Police Story double feature (I & II).
While America sat enthralled by the Super Bowl, I managed to find a
I
Shanty town gun fight: Drive through it!
Pistol Fu; Umbrella-on-the-Bus Fu; Briefcase Fu.
Bridgette Lin: Plays a girl!
Bridgette Lin: Tries to take a bath in a satin teddy!
Bridgette-Lin Fu; Baby-Stroller Fu; Motor-Scooter Fu.
An hour into the movie: Maggie Cheung shows up!
Get that disgusting thing away from me: You've made me all wet!
Melbourne Shuffle Fu? No, Cow Paddy Fu!
Chopstick Pencil Fu; Sofa Fu; Coffee-Table Fu; Swimming-Pool Fu!
Jackie Chan: Boyfriend from hell!
May: I was framed!
Escalator Fu; Forklift Fu; more Briefcase Fu; Softball-Bat Fu; Sneaker-Display Fu; Jewelry-Case Fu; Blues-Brothers-Let's-Destroy-A-Mall Fu.
Lawyer Fu.
II
Maggie Cheung: shows up immediately!
Maggie Chueng: Can punch out thugs and still look like the Girl Next Door!
Maggie Cheung Fu!
Let him give them: A good talking to.
Jackie Chan: Mall Cop!
Fart Fu; Forklift Fu.
Maggie Cheung: Stuck in jail in Jakarta!
Jungle-Gym Fu; Monkey-Bars Fu; Play-Scape Fu.
Pickup-Truck-in-an-Alley Fu.
Gentle: Not a savage.
What? You've never seen three women beat someone to a pulp?
French-Connection-Subway-Chase Fu!
Dead Pool-Remote-Control-Truck Fu!
Lots of Bomb Fu.
Remote-Control-Suicide-Vest Fu.
Jackie Chan is going to get blown up: Jumper Cables!
Warehouse-Full-of-Fireworks Fu.
Falling-Dominoes Fu and more Falling-Dominoes Fu!
Look: The fireworks are beautiful!
Trigger Warning: Jackie Chan wears 80s' fashions that you had hoped you had forgotten.
Trigger Warning: Homily at end of movie aimed at getting adults to behave in a socially responsible manner. Children may find it tiresome.
First time to see in a theater. I had only seen these flicks on bootlegged DVDs. Reportedly a Janus restoration that will be available from Criterion. Maybe Chan's best work. Check them out.