Police Story 3: Supercop
The Jackie Chan Experience
June 23 - 27, 2013
Teaming up with his reliable collaborator Stanley Tong, Chan turned in this stunning capper to his Police Story trilogy and re-launched the career of Michelle Yeoh in the process.
Teaming up with Stanley Tong, one of his most reliable collaborators, Jackie turned in this stunning capper to his Police Story trilogy and re-launched the
career of Michelle Yeoh in the process. In this installment, intrepid cop Ka-Kui goes undercover with a dangerous drug lord—a set-up that finds Chan breaking a henchman out of prison, posing with an invented family, and finally dangling from a moving helicopter. The action shifts from Hong Kong to Thailand to Malaysia, culminating in a climax spanning rooftop, sky and train that ranks as one of Chan’s finest extended set-pieces. The film was released in the US in a dubbed, recut version titled simply Supercop, featuring a pow-wow, no-holes-barred theme song by the seminal New Wave rock band Devo.
Photos: Golden Harvest/The Kobal Collection
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