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Summary: Ultimate action film
Review: This is one of my all-time favorite action movies. The action set pieces are imaginative and exciting, especially the final chase sequence. Jackie Chan and the incomparable Michelle Yeoh are at the tops of their forms. The comedy works well, too. Put it all together and you have a film that is tough to beat for sheer entertainment value.
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Summary: One of Jackie Chan's best
Review: This movie, the third part to the renowned Police Story series, was one of his best. The action was at it's best in this movie. Even though there was barely any comedy, this movie still comes on top.
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Summary: stick with original
Review: When you buy this DVD, you're actually getting an "Americanized" version of Police Story III, a Jackie Chan classic. If you're really a Chan fan, you'd be better off searching for an import shop (or a certain auction site) and getting the original Hong Kong version of the film. Not only will it have the original chinese dialog (with english subtitles of course!), but it also has a few extra minutes of film that were cut from this "American" version.
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Summary: Beware: You're Not Getting the Whole Movie
Review: When you buy this DVD, you're actually getting an "Americanized" version of Police Story III, a Jackie Chan classic. If you're really a Chan fan, you'd be better off searching for an import shop (or a certain auction site) and getting the original Hong Kong version of the film. Not only will it have the original chinese dialog (with english subtitles of course!), but it also has a few extra minutes of film that were cut from this "American" version.
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Summary: Plenty of action, but not JACKIE action.
Review: While this film obviously had a huge budget and high production values, it seemed to forget that Jackie was the star. SUPERCOP relies heavily on car chases, gunplay, and explosions, and Jackie doesn't need those; we Chan fans want the action to come from his acrobatic body, not from an arsenal. (Oddly enough, though Jackie didn't do much martial artistry in this film, someone -- an American distributor, I'm guessing? -- thought it would be cute to have "(Everybody Was) Kung Fu Fighting" playing over the credits/outtakes -- OUCH!) I also get the feeling that this was really meant to be a star vehicle for the worthy Michelle Yeoh, and Jackie was included just to attract a larger audience. Nevertheless, the breathtaking climax on the train and the helicopter ladder are worth waiting for -- however, thanks to the fast forward button, I doubt I *will* wait through the rest of the action when I want to watch those final scenes again.
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Summary: stick with original
Review: Why American production make HK movies look so cheap? First of all, they cut off so much scene, second of all ruin it by making look act so dumb by English Dubb. ALWAYS stick with ORIGINAL LICENSED HK RELEASE. Be careful with cheap imports, boots, and bulls though.
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