Before Police Story , Jackie Chan had experimented with period-piece kung fu and Hollywood attempts like The Protector . Frustrated with the Western approach to action, he returned to Hong Kong to create a "modern-day" hero.
Perhaps the most significant deviation from the action genre status quo was Chan’s characterization of the protagonist. The 1980s action hero was typically a figure of near-mythic stoicism. In contrast, Chan Ka-Kui is fallible, anxious, and often terrified. jackie chan movie police story 1
While modern blockbusters rely on green screens and digital doubles, Police Story is a testament to . Every broken pane of glass (which was often thicker "sugar glass" that still caused real cuts) and every fall was executed by Jackie and his legendary Jackie Chan Stunt Team . Before Police Story , Jackie Chan had experimented