Police Story (Ging chat goo si)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1417 movies items)

" Police Story, started the Police Story series, which included Police Story, Police Story 2, Super Cop, Super Cop 2, First Strike, New Police Story, and Police Story: Lock Down. Unhappy, with how The Protector was released and made to be more violent, and his dissatisfaction with how it was promoted in North America, as well as frequent classes with James Glickenhaus, lead Jackie Chan to make Police Story. Chan prefects his movies to have: A) His characters, not carry guns. If at all. Instea"

Watched in 2023 (146 movies items)

"26.6 rewatch"

My Favorite Films of 1985 (25 movies items)

" "Don't be a cop if you want to live to 100." "You want this line on the recruitment poster?" Directed by Jackie Chan and Chi-Hwa Chen Written by Jackie Chan and Edward Tang Music by Siu-Tin Lai Cinematography by Yiu-Tsou Cheung Editing by Peter Cheung"

Movies That I have watched all (2230 movies items)

"8.7/10"

Mount Rushmore 80s Action Characters (Poll) (14 movies items)

"Sgt Chan Votes 1"

Movies Re-Watched in 2021 (40 movies items)

"April 8th Directed by: Jackie CHan 3rd Viewing Previous Rating: 4 After: 4"

List of (real) film accidents/deaths (53 movies items)

"During the film's famous pole sliding scene, Jackie Chan suffered third-degree burns on his hands, nearly broke the seventh and eighth vertebrae on his spine and dislocated his pelvis."

Film Journal 2020 (125 movies items)

"The action in this is pretty much incredible after the initial shootout but a lot of the comedy pales in comparison to what came before and after in HK comedies and as such doesn't strike a chord with me. "

The Evolution of Jackie Chan (133 movies items)

"Chan Ka Kui"

Movies I Watched in April 2020 (34 movies items)

" Date: 4/18/2020 Viewed: Blu-Ray Re-Watch Note: I hadn’t seen this movie since the VHS days and I had the Criterion Blu-Ray sitting on my shelf for the past year now. This movie is still just as awesome as I remember it. The movie does an amazing job of mixing action and comedy into one amazing movie. The story is fascinating and all the characters are wonderful in my opinion. There was not a single character in this movie that was not flat or forgettable in my opinion. The acting in this"

DVDecember 2019 (36 movies items)

"First viewing - Dec. 4th I've wanted to watch Police Story for a long time now, but it wasn't easily tracked down. Browsing at Barnes & Noble last month during their 50% off Criterion sale led me to find their release of Police Story and Police Story 2, which I picked up on Blu-ray with the confidence it'd be worth the purchase despite having not seen either film. And so far I've been well rewarded. Police Story is a blast, with Jackie Chan showing off his chops (no pun intended) as an actor,"

Movies Re-Watched in 2019 (45 movies items)

"December 25th Directed by: Jackie Chan 2nd Viewing Previous Rating: 4 After: 4"

Films Watched in 2019 (116 movies items)

"27.7."

Watched in 2018 (193 movies items)

" Re-Watched: 1/3/2018 Rating: 8.0 Format: Blu Ray Can't go wrong with classic Jackie action movies. "

Fantastic Films of the '80s (56 movies items)

"Directed by: Chi-Hwa Chen, Jackie Chan A virtuous Hong Kong police officer must clear his good name when the drug lords he is after frame him for the murder of a dirty cop."

Watched in 2017 (180 movies items)

"Jan 18th Good action scenes but lacking in storytelling and plot. Overall rating 4.5 "