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Special Features
- Rare alternative outtakes
- "Stunts Unlimited: The Legendary Police story 2 Stunt Team" featurette
- Police Story 2 Location Guide
- Commentary by Rush Hour director Brett Ratner and Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan
- "Celebrating a Sequel" – A Conversation with Brett Ratner and Bey Logan
- Hong Kong and US trailers
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Before making a name for himself in Hollywood with the Rush Hour franchise, Jackie Chan was already an international superstar, thanks to Hong Kong films such as Police Story and its sequels. While not quite up to par with that film, Police Story 2 (released in 1988) still manages to pack quite the punch, picking up where Police Story left off. Chan's Ka Kui has been demoted from detective to traffic cop, something that depresses him but is a source of relief for his gorgeous girlfriend May (Maggie Cheung, Hero), who is hoping that they can live in peace. But hell hath no fury like a Triad member scorned, and Ka Kui finds himself a hunted man when the gangsters he locked away seek revenge. While the plot is familiar, the impeccably choreographed action sequences are a work of art. Exhibiting both strength and grace, Chan who also directed and co-wrote the screenplay as well as performed all his own stunts) is both heroic and comical as he fends off hordes of villains. He's in fine form, whether he's beating up his opponent or about to get bullied by a waif of a handicapped man. Chan is famous for including a blooper reel at the end of his movies, and while the bloopers for his later films appear almost forced--as if he had to scrounge around to come up with good material--his earlier pictures conclude with gasp-inducing mistakes that make the viewer wonder how one man's body can endure this kind of physical punishment. The DVD offers both the Cantonese version with English (and Spanish) subtitles, as well as a cheesy English dubbed treatment. Opt for the subtitles: The action will more than speak for itself. --Jae-Ha Kim
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(Martial Arts/Foreign) The explosive sequel to Jackie Chan’s groundbreaking original, Police Story 2 is famous internationally for some of the most daring and inventive stunt sequences ever committed to film. Despite his success at apprehending criminals, Kevin Chan's unorthadox approach to his work as a police officer sees him demoted to the traffic branch. Despite this, the man he put behind bars is now out of prison, and has vowed to make his life a misery.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By morgoth
Format:DVD
Police Story 2 was made to be the sequel to Police Story 1. Jackie directs this (and PS 1) and keeps the same type of serious tone but adds in more humor. The story is not as tight or gripping as the first but most Jackie fans will enjoy this.
Unlike PS 1, this is sort of a mindless movie. It starts out with the bad guy who Jackie sends to jail at the end of PS 1 (famous Shaw Brothers director Yuen Chor) out for revenge now that he is out of jail. He hires a guy to constantly harass Jackie and get into fights with him. It gets more complex than that and there is a real plot but the movie drags along too much before the fantastic ending sequence finally comes.
It was cool to see old school star John Cheung ('Snake in the Monkey's Shadow' and 'Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story') in a major role as one of the bad guys. Ben Lam ('Legend of the Wolf') also has a major part. Even one of Jackie's very best stuntmen Benny Lai is given a big role as the deaf mute. Benny Lai is a little guy but his kicking abilities are spectacular. I think the movie could have been a lot better but Maggie Cheung is even more enjoyable than she was in part 1 and it is a very fun film. Michael Chow and Lau Ching Wan also have cameos as cops. Both being fairly new to the movie scene at this time. And of course it is always great to see Bill Tung playing Uncle Bill and Mars as one of Jackie's cop buddies. You have to love Uncle Bill.
Akin to Jackie Chan's other movies, expect the best of the best stuntwork from Jackie and his team. Very inventive as always. I can't even imagine how much it would hurt trying to lay down every night during the shooting of this. In PS 1, Jackie came up with his own type of action choreography. He went away from long matches where each opponent throws hundreds of punches and kicks with 1 person barely coming out alive at the end. Jackie tried to give the fights more realism since it is a modern day film. Combine the amazing stuntwork with the real type of fighting and it is just a pure joy to watch. I actually like Jackie's old school kung fu movies better, but the new style of action that he developed has been featured in his movies ever since PS 1 and he hasn't done too bad for himself. There is nothing like watching Jackie in action, and his skills are on full display in this classic.
Dragon Dynasty releases this in widescreen with almost perfect picture quality. It has 5.1 sound in Cantonese and English. It also has the original mono track which I prefer. They still can't figure out how to fit the subtitles into the black bar on the bottom of the screen, but this is minor and really the only fault of the DVD. The Japanese 122 minute cut is used which I have heard is inferior to the shorter Hong Kong cut. I always choose the uncut version no matter what but I suppose this could have been trimmed down a bit.
If you liked the special features for PS 1 then you will love this special edition. There is another full length audio commentary from Hong Kong film expert Bey Logan and 'Rush Hour' director Brett Ratner. I don't like rating commentaries but this was not quite as enjoyable as PS 1. There are a few good topics brought up.
Special features include a 34 minute tribute to Jackie Chan and his team's stuntwork on the movie. This is even better than the similar tribute on PS 1 and of course this is the best special feature. It has interviews with 6 stuntmen (and woman) including Mars and Benny Lai discussing their experiences on the set and the extreme amount of work that went into the making of this.
There is an alternate version of the closing credits which shows Maggie Cheung getting a HUGE gash on her head.
'Police Story 2 Location Guide' gives a look at all of the locations where the movie was shot with Bey Logan explaining the scenes and giving info on actors. 12 minutes long
'Celebrating the Sequel' is an 8 minute interview with Ratner and Logan. I didn't get this. What was the commentary for? Did they just need 8 more minutes to talk? So basically, there is 2 hours and 10 minutes of commentary. That is the only way I can try to explain this special feature.
Unlike PS 1, this is sort of a mindless movie. It starts out with the bad guy who Jackie sends to jail at the end of PS 1 (famous Shaw Brothers director Yuen Chor) out for revenge now that he is out of jail. He hires a guy to constantly harass Jackie and get into fights with him. It gets more complex than that and there is a real plot but the movie drags along too much before the fantastic ending sequence finally comes.
It was cool to see old school star John Cheung ('Snake in the Monkey's Shadow' and 'Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story') in a major role as one of the bad guys. Ben Lam ('Legend of the Wolf') also has a major part. Even one of Jackie's very best stuntmen Benny Lai is given a big role as the deaf mute. Benny Lai is a little guy but his kicking abilities are spectacular. I think the movie could have been a lot better but Maggie Cheung is even more enjoyable than she was in part 1 and it is a very fun film. Michael Chow and Lau Ching Wan also have cameos as cops. Both being fairly new to the movie scene at this time. And of course it is always great to see Bill Tung playing Uncle Bill and Mars as one of Jackie's cop buddies. You have to love Uncle Bill.
Akin to Jackie Chan's other movies, expect the best of the best stuntwork from Jackie and his team. Very inventive as always. I can't even imagine how much it would hurt trying to lay down every night during the shooting of this. In PS 1, Jackie came up with his own type of action choreography. He went away from long matches where each opponent throws hundreds of punches and kicks with 1 person barely coming out alive at the end. Jackie tried to give the fights more realism since it is a modern day film. Combine the amazing stuntwork with the real type of fighting and it is just a pure joy to watch. I actually like Jackie's old school kung fu movies better, but the new style of action that he developed has been featured in his movies ever since PS 1 and he hasn't done too bad for himself. There is nothing like watching Jackie in action, and his skills are on full display in this classic.
Dragon Dynasty releases this in widescreen with almost perfect picture quality. It has 5.1 sound in Cantonese and English. It also has the original mono track which I prefer. They still can't figure out how to fit the subtitles into the black bar on the bottom of the screen, but this is minor and really the only fault of the DVD. The Japanese 122 minute cut is used which I have heard is inferior to the shorter Hong Kong cut. I always choose the uncut version no matter what but I suppose this could have been trimmed down a bit.
If you liked the special features for PS 1 then you will love this special edition. There is another full length audio commentary from Hong Kong film expert Bey Logan and 'Rush Hour' director Brett Ratner. I don't like rating commentaries but this was not quite as enjoyable as PS 1. There are a few good topics brought up.
Special features include a 34 minute tribute to Jackie Chan and his team's stuntwork on the movie. This is even better than the similar tribute on PS 1 and of course this is the best special feature. It has interviews with 6 stuntmen (and woman) including Mars and Benny Lai discussing their experiences on the set and the extreme amount of work that went into the making of this.
There is an alternate version of the closing credits which shows Maggie Cheung getting a HUGE gash on her head.
'Police Story 2 Location Guide' gives a look at all of the locations where the movie was shot with Bey Logan explaining the scenes and giving info on actors. 12 minutes long
'Celebrating the Sequel' is an 8 minute interview with Ratner and Logan. I didn't get this. What was the commentary for? Did they just need 8 more minutes to talk? So basically, there is 2 hours and 10 minutes of commentary. That is the only way I can try to explain this special feature.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
As night follows day, box office smash hits will get their bigger-budgeted sequels. But while POLICE STORY 2 is bigger, it isn't necessarily better. It's actually a terrific film. I'm just saying it's not as good as the first. But it's definitely worth a look, especially if you haven't seen the 122 minute long version. If you've only seen the much edited international release, then you haven't seen the real thing. Either way, Jackie Chan is still singing that theme song.
For his reckless actions in the first POLICE STORY (demolishing a squatter village, wrecking a mall, holding the police superintendent hostage, etc.) Detective Chan Ka Kui (Jackie) of the Royal Hong Kong Police is demoted to traffic duty. But when the mob boss he had arrested (again from the first POLICE STORY) is released from prison - because apparently he only has three months left to live - Ka Kui and his girlfriend May (Maggie Cheung, getting more screen time) become targets of the mob boss's vengeance. But that's only one set of thugs. Ka Kui also ends up tangling with vicious bomb extortionists and taking on that tiny little formidable deaf-mute martial artist whose only mangled uttered words sound like "Abba, abba." Detective Chan Ka Kui persists in being a loose cannon, and I'm astonished that in the next sequel he isn't demoted to the permanent assignment of getting cats out of trees.
Jackie's trademark slapstick is toned down as his character maintains that incredible intensity for the most part. There are those running gags with the guy whose glasses kept getting cracked and also with Uncle Bill's toilet issues. Even more than the first movie - which to me sort of echoed the Dirty Harry flicks in tone - POLICE STORY 2 is immersed in the police procedural, to the extent that the middle third of the film tends to drag a bit. This is when Ka Kui joins the maverick Special Tactical Unit which specializes in undercover work. In the surveillance sequences, Jackie is relegated to a supervisory position. At times, he's not even in the heat of the action.
Seems to me that Jackie Chan has a misstep only when he wanders across the pond into Hollywood. Part of it is culture, part of it is that in Hollywood Jackie doesn't have as much say in the film-making process, and that's cost him. In the confines of Hong Kong, Jackie Chan is the absolute master of his domain, and he knows his public. In Hong Kong he gives the people what they want. Not as good as the first, POLICE STORY 2 still contains moments which blow the roof off.
Jackie Chan tried to top himself in this one. The first POLICE STORY was noted for the sheer amount of glass shattered. One of this sequel's calling cards is the number of explosions. For the final bang at the abandoned factory, Jackie, wanting it to be as memorable as he can get it, hired the best Hollywood pyrotechnics crew to stage the effects. At the time, for a Hong Kong flick, the result was impressive. The fight scenes are predictably awesome, and Jackie and the goons he takes on look convincing trading punches, and the full contact stuff looks like it hurts. If you go by the DVD's bonus segment featuring the stunt crew, it really did hurt. Maggie Cheung was injured in the head while running thru a series of falling steel frames, and if you notice, from then on, after that stunt, a body double plays May and you never do get another close-up shot of her. The best action sequence is the skirmish at the park playground, although the one in the restaurant isn't at all shabby. I also dig the sexy cop girl unit and the not exactly genteel method the girls apply in questioning the suspect.
The Dragon Dynasty's DVD release has the following special features: audio commentary by RUSH HOUR director Brett Ratner and Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan, a Brit who knows more Hong Kong action cinema trivia than perhaps any sane man should; "Celebrating the Sequel": a conversation with Brett Ratner and Bey Logan (00:08:25 minutes); rare alternative outtakes (00:03:15); POLICE STORY 2 Location Guide - Bey Logan walks us thru a tour of location scenes from the film (00:12:18); "Stunts Unlimited": members of Jackie Chan's famous stunt team talk about performing the crazy stunts for the film, and they manage to convey a sense of just how hard and dangerous their job is (00:33:32, with English sub-titles); and the Hong Kong theatrical trailer and the US promotional trailer.
For his reckless actions in the first POLICE STORY (demolishing a squatter village, wrecking a mall, holding the police superintendent hostage, etc.) Detective Chan Ka Kui (Jackie) of the Royal Hong Kong Police is demoted to traffic duty. But when the mob boss he had arrested (again from the first POLICE STORY) is released from prison - because apparently he only has three months left to live - Ka Kui and his girlfriend May (Maggie Cheung, getting more screen time) become targets of the mob boss's vengeance. But that's only one set of thugs. Ka Kui also ends up tangling with vicious bomb extortionists and taking on that tiny little formidable deaf-mute martial artist whose only mangled uttered words sound like "Abba, abba." Detective Chan Ka Kui persists in being a loose cannon, and I'm astonished that in the next sequel he isn't demoted to the permanent assignment of getting cats out of trees.
Jackie's trademark slapstick is toned down as his character maintains that incredible intensity for the most part. There are those running gags with the guy whose glasses kept getting cracked and also with Uncle Bill's toilet issues. Even more than the first movie - which to me sort of echoed the Dirty Harry flicks in tone - POLICE STORY 2 is immersed in the police procedural, to the extent that the middle third of the film tends to drag a bit. This is when Ka Kui joins the maverick Special Tactical Unit which specializes in undercover work. In the surveillance sequences, Jackie is relegated to a supervisory position. At times, he's not even in the heat of the action.
Seems to me that Jackie Chan has a misstep only when he wanders across the pond into Hollywood. Part of it is culture, part of it is that in Hollywood Jackie doesn't have as much say in the film-making process, and that's cost him. In the confines of Hong Kong, Jackie Chan is the absolute master of his domain, and he knows his public. In Hong Kong he gives the people what they want. Not as good as the first, POLICE STORY 2 still contains moments which blow the roof off.
Jackie Chan tried to top himself in this one. The first POLICE STORY was noted for the sheer amount of glass shattered. One of this sequel's calling cards is the number of explosions. For the final bang at the abandoned factory, Jackie, wanting it to be as memorable as he can get it, hired the best Hollywood pyrotechnics crew to stage the effects. At the time, for a Hong Kong flick, the result was impressive. The fight scenes are predictably awesome, and Jackie and the goons he takes on look convincing trading punches, and the full contact stuff looks like it hurts. If you go by the DVD's bonus segment featuring the stunt crew, it really did hurt. Maggie Cheung was injured in the head while running thru a series of falling steel frames, and if you notice, from then on, after that stunt, a body double plays May and you never do get another close-up shot of her. The best action sequence is the skirmish at the park playground, although the one in the restaurant isn't at all shabby. I also dig the sexy cop girl unit and the not exactly genteel method the girls apply in questioning the suspect.
The Dragon Dynasty's DVD release has the following special features: audio commentary by RUSH HOUR director Brett Ratner and Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan, a Brit who knows more Hong Kong action cinema trivia than perhaps any sane man should; "Celebrating the Sequel": a conversation with Brett Ratner and Bey Logan (00:08:25 minutes); rare alternative outtakes (00:03:15); POLICE STORY 2 Location Guide - Bey Logan walks us thru a tour of location scenes from the film (00:12:18); "Stunts Unlimited": members of Jackie Chan's famous stunt team talk about performing the crazy stunts for the film, and they manage to convey a sense of just how hard and dangerous their job is (00:33:32, with English sub-titles); and the Hong Kong theatrical trailer and the US promotional trailer.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Like most sequels, there is some lack of originality. Jackie is fighting mostly the same gang of criminals although they are a bit more comical than in the first movie. There are some very funny scenes with his super and his girlfriend, although if you don't appreciate bathroom humor you may not think it's all that funny. Of course, there are great fight scenes and stunts as we have come to expect from any Jackie Chan movie. As with the Dragon Dynasty release of the first movie, the second has an English sound track with generic American accents, which does seem a little weird. Fortunately, the dvd also has the original Chinese sound track with English subtitles.
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