Massive explosions and incredible stunts abound as Jackie Chan stars in this Hong Kong release. He plays the burned-out Inspector Wing, whose motivation died when the rest of his police team was wiped out at the hands of a wily and brutal new gang. When, against the odds, a rookie cop rouses the weathered Inspector to go after the gang, however, there is no stopping him until justice has been served.
| Starring | Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Charlie Young, Daniel Wu |
|---|---|
| Director | Benny Chan |
| Studio | E1 ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 58 mins |
Cast
- Jackie Chan as Inspector Chan Kwok-Wing
- Nicholas Tse as Frank Cheng
- Charlie Yeung as Sun Ho-Yee
- Daniel Wu as Joe Kwan
- Charlene Choi as Sa Sa
- Dave Wong as Sam / Wong Sum
- Hayama Hiro as Max Leung
- Terence Yin as Fire
- Mandy Chiang as Sue Chow
- Andy On as Law Tin-Tin
- Liu Kai-Chi as Chief Wong
- Steven Cheung Chi-Hang as thief
- Kenny Kwan as thief
- Wu Bai as Father of Frank Cheng
- Philip Ng as Wing’s team member
The film begins with a highly intoxicated police Inspector Chan Kwok Wing (drinking one whiskey after another. Later, he collapses in an alley, and is found by a stranger, played by Nicholas Tse.
The timeline then moves back a year, to show the heroics of Inspector Chan, as he disguises himself as a news cameraman in order to subdue a man holding a woman hostage in Central.
Soon after that incident, a group of rich, rebellious youths rob a bank. They explicitly ask a bank worker to call the police, and are confronted by the police outside the Legislative Council building. They play a sadistic game, in which they are awarded money for shooting police officers with machineguns, before making their escape.
Inspector Chan and his squad are called to arrest the gang after their hideout is revealed. However, the hideout is rigged and the ten-man police squad fall into various traps one by one. Chan then finds his men in a large warehouse, suspended from the high ceiling by ropes. The gang challenges him to training regimes that are taught to policemen. Chan agrees in order to free his men. Chan comes out tops initially in the three duels, but due to the mental pressure, he eventually loses and is left with only his would-be brother in law to save. He tries in vain to save all his comrades before the explosives blow up the building.
Being the sole survivor of the incident, Chan takes a year-long leave from the police force, drinking heavily to drown his sorrows and guilt.
The timeline jumps back to the present day. The stranger, who first featured at the start, brings him home. When Chan wakes up, the man identifies himself as PC 1667, Frank Cheng , his new partner. Frank tries various means to convince Chan cancel his leave and take up the case but Chan refuses. However, he comes to his senses eventually by apprehending the same two youths that robbed him. At the police station, Frank tells Chan that he is Kwong’s younger brother, which convinces Chan to relook into the case.
It is then revealed that Joe, the leader of the gang, is the spoiled son of the police chief. As he was beaten and handcuffed by his father in his childhood, Joe holds a grudge against the police.