Police Story

Director: Jackie Chan

1985 / 101min / DCP

A bone-cracking landmark in Hong Kong beat-’em-up action, Police Story stars director Jackie Chan as Ka-kui/Kevin, an inspector assigned to protect a key witness in a drug case, Selina (Brigitte Lin, nominated for Best Actress at the 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards), from the agents of her nefarious former employer, a task which will require him to dangle from a speeding bus by umbrella, go through (conservative estimate) one billion plate glass windows in the film’s department store finale, and maintain the affections of his fickle girlfriend, May (Maggie Cheung). Chan never looked better as a full-body performer, while Lin, doing her own stunts with gusto, throws herself into the action with little regard for life and limb.

Distributor: Janus Films

Part of Days of Being Maggie Cheung