SUPERCOP

Chopped Up Chop Socky

(aka: Police Story 3)
Miramax takes their first turn at releasing a Jackie Chan movie to US theaters, with results only slightly inferior to what New Line did with Rumble in the Bronx.

In this 1992 feature, Jackie teams with martial arts goddess (and former Miss Malaysia) Michelle Khan for a mission to mainland China, Kuala Lumpur, and back to Hong Kong. Though they're still selling the kung fu angle here, this one has less fights and more thrilling stunts than the average JC entry. Some injudicious editing by New Line makes a complicated plot even more difficult, but like those of his idol Buster Keaton, Jackie's movies are all about entertainment, not story. Here's hoping they keep 'em coming.

Cops & robbers; explosions; chases on truck, bus, train, helicopter, and glider; psycho killer; kung fu; gun fu; p-stars Chan and Khan/Yeoh.

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