
New Police Story (Jackie Chan) Review :
The Police Story movies were one of his biggest successes, and like many Hong Kong actors and directors who have been rather ill-served by their adventures in Hollywood (Chow Yun-Fat, Jet Li, Ringo Lam) Chan has now returned to his roots for another instalment in the series (although now playing what appears to be an entirely different character).
The problem with New Police Story isn’t that Jackie Chan is too old for this kind of thing. He may be over 50, but as he demonstrates in a succession of lightning-quick scenes he’s still more than able of holding his own in hand-to-hand combat. Though to be fair the movie isn’t quite so confident of Chan’s abilities, writer Alan Yeun seeing fit to pair the flash-fisted legend with a young upstart (played by Gen-X Cops’ Nicholas Tse) for much of the on-screen action……………….
The problem with New Police Story isn’t that Jackie Chan is too old for this kind of thing. He may be over 50, but as he demonstrates in a succession of lightning-quick scenes he’s still more than able of holding his own in hand-to-hand combat. Though to be fair the movie isn’t quite so confident of Chan’s abilities, writer Alan Yeun seeing fit to pair the flash-fisted legend with a young upstart (played by Gen-X Cops’ Nicholas Tse) for much of the on-screen action……………….


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