Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Leofwine_draca A successful sequel to the 1985 hit finds Chan following much of the same formula as in the first film and much of his '90s work. It's a cop thriller packed with emotion, comedy, plot thrills, and some mind-boggling action. Although the film does lack the freshness and originality of its predecessor there's still a lot to like here, whether it be in the comic interplay between Chan and his superiors - still excellent - or in the action sequences which are even bigger and more explosive than in the original. Chan's stunts are just as over-the-top and dangerous here, as he jumps on top of moving vehicles and through sheets of sugar glass like a madman. The martial arts mayhem is expertly choreographed and a delight to watch, especially in the fight in the children's play area or in the finale, a battle in an abandoned warehouse which makes excellent use of its location for a change and incorporates plenty of madcap thrills and spills.The bad guys this time around are a gang of terrorist bombers who hold a large corporation to ransom. They also kidnap Chan's girlfriend, prompting him to sail into action once more. The film successfully provides a link to the original with many returning characters appearing. John Ko and his glasses-wearing assistant are back, although for comic relief rather than a major threat this time around. One new enemy is a deaf mute who enjoys lobbing home-made explosives on to Chan until he gets the tables turned on him in the final reel. Plenty of laughs mix in with the action to make an enjoyable experience with Chan as good as he ever was, and Maggie Cheung, Kwok-Hung Lam, and Bill Tung returning as his girlfriend and superiors respectively. Once again a winning combination of great action, super stunts and a fast-paced story from the reliable Chan man.

ebiros2 Inspector Ka Kui (Jackie Chan) continues his adventure in this second installment of the Police Story.Story is a continuation of the first Police Story. Ka Kui is excused of all his actions, but gets reassigned to the traffic department. He soon gets involved with the bombers who are blackmailing the building owner. The guys who Ka Kui captured in the first part is also out of jail. His relation with Maggie is also on the rocks. Things just aren't so good for him, but when the bombers kidnaps Maggie, Ka Kui has had enough, and goes after the bombers.This movie along with the first Police Story is filled with classic action scenes from annals of Jackie Chan's action scenes. Some of these are: Jackie crossing the freeway on foot and at the end gets hit by a van. Jackie jumping on to a two decker bus and then jumping into the glass made Lee Kum Kee's bill board. Scene where Maggie Chung runs from the villain, and steel frameworks dominoing after her (scene where she actually got hurt badly in the head). And countless falls from the building's windows.This movie is worth watching just for these scenes, but there's a bevy of beautiful actresses from the late '80s adoring this movie. While this movie is not the classic the first Police Story is, it's still one of the best action movies to come out of Hong Kong, and is recommended for viewing.

lost-in-limbo Jackie Chan in flight is such a joy to behold (especially during the end credits showing bloopers and the injuries from the mind-blowing stunts), as this particular series (five films so far and a spin off from the third feature) along with "Project A" and its sequel would come down as probably his most recognizable home-grown efforts to western audiences. I love Chan's early work, and the Police Story features (which did come across as epic crime joints) are some of his best latter stuff. As for "Police Story Part 2", it continues on from the excellent original to simply match the quality and go on to be a little larger in scale and excitingly explosive… literally.The Hong Kong police force doesn't like individual heroes and that's what they see Ka Kui as. His effective, but it always comes at a cost which they are not willing to take. So for he extreme acts Kui is demoted to a traffic cop. However after some threats on his life and his girlfriend which causes more of a stir, he decides to quit for his well-being and that of his girlfriend. But it doesn't last long when he's conned back onto the force to help combat against a string of bomb threats involving a gang holding ransom a big corporation.Jackie Chan flexibly directs astonishingly dangerous stunts-galore and inventively rapid, if elaborate martial arts choreography in what is an old-hat, but very busy and comic book pulp cops and robbers chase formula. It's customary investigation work, by trying to predict the next move and virtually racing against the clock to stop the bad guys… which has two lots for Chan to take on. The tough action is instinctive, uncanny and lethal making it amazing to watch (with an upbeat music tempo underlining it) and boy their's a destructive mess after nearly every ordeal. This goes for the electrifying and impulsive climatic showdown. Like most of these outings it doesn't forget the humour, which is quite broad and silly, but these comic elements can be fun and actually it's rather toned down than usual. It's more-so serious involving the pressure and dangers of the job with a multi-facet performance by Chan as there's an unhealthy obsession (boldly dogged, but self-centred) making his character truly blind of what really should be important to him. However I found to get in the way was the love interest angle (the factor of police work getting in the way of love), which was important for certain story developments and to squeeze out suspenseful situations, but still those awkward moments do slow down its momentum. The performances are immensely colourful (Maggie Cheung, Bill Tung, Kwok-Hung Lam, Charlie Cho and Benny Lai) and Jackie Chan under a heavy work load shows the stamina and agility with that glowing charisma, which makes him a favourite.

gridoon "Police Story 2" is a movie that mostly shows Jackie Chan's serious side. His performance is relatively mature and restrained, and he allows his character to be portrayed as not only brave, smart and determined, but flawed and selfish as well (his scene with Maggie Cheung after the fight in the playground is a key point). There is less slapstick and more plot than usual for a Chan movie; less emphasis on comedy and more on action. The action sequences are superb, and that deaf-mute guy with the incredible martial-arts skills is one of the most memorable villains Jackie ever had to face (literally: I had seen the film only once before in 1997 and I still remembered him clearly). (**1/2)