Police Story 3: Super Cop | |
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Film poster
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Traditional | 警察故事3超級警察 |
Simplified | 警察故事3超级警察 |
Mandarin | Jǐngchá Gùshì Sān Chāojí Jǐngchá |
Cantonese | Ging2 Chaat3 Gu3 Si6 Saam1 Ciu1 Kap1 Ging2 Chaat3 |
Directed by | Stanley Tong |
Produced by |
Willie Chan Edward Tang Jackie Chan Leonard Ho |
Written by | Edward Tang Ma Fibe Yee Lee Wai |
Starring |
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Music by | Mac Chew Jenny Chinn Jonathan Lee Joel McNeely (U.S) |
Cinematography | Ardy Lam |
Edited by |
Cheung Ka-Fai Peter Cheung |
Distributed by |
Media Asia Golden Harvest Golden Way Films Co. Ltd. Dimension Films (U.S) |
Release date
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Running time
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95 minutes 91 minutes (U.S) |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese Mandarin English |
Box office |
Hong Kong: HK $32,609,783 United States: US $16,270,600 |
Police Story 3: Super Cop (Chinese: 警察故事3超級警察; Cantonese Yale: gíng chaat gu sih sāam: Chīu kāp gíng chaat), also known as Super Cop in North America, is a 1992 Hong Kong action comedy film starring Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh. Jackie reprises his "Kevin" Chan Ka-Kui character, a Hong Kong cop from Police Story and Police Story 2. It is the first in the Police Story series not to be directed by Jackie, with Stanley Tong taking over the helm. It is also the last appearance in the series for Maggie Cheung as Jackie's girlfriend, May. Another significant aspect of this film is that it was the first Jackie Chan film from Hong Kong to use sync sound, allowing all the actors' voices to be recorded as they spoke on scene, rather than dubbed over by different actors later.
Ka-Kui is the "supercop" of the Hong Kong police, with amazing martial arts skills. He is sent to Guangzhou, where the Chinese police force's Interpol director, Inspector Jessica Yang (Michelle Yeoh), briefs him on his next assignment. The target is Chaibat, a drug lord based in Hong Kong. To infiltrate Chaibat's organization, Ka-Kui is to get close to Chaibat's henchman Panther, who is in a Chinese prison. Ka-Kui, posing as a petty criminal prisoner, manages Panther's escape with the connivance of the guards. Grateful Panther invites Ka-Kui to go with him to Hong Kong and join Chaibat's gang. Panther meets up with some of his other men, and vouches for Ka-Kui. The group heads for Hong Kong.