Crime Story (1993) ★★★★ Quote:
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A special agent assigned to protect a wealthy business magnate. However, when the businessman is kidnapped in a daring ambush, he teams up with a seasoned detective to crack the case. But soon he discovers the case isn’t that simple.
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This is a very well constructed and extremely enjoyable Jackie Chan movie, one concentrating on corruption within the police force and a criminal organisation using kidnap to extort vast sums of money.
It is a film with a solid story, coherent narrative, fairly well developed characters, and the typically brilliant and wince inducing action sequences and stunts you'd expect from a Jackie Chan-led film from this period.
I really enjoyed the film with the Cantonese track and will watch again with the English dub to see how that stands up.
There's a very good commentary on the 88 Films Blu-ray release by Hong Kong filmmakers Arne Venema and Mike Leeder. I thoroughly recommend it to all fans of Hong Kong cinema and Jackie Chan films.