Police Story 2

"Jackie Chan escalates his one-man war on crime."

1988 1h 45m CN

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7.1

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84%

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7.1

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★7.1TMDB · 663🍅84%Rotten Tomatoes●68Metacritic★7.1IMDB · 24,924

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Synopsis

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The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.

“Jackie Chan escalates his one-man war on crime.”

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Cast

Jackie Chan
Sergeant Chan Ka-Kui
Maggie Cheung
May
Bill Tung Biu
Inspector "Uncle" Bill Chou
Lam Kwok-Hung
Superintendent Raymond Li
Chor Yuen
Chu Tao
Charlie Cho Cha-Lee
John Ko
John Cheung Ng-Long
Polar Bear
Benny Lai Keung-Kuen
Mute Blackmailer

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jackie Chan
Writers: Edward Tang, Jackie Chan
Languages: Cantonese
Countries: Hong Kong

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $11M — a 15.3× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Police Story Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jackie Chan, shot by Danny Lee Yau-Tong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Lai Siu-Tin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jackie Chan and Maggie Cheung and Bill Tung Biu carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jackie Chan directs. Danny Lee Yau-Tong behind the camera. Michael Lai Siu-Tin scores. Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $11M — a 15.3× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
338 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Police Story Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Jackie Chan, shot by Danny Lee Yau-Tong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Michael Lai Siu-Tin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Jackie Chan and Maggie Cheung and Bill Tung Biu carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Jackie Chan escalates his one-man war on crime.".
10IMDB entry: tt0095403 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 11 themes, including "martial arts", "showdown", "police", "undercover".
12Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Danny Lee Yau-Tong
Original score: Michael Lai Siu-Tin
Editing: Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung
Costume design: Shirley Chan
Makeup / hair: Law Lai-Kuen
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $750,000
Box office: $11,477,301
Return: 1530% of budget
Original language: CN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Police Story 2 (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes: 84% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 68/100
IMDB rating: 7.1/10 · 24,924 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination total

Part of

Police Story Collection

The Police Story film series (Chinese: 警察故事系列) comprises six Hong Kong crime-action films, directed by Jackie Chan, Stanley Tong and Benny Chan, produced by Raymond Chow, Leonard Ho, Jackie Chan, Barbie Tung, Willie Chan and Solon So. The first film Police Story was released on 14 December 1985. After the film's success, five sequels were made. Chan began work on the film after a disappointing experience working with another director on The Protector, which was intended to be his entry into the American film market. The first Police Story film is considered by fans to be one of Chan's best films. It was a massive hit in Asia. According to his book, Chan considers the film his best, in terms of action.