Police Story 3: Super Cop

"There's never a cop around when you need one, but when this cop's around, all you need is one."

1992 1h 35m CN

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Synopsis

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A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

“There's never a cop around when you need one, but when this cop's around, all you need is one.”

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Cast

Jackie Chan
Kevin Chan Ka-Kui / Lin Fu-Sheng
Michelle Yeoh
Captain Jessica Yang
Maggie Cheung
May
Kenneth Tsang
Khun Chaibat
Yuen Wah
Panther
Bill Tung Biu
Inspector "Uncle" Bill Chou
Josephine Koo Mei-Wah
Ching Wing-Xi
Kelvin Wong Siu
Pierre

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
Writers: Edward Tang, Lee Wai-Yee, Fibe Ma Mei-Ping
Languages: Cantonese, English, Malay, Thai
Countries: Hong Kong

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ERA

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

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Cantonese, English, Malay, Thai.

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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 Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai, shot by Andy Lam Kwok-Wah. 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 Chow Kwok-Yi. 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 Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "There's never a cop around when you need one, but when this cop's around, all you need is one.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai directs. Andy Lam Kwok-Wah behind the camera. Chow Kwok-Yi scores. Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese, English, Malay, Thai.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

134 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Cantonese, English, Malay, Thai.
3Part of the "Police Story Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai, shot by Andy Lam Kwok-Wah. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Chow Kwok-Yi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "There's never a cop around when you need one, but when this cop's around, all you need is one.".
9IMDB entry: tt0104558 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 11 themes, including "martial arts", "china", "police", "thailand".
11Released under 17 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Andy Lam Kwok-Wah
Original score: Chow Kwok-Yi
Editing: Peter Cheung Yiu-Chung
Costume design: Wan Fung-Lan
Makeup / hair: Lo Shui-Lin
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $34,391,494
Original language: CN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992)

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.