the wires, with no effect, leading the police to believe that it is a fake. But when the two get ready to leave, a small wire attached to Ho Yee's back activates a secondary trigger, causing the bomb to explode. The blast causes pipes to land on Ho Yee, knocking her into a coma. When Frank's false identity is revealed, Chan and Frank are arrested. The gang visits them and taunts them about their next target. Frank and Chan are then released by Sa Sa and her father to apprehend the gang.

Through the online game, Chan and Frank learn that the gang's next target is The Bank of Hong Kong, located at the Exhibition Centre. With the help of Sa Sa, they contact the parents of the gang members, bringing them in hopes of causing dissent within the gang. One of the gang members, Max, attempts to run down the escalators to his parents, but is shot dead by Joe in revenge. A gunfight ensues between the gang and Chan, with Frank aiding the latter. At a Lego exhibit, Chan confronts Tin Tin, and has a rematch of hand-to-hand combat with him, winning decisively, before Tin Tin gets fatally wounded by Joe's gunfire. Chan follows Joe, the last man standing, to the roof, where Joe threatens to throw Frank, whom he has captured, to his death. Joe challenges Chan to a race to assemble a semi-automatic pistol, a rematch of another earlier challenge which Chan wins this time by loading the cartridge directly into the chamber instead of into the magazine, saving him a few moves.

A large number of heavily armed police officers arrive on the roof, along with Joe's outraged father, the chief. Chan attempts to persuade Joe to surrender; Joe admits defeat, but deliberately aims his empty gun at Chan and at his father before being shot twice by a police sniper, killing him. Chan rushes to rescue Frank, and both of them fall off the building, landing on a fireman's inflated cushion.

In the hospital, Ho Yee has recovered and gets discharged. In front of a large number of police officers and nurses, she accepts Chan's marriage proposal, and Frank is led away by Officer Sa Sa. When Chan looks at the jacket Frank left behind, he remembers meeting him as a child after Frank's impoverished father was killed by a speeding truck while trying to steal some food, and giving comfort to the orphaned boy. Frank wanted to repay Chan for his kindness by helping him defeat the gang.


Cast[]

  • Jackie Chan as Senior Inspector Chan Kwok Wing
  • Nicholas Tse as Frank Cheng Siu-fung
  • Charlie Yeung as Sun Ho-yee
  • Daniel Wu as Joe Kwan
  • Charlene Choi as Sa Sa
  • Dave Wong as Sam Wong Sum
  • Hayama Go as Max Leung
  • Terence Yin as Fire
  • Yu Rongguang as Commander Chiu Chan
  • Coco Chiang as Sue Chow
  • Andy On as Law Tin-tin
  • Liu Kai-chi as Chief Tai
  • John Shum as Eric Chow
  • Ken Lo as Kwong
  • Asuka Higuchi as Kwong's Wife
  • Steven Cheung as Green-haired Thief
  • Kenny Kwan as Red-haired Thief
  • Deep Ng as Rocky
  • Tony Ho as Chui
  • Timmy Hung as Tin Ming
  • Sammy Hung as Tin Chiu
  • Carl Ng as Carl
  • Andrew Lin as Hoi
  • Samuel Pang as Sam
  • Philip Ng as Philip
  • Winnie Leung as Female Hostage
  • Eric Kwok as Male Hostage
  • Mandy Chiang as Chui's Girlfriend

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