Police Story [DVD]

Product Description

Regarded by fans and critics alike as the apex of Jackie Chan s celebrated career, Police Story breaks new ground with its breathtaking fights and incredible stunt sequences.

Featuring a top-notch cast, which includes multi-award-winning actresses Brigitte Lin & Maggie Cheung, director Chan combines a compelling storyline of an honest cop on the run from a false murder charge with dynamic visuals and full-blooded fight action which is electrified with emotional underscoring.

In the case of this particular project the price of excellence was high, with many of Jackie s elite stunt team being seriously injured during the course of principal photography. The opening bus sequence alone sent 4 stunt players to hospital for a long term vacation, and Jackie has been unable to get insurance coverage for any of his Hong Kong projects ever since.

One of the most influential films ever to come out of Hong Kong, Police Story is now fully restored and digitally re-mastered for its premiere UK DVD release. A fitting tribute to one of the best loved action-adventure stars of all time!

Special Features:
- Digitally re-mastered and restored DVD transfer
- 16:9 Anamorphic version enhanced for widescreen TVs
- Dual language version (Cantonese with re-mastered English subtitles and English Dubbed)
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio
- Animated Biography Showcase
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- UK Promotional Trailer
- Exclusive Interview with Jackie Chan
- Never before Seen Out-take Montage
- Feature length audio commentary by Hong Kong Cinema Expert Bey Logan

From Amazon.co.uk

Jackie Chan has become a genre unto himself, and watching Police Story, you'll understand why. The plot is minimal: Chan is a hero cop involved in a raid that goes wrong. He's assigned to guard a witness, the kingpin's attractive female secretary (Brigitte Lin). For the rest of the film, Chan's protecting himself from the secretary, from the gangsters out to silence her and from his own jealous girlfriend (Maggie Cheung). But watching Chan for plot is like watching porno for existential themes. While most modern action films steal cues from Westerns, Chan condenses those open mesas into the dense throngs of modern Hong Kong--and tosses in Buster Keaton slapstick. For example, when the opening raid goes haywire, there's an unbelievable car chase through the steep huddle of a hillside shantytown. That's through. No roads, just shacks. Flimsy shacks. As the film progresses, Chan scales a speeding bus using an umbrella, uses cow dung as an excuse to break into some Shaolin moonwalking and transforms an urban shopping mall into a demented gymnasium (think clothes racks, escalators, and lots of plate glass displays). Chan is amazingly versatile both physically and emotionally--and he's a secure enough star-director to let his co-stars shine, too. --Grant Balfour --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.