The result was another hugely popular feather in both Chan and Yeoh’s caps. Obviously aware that Yeoh could handle the action scenes without a problem, on top of the selling point that it was her first film back after briefly ‘retiring’ to get married, Chan gave her the credit she deserved. This is not only unusual due to Chan headlining the previous two films himself, but also because throughout the rest of his filmography, women had been given pretty poor roles (including Maggie Cheung in the Police Story series). Also, Chan chose to share the starring credit with Michelle Yeoh. One, the film got picked up by an American distributor (Dimension Films), which gave Chan a hit US release, albeit a few years after it was finished. There are a few notable differences here though. That also proved a hit with audiences so, after a few years on other projects, Chan continued the franchise with Police Story 3: Supercop (or just Supercop in the US). The first Police Story film was a big box office success in East Asia and Jackie Chan counts it as his favourite film he’s made in terms of action and stunts, so it’s no surprise it soon spawned a sequel, Police Story 2.
Running Time: 96 min (HK cut), 91 min (US cut) Starring: Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Kenneth Tsang, Wah Yuen, Bill Tung Screenplay: Fibe Ma, Lee Wai Yee, Edward Tang (characters)
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