

Police Story 4: First Strike 1996
Directed by Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
- Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
- 107 min
- PG-13
They thought they possessed the ultimate weapon. They hadn't counted on Jackie Chan.
Hong Kong cop Chan Ka-Kui returns, working with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Chan later realizes that things are not as simple as they appear and soon finds himself to be a pawn of an organization posing as Russian intelligence.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, resolved and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- talisencrwon TMDB · Jan 20168/10
I loved the first two installments of Jackie Chan's 'Police Story' series, and wish I had seen the intervening adventures of Chan's character, Inspector Chan Ka Kui, ('Police Story 3: Supercop' and 'Project S'--though this is labeled Police Story 4, it's actually his very popular character's 5th appearance). Still, the story (basically a James Bond-type role, as he is forced by his boss to help the CIA prevent a Russian nuclear device from getting into the wrong hands) stands on its own, and is thrilling from start to finish, though something tends to be different and missing from his earlier Hong Kong exploits (though this was made there and dubbed--albeit horrendously--to help make him a star Stateside). If I had to put a finger on it, I think I prefer films that Chan directed himself. It's still extremely enjoyable, with set-pieces--especially when he defends himself with a stepladder--that approach awe-inspiring choreographed action perfection...
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Cast
- Jackie ChanChan Ka-Kui
- Jackson LiuTsui Kit
- Annie WuAnnie
- Bill Tung BiuUncle Bill
- Yuri PetrovGregor
- Nonna GrishaevaNatasha
- Ailen Sit Chun-WaiAllen
- Chan Man-ChingGolden Dragon Club Member
- Rocky Lai Keung-KenGolden Dragon Club Member
- Chan Wai-ToGolden Dragon Club Member
Crew
- Stanley Tong Gwai-LaiDirector
- Greg MellottScreenplay
- Elliot Tong Ming-KeiScreenplay
- Nick TramontaneScreenplay
- Jingle Ma Choh-SingDirector of Photography
- Nathan WangOriginal Music Composer
- Yau Chi-WaiEditor
- Peter Cheung Yiu-ChungEditor
- Barbie Tung Wan-SiProducer
- Leonard HoProducer
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