Supercop 2 (1993)

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This film was released in 1993. I saw it not long after its release.I was very young when I first saw this film. Obviously, I felt compelled to watch it because Jackie was in it. However, as I first sat through the film, I thought it was extremely boring.The fight scenes were choppy. There were not many scenes that left indelible marks in my memory. Of course I have seen Michelle Yeoh in Supercop. But, I have never quite looked up to her as a great martial artist cum actress.* that is not to say that Michelle Yeoh is a completely untalented MA and actress though *Michelle's fighting style -- at least, her on-screen persona -- comprises of kicks and punches. That is normal. Yes, she would tumble, flip, leap, etc. These are normal too for Hong Kong film productions.But, the one critical element that sets Project S apart from other Hong Kong films -- Jackie's Police Stories included -- is the detailed storyline and plots. Her character, Yu Rongguang's, Emil Chau's, Fan Siu Wong's, and others were deftly crafted and executed.The scene where Michelle sprints to her bike on the parade field -- that is a beautifully done scene. For a military officer who has to remain steadfast in character, then suddenly runs because she was afraid of not being able to send off her lover, the act in itself speaks a lot about Michelle's character and the dramatic elements involved.The raid on the robbers' hideout at the shophouse was also a memorable scene. A team of former soldiers pitted against regular cops -- this scene should have no problems in enticing anyone to at least feel curious, to learn of the eventual outcome from the confrontation.Finally, the scene in the railway tunnel. Seeing Yu Rongguang's character at his end, his previous lies exposed; no longer was he the good man that he wanted Michelle's character to think he was. Then, to sacrifice himself for the sake of his lover, all these are emotional-ladened and intricate moments that uniquely distinguish Project S.This beautiful film subsequently concludes with a song sung by Emil Chau / Wakin Chau.I mean, how can anyone not feel anything when he / she sits through such a beautifully written film the like of Project S? :)

Although not as good as the first, this film still contains plenty of action. The action is more shooting/explosions than martial arts though. About a bunch of terrorists and good guys kicking the crap out of them. Rated R: for Violence.

I am a fan of Hong Kong Action Movies. This one is a disappointment. The "love" story never really gells. There is far to much love story and semi-comedic momments and not nearly enouph action. I wish it were better, and the ghost of the movie it should have been lurks in the shadows of this film.

Pretty bad. Apparently the makers of Supercop 2 (aka.Police Story 3) failed to remember the formula to a good action flick- constant action. The action here is far too brief and sporadic, at best, and there are a minimum of hair raising stunts. Instead, the movie gets mired down into too much plot and the stunts become negligible next to the boredom the film induces. One does not watch a Hong Kong action flick for the dramatic acting (which, by the way, Yeoh is remarkably stiff and in need of a cattle prod to wake her up). A far better Michelle Yeoh cop/gunplay and kung fu film is Royal Warriors, or just stick with Supercop (in HK- Police Story 2).The plot has Michelle and Rong Guang Yu (Iron Monkey, himself) as would be lovers set at odds by his turn to crime and, more likely, the fact that he gives her what appears to be a white, hospital, lab coat as a present. Anyway, they separate, and six months later she goes to the mainland where he is now, unknown to her, heading a paramilitary gang of thieves. It is all rather lackluster in plotting. Lovers on opposite sides of the law, some gun battles here and there, and two subplots involving a cop with a crush on her and a vengeful gang member, go nowhere. YAWN, YAWN. Jackie Chan appears midway through, obviously, pointlessly glued in for a brief star factor cameo. It is seriously screwed up, Jackie trying to be funny in complete drag, and ends up being hard to witness without wincing in pain at how horrible the whole thing is.They try to add some thrills here and there. Some wirework, but only when people are jumping down from great heights?, not in any fights. In one escape scene the criminals base jump(parachute) off the roof of a building, and, in another, they scale down the back of their hideout (if I had a hideout, I would think of something a little more convenient then having to go up to the roof and then slide down the back with ropes every time I had to escape. I dont know...maybe, a BACK DOOR?!!?). Stupid instead of exciting.The Dimension video dubbing is pretty awful. Yeoh dubs herself, and while her English is great (after all, she was educated in Britain), her natural voice is so deliberate, slow, and seemingly self conscious, that it is flat and annoying. The dubbing company should be strung up for the way they dub some of the characters, particularly Jackie Chan in his brief, weird cameo. They use downright stereotypical Asian accents. The Jackie dubber has him saying, "Freeze Po-Reez!"(Freeze, Police)and "I so sa-lee."(I'm so sorry) It is just insulting.Of note: I found myself bored enough, that I began noticing little details to entertain myself. One of witch was the fact that Michelle shows her European education by turning the pages of a Chinese magazine the wrong way (in China one reads right to left, but she flips through the pages the English way, reading left to right).