New Police Story
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| Traditional | 新警察故事 |
| Simplified | 新警察故事 |
| Mandarin | Xīn Jing Cha Gu Shi |
| Cantonese | San1 Ging2 Chaat3 Gu3 Si6 |
| Directed by | Benny Chan |
| Produced by | Benny Chan Jackie Chan Willie Chan Barbie Tung Solon So |
| Written by | Alan Yuen |
| Starring | Jackie Chan Nicholas Tse Charlie Yeung Charlene Choi Daniel Wu Ken Lo Liu Kai-chi |
| Music by | Tommy Wai |
| Cinematography | Anthony Pun |
| Edited by | Yau Chi-wai |
| Distributed by |
JCE Movies Limited Emperor Motion Pictures China Film Group Corporation |
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Running time
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124 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Box office | HK$21,109,502 |
New Police Story is a 2004 Hong Kong action film produced and directed by Benny Chan, and also produced by and starring Jackie Chan. The film was released in the Hong Kong on 24 September 2004. The film is a reboot of the Police Story series and is the fifth film in the series. New Police Story relies much more on drama and heavy action than its predecessors.
The film begins with police Inspector Chan Kwok-wing (Chinese: 陳國榮; pinyin: Chén Guóróng; Jyutping: Can4 Gwok3 Wing4) 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 victim of man holding a victim of woman hostage in Central.
Soon after that incident, a group of 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 assault rifles, 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, betting lives of his men each time. Under mental pressure and the taunts of the gang, Chan loses and is left with only his would-be brother-in-law to save, who soon dies nevertheless. He tries to save the bodies of his comrades for burial before 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.
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