Jackie Chan’s Police Story Series Movies are Always His Classic

Many foreign medias like introduce the Hong Kong martial arts legend Jackie Chan as “The action hero who does all his own stunts”, we know, Jackie Chan been paying attention over the previous 40 years. The Kung Fu aficionados had been tracking Jackie Chan since he emerged in the wave of “next Bruce Lee” in the late 1970s. 

But for many foreign fans, Jackie Chan didn't exist until the '90s. Jackie Chan was an essential international action star whose star power was proven by the financial success of the action films like "Rush Hour" and "Shanghai Noon." His innovative, death-defying stunt work may have set a high bar for modern action filmmaking,

In 1985, Jackie Chan starred his most classic film the ‘Police Story’ which got a big box office hit in China and Hong Kong.  Jackie Chan's Police Story was largely enjoyable as a series of brilliant set pieces. the film's slapstick-y comedic set pieces are almost as charming, particularly the one where Chan juggles several rotary phones with his hands, feet, and neck. 

Jackie Chan is at the height of his powers in "Police Story," an incredible showcase for Chan's JC Stunt Team. You can't tell by looking at the film, but "Police Story" was filmed between "Project A" (1983) and "Armour of God" (1986), two of Chan's most dangerous films. "Police Story" was made during a period of Chan's career that was defined stunts like the crazy car chase that kicks off "Police Story" and leads multiple cars barreling down a hill and through a shanty village. That chase climaxes with Chan pursuing and halting a hijacked bus--on foot.

Chan's dangerous dedication was also appeared in the film ‘Police Story 2’, It's no coincidence that "Police Story" and "Police Story 2" have the best stunt work in the six-film series since they're the only two films directed by Chan. "Police Story 2" is significantly less stunt-intensive than its predecessor. It also gives viewers more opportunities to revel in Jackie Chan's winningly earnest fascination with the Hong Kong police force.

"Police Story 3: Supercop" (1992) and "Police Story 4: First Strike" (1996), the first two "Police Story" films to be theatrically released in America, are the least like the first two "Police Story" films. Both films are unfocused and feature cartoonish political commentary. But both films also have way too much dead air, signaling the beginning of the end of Chan's daredevil career phase.

But when it come to the "New Police Story" (2004), in fact, the film was underwhelming. Jackie Chan played a disgraced cop who tries to pull his life together after a group of thrill-seeking, video-game-obsessed criminals kill nine police officers under his command. The fact that Chan's opponents are influenced by fads like the X-Games says a lot about how desperate to please "New Police Story" is. Still, as illogical and humorless as it is, "New Police Story" does include a couple of decent fight scenes, and a predictably engrossing performance by Chan.

In Police Story 2013, unrelated except in name to the rest of the series, here Jackie Chan plays a no-nonsense mainland cop who goes to meet his daughter at a nightclub owned by the enigmatic but blatantly dodgy Wu Jiang (Ye Liu). This film was noticeably darker than the other police story films, both in its visual style and subject matter, Jackie Chan had a couple of decent fights and flings himself around more than a man.