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POLICE STORY 3: SUPERCOP (Eureka Classics) Blu-ray

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It’s always the least interesting (to put it mildly) aspect of these films, but it’s not quite as gratuitous here. Presented as part of the Eureka Classics range in their worldwide Ultra HD Blu-ray debuts from stunning 4K restorations. Personally, I rarely sit through alternative versions unless they’re markedly different but I understand why people get excited about extras like this.

They’re all silent, so the numerous dialogue fluffs don’t work in this context, but the piece works best in showing behind the scenes of the production. A dazzling blend of gritty action cop drama, impeccably choreographed martial-arts sequences, and bone-crunching stunt work. Each disc in the set comes with two excellent audio commentaries from some familiar names like Frank Djeng, who is always enjoyable to listen and filled with knowledge on these films, as well as Arne Venema and Mike Leeder who have a great, casual banter together that make them very listenable.Outside Ride: After Chaibat's gang hijacks the prisoner transport, Yang rides on the top of their bus during an intense chase scene. And the city of Kuala-Lumpur with its American-style buildings is another great scenario for this good movie. However, for many, the pinnacle of the entire trilogy is the extended playground fight sequence in Police Story 2, an exquisitely choreographed fight sequence where Chan battles multiple opponents, armed and unarmed. Police Story 3: Supercop ( Chinese: 警察故事3超級警察; Cantonese Yale: gíng chaat gu sih sāam: Chīu kāp gíng chaat), released as Supercop in the US, is a 1992 Hong Kong action film starring Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh.

In 2016 during a roundtable discussion, when asked which movie scene he would love to save for the last of humanity to see, he named the final scene of the movie as his choice. Shootouts, confrontations with superiors, panic in crowds, it's all handled with such hyper-intensity and with a hilariously overbearing soundtrack which has now lovingly become a part of the whole flavour, telegraphing every incoming moment à la "oh this is a goofy bit involving a mask, so don't think too bad about the staged assault". The Police Story films are two of the best martial arts action films out of Hong Kong (and out of the 1980s) and set Chan up with the international success that he would keep to this day, parlaying that success into blockbusters like Rush Hour. Like an Old Married Couple: Though they're posing as siblings, Kevin and Yang engage in a lot of Casual Danger Dialogue and Teeth-Clenched Teamwork during their undercover, even right before the end credit rolls. The police operations are going swimmingly until Yang recognises one of the criminals as Cheng Feng, her boyfriend from China who left for HK to find his fortune, and the two become reacquainted under somewhat difficult circumstances.

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