Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)

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Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) – S. Tong

The special thing about Jackie Chan is that he does his own stunts – not just fighting but extreme stunts, which probably hit their peak in this second sequel to his action comedy hit Police Story (1985).  The plot is really incidental to the stunts – Jackie is a cop going undercover in mainland China to capture a drug kingpin.  Michelle Yeoh is the Chinese Interpol agent who joins him (and also does her own amazing stunts).  What little comedy there is here (as compared to the earlier Police Story or Project A films) centers on Jackie’s boastful “supercop” persona and on his relationship with May (Maggie Cheung) who catches him in compromising situations (that are not what they seem).  In some ways, Jackie is a little older, a little duller – but the stunts more than make up for this, involving trains, helicopters, cars, motorbikes, motorboats etc.  There’s also a good deal of ultraviolence, courtesy of drug dealers with automatic weapons and explosives.  So, more of an action film and less shenanigans than in the past.  I saw this on the big screen in 1993 (not the later dubbed version with a new musical soundtrack) and was pretty wowed.