Sentences with phrase «police story»

It features a highly original crime / police story brimming with drama and tension.

Those familiar with Police Story from late - night TV broadcasts or import DVDs will find this a notable improvement, but only (very) relatively; it's obvious that the raw materials just aren't in the shape required to beautify them convincingly.

To do so, Éder collects clippings from police stories in printed newspapers and sensationalist articles.

Blending the gritty police story with a paranormal element is definitely appealing and they've got one hell of a talented line - up from the floor up so this one is defintely worth keeping a close eye on.

Less than ten years later, when we were trying to book Jackie Chan's Police Story for a little rep series we were running at the Metro, we were told that no one even knew who had the theatrical rights to those movies anymore.

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Also slightly concerned re the food police stories I've read on here so not keen on supporting something that will make my homemade cakes and flap jack contraband whilst school serves up cakes, flavoured milk, ice cream etc, etc..

This dreadful and emotionally - charged story also crucially came just a week after another equally huge police story: that South Yorkshire police had lied and operated a cover - up of unimaginably distasteful proportions during and after the Hillsborough disaster.

The second attempt to reboot the franchise after New Police Story in 2004, Lockdown is mostly a humorless bore until the obligatory bloopers and outtakes in the end credits — and even those are drawing from a flat vein, since there's so little play in the movie.

I'm rooting for Our Time Will Come, a nearly perfect WWII spy film that is very much in keeping with the HKFA's tradition of honoring extremely well - done genre fare (past winners include Police Story, A Better Tomorrow, Beast Cops, Shaolin Soccer, Infernal Affairs, Running on Karma, Election, Gallants, The Grandmaster and Trivisa).

It's a role that Liam Neeson would have played had there not been a recent hue and cry over yellowface and whitewashing, and so Chan, in the twilight of his action career, is forced into somewhat thankless service in a film that wants to be more like The Fourth Protocol than like Police Story.

LMD: When we met last week, I asked you what your favourite martial arts films were and you mentioned Police Story and Drunken Master 2 — I missed the 3rd title.

Beware The Night is a project we've been developing for many years, confident that a story which combines the paranormal with a gritty New York City police story is both original and strongly appealing to audiences,» Bruckheimer said.

An alternate ending and an extended opening for the original Police Story are a nice touch, and an exhaustive gallery of deleted scenes — some of which are so brief that they span literally seconds — show that some real thought went into what is essentially fan service.

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Overall, Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel is a good police story and a well paced adventure game that keeps the player's mind working and challenged.

So, we will take this with a grain of salt because it is from Reddit and I haven't seen any police stories about this, but a stay - at - home dad posted that he was minding his own business, playing with his two kids at a park, when the cops handcuffed him and detained him on the curb because he looked «suspicious.»

Sir Paul Stephenson and John Yates did their best to shift the police story back to No 10, forcing Downing Street to release an exchange of emails.

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I'll tell the police story another day and just let you enjoy these adorable dots and stripes.

The eight - part thriller is from Steven Zaillian and Richard Price, with Zaillian saying in press materials that «Night Of» is «a crime story, a police story, a legal story, a corrections story.

«The Good Wife: The Second Season» (Paramount) earned nine Emmy nominations, including «Outstanding Drama Series» and six acting nods (reviewed here) and «Police Story: Season One» (Shout!

The film is a kind of variation on Chan's Police Story, also released in 1985 and another key film in the shift of HK action cinema from period epics to contemporary crime dramas.

Police Story 2 — This sequel has a few good fight scenes, but none of the mania of Chan's previous film.

Its licensing suggests a curatorial ethos — consider the varied likes of The Seven - Per - Cent Solution, Jackie Chan's Police Story, and Johnny Got His Gun.

Pacific Rim: Uprising is set for release on February 23rd 2018, with Steven S. DeKnight (Daredevil) directing a cast that includes John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Adria Arjona (True Detective), Scott Eastwood (Suicide Squad), Cailee Spaeny (Counting to 1,000), Levi Meaden (Aftermath), Karan Brar (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), Nick Tarabay (Spartacus), Zhang Jin (Ip Man 3), Mackenyu (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) and Jing Tian (Police Story: Lockdown).

Legendary Pictures has announced a couple of casting additions for Pacific Rim 2, with Levi Meaden (Aftermath) set to play «an irreverent and offbeat» cadet and Chinese actress Jing Tian (Police Story: Lockdown) signing on for an as - yet - unrevealed role.

Pacific Rim: Maelstrom is set for release on February 23rd 2018, with Steven S. DeKnight (Daredevil) directing a cast that also includes John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Adria Arjona (True Detective), Scott Eastwood (Suicide Squad), Cailee Spaeny (Counting to 1,000), Levi Meaden (Aftermath), Karan Brar (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), Nick Tarabay (Spartacus) and Jing Tian (Police Story: Lockdown).

It's almost photo time... but first... This Sunday (5th April) I'll be showing a double bill of Jackie Chan's Police Story and Drunken Master 2 — considered by many to be his finest — come...

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Police Story: Lockdown (Unrated) Jackie Chan stars in this crime thriller, set in Beijing, as a police captain who will stop at nothing to save the long - lost daughter (Jing Tian) he hasn't seen in years.

Since then, I wrote about this year's crop of Lunar New Year movies for my Contemporary Chinese Cinema column at Mubi, where I also wrote about Jackie Chan's Police Story.

Casablanca (Michael Curtiz)-- 1, 1942 Cops and Robbers (Alex Cheung)-- 15, 1979 Aces Go Places (Eric Tsang)-- 36, 1982 Duel to the Death (Ching Siu - tung)-- 25, 1983 Police Story (Jackie Chan)-- 3, 1985

Factory's double - feature Blu - ray ably proves, the Police Story films confirm Jackie Chan's reputation as a master of pure physicality.

A minute later, Xu winds up hanging off the bus by an umbrella — as Jackie did in «Police Story.»

Forbidden City Cop (Stephen Chow & Vincent Kok)-- 53, 1996 Police Story 4: First Strike (Stanley Tong)-- 77, 1996 The Mission (Johnnie To)-- 2, 1999 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)-- 4, 2000 Hit Team (Dante Lam)-- 29, 2001

Armour of God (Jackie Chan)-- 32, 1986 Final Victory (Patrick Tam)-- 13, 1987 Police Story 2 (Jackie Chan)-- 31, 1988 Full Moon in New York (Stanley Kwan)-- 23, 1989 Armour of God II: Operation Condor (Jackie Chan)-- 65, 1991

Police Story 3: Supercop (Stanley Tong)-- 16, 1992 Chungking Express (Wong Kar - wai)-- 1, 1994 Rumble in the Bronx (Stanley Tong)-- 24, 1995 A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (Jeffrey Lau)-- 25, 1995 A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (Jeffrey Lau)-- 29, 1995

The Police Story discs are plagued by Brett Ratner commentaries, but they aren't as bad as you'd think.

Dragon Dynasty: The Weinstein Company finally does something good for Asian Cinema, putting out outstanding versions of Hong Kong classics at pretty cheap prices: The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin, Five Fingers Of Death, One - Armed Swordsman, Police Story 1 & 2, Last Hurrah For Chivalry, The Protector and Hard - Boiled.

Police Story: Lockdown was supposed to be a star vehicle, but a vehicle that doesn't let its star shine is of no use to anyone.

Like many of the most compelling martial - arts movies, the Police Story films more closely resembles a dance picture than any kind of action blockbuster, with meticulously choreographed fight sequences standing in for fan - baiting musical numbers.

This isn't so much exemplary filmmaking as it is bravura stunt work, but Police Story is a veritable case study in the value of the latter.