Jackie Chan's Police Force (The Export Cut Of Police Story)

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Police Story ( Chinese : 警察故事 ; pinyin : Jǐngchá Gùshì ; Jyutping : Ging2 caat3 gu3 si6 ) is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by and starring Jackie Chan , who co-wrote the screenplay with Edward Tang. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is the first film in the Police Story franchise . It features Chan as Hong Kong police detective "Kevin" Chan Ka-Kui , alongside Brigitte Lin and Maggie Cheung . In the film, Ka-Kui helps arrest a drug lord, but must clear his own name after being accused of murder. Chan began work on the film after a disappointing experience working with James Glickenhaus on The Protector (1985), which was intended to be his entry into the American film market. Police Story contains many large-scale action sequences with elaborate, dangerous stunts performed by Chan and his stunt team , including car chases , Chan hanging off a speeding bus, parkour-like acrobatics, and a shopping mall fight with shattering glass panes, leading up to Chan sliding down a pole with exploding electric lights as he falls to the ground. Much of the film was created surrounding the action sequences, which Chan and the filmmakers developed via linear progression. Police Story was a box-office success in Asia and Europe, grossing an estimated US$18,724,000 (equivalent to $56,100,000 in 2025). It won the Best Film award at the 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards . According to Chan's autobiography, he considers Police Story his best action film . Since its release, Police Story has been frequently listed as one of the greatest action films of all time. It is also considered one of the best martial arts movies of all time. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 2016, Police Story was voted the fifth best action movie of all time in Time Out ' s poll of film critics, directors, actors and stunt performers . [ 6 ] Chan's final action sequence in the mall is considered one of the greatest stunts in the history of action cinema. [ 7 ] A 4K restoration of the film had a limited theatrical release in North America on 1 February 2019. A sequel, Police Story 2 , was released in 1988. [ 8 ] Plot The Royal Hong Kong Police Force plans Operation Boar Hunt, an undercover sting to arrest crime lord Chu Tao. It involves undercover officers stationed in a shantytown. However, the criminals spot them, and a shootout ensues between the two groups. Civilians either flee the town or are caught in the crossfire. Chu Tao and his men flee in their car by driving through the town. However, they crash the car immediately after going downhill and escape on foot. Undercover officer Sergeant Chan Ka-Kui [ a ] persists in his chase on foot as Chu Tao and his men attempt to escape in a double-decker bus. Ka-Kui gets in front of the bus and brings it to a halt by threatening to shoot the driver with his service revolver. Later, Ka-Kui is reprimanded by Chief Inspector Raymond Li for letting the operation get out of hand, but is subsequently presented to the media as a model police officer to please the police brass. His next assignment is to protect Chu Tao's secretary, Salina Fong, who is pressured to testify in court about Chu Tao's illegal activities. At first, Salina insists that she does not require protection, but Ka-Kui has a fellow policeman break into her apartment and pose as a knife-wielding assassin. After Ka-Kui and Salina fight him off, she agrees to be more cooperative. The two drive away in her car, but are ambushed by Chu Tao's actual hitmen, who are scared away when Salina threatens them with Ka-Kui's revolver. When Ka-Kui arrives at his apartment with Salina, he is surprised to find his girlfriend May and her friends throwing a birthday party for him. May becomes angry with Ka-Kui after seeing Salina only wearing lingerie and Ka-Kui's jacket. Ka-Kui eventually explains to May that Salina is a witness. While he tries to apologize to May, Salina discovers that the attack at her apartment was a sham, and decides to record over her taped confession about working for Chu Tao. She sneaks away while Ka-Kui sleeps. She is subsequently not present at the trial the next day, which ends with failure for the prosecution because of Salina's absence and tampering with the recording. Though Chu Tao is released on bail, he wants revenge against Ka-Kui. He captures Salina and threatens to kill her to ensure her silence. Ka-Kui finds and frees her, but is attacked by Chu Tao's men. Fellow Police Inspector Man eventually arrives and reveals that he had been working with Chu Tao; Salina's capture was merely a ruse to trap Ka-Kui. To Man's surprise, the plan is also to include Tao's men killing him with Ka-Kui's gun to frame him for murder. Now a fugitive cop killer, Ka-Kui wants to catch Chu Tao and clear his name. He returns to the police station to plead his case, but the Chief Inspector orders him to be arrested. Ka-Kui takes the Chief Inspector as a hostage to escape custody, but soon lets his co-operative superior go free to continue his investigation. Salina goes to Chu Tao's