History Film / NewPoliceStory

* HopeSpot: [[LoveInterest Ho Yee]] [[HeroicSacrifice cuts the wires on the bomb on her lap while Chan is out of the room]]. Despite theories to the contrary, the bomb stops. Chan returns, they embrace and then leave[[spoiler: ... turns out the real trigger was a barely perceptible tag activated by Ho Yee walking away from the bomb.]]

* UnwillingSuspension: Jackie's team during the intro. [[spoiler:Frank during the end.]]

* ProductPlacement: One fight scene happens at the {{Lego}} stand of a department store.

* FreudianExcuse: Of the FiveBadBand, the BigBad is the only one whose reason for doing what he does is explicitly shown--as a child, he was frequently locked in handcuffs and beaten by his abusive cop dad, and as a teen he was ''still'' berated by the older man. Joe eventually grew to resent him, especially when his father would go on TV and declare that [[{{Hypocrite}} a police officer's behavior for the public should mirror his behavior at home]].

* FiveBadBand
** BigBad: Joe, the main villain.
** TheDragon: Fire, is as violent as Joe, and similar to Tin Tin, can also fight hand-to-hand.
** TheEvilGenius: Max, the one who is often shown on a computer.
** TheBrute: Tin Tin, as he is capable of hand-to-hand combat.
** TheDarkChick: Sue, the only female and Joe's girlfriend.

* FailedASpotCheck: Invoked by the entire police department when they're trying to allow Chan and Frank to escape, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny despite them completely failing at stealth.]]

A 2004 reboot of the successful Police Story series starring Creator/JackieChan and Nicholas Tse. The movie focuses on Jackie Chan's character, Chan Kwok Wing hunting down a group of young bank robbers, who managed to kill his entire team when they attempted to apprehend them. A year later, Chan is informed by his new partner, Frank Cheng (Nicholas Tse) that they are going to strike again, and only Chan can stop them.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Attempted by Ho Yee when she attempts to detonate the bomb attached to her when Chan is out of the room. Subverted when she failed to actually set the bomb off.]]

* GratuitousEnglish: Plenty of times by the villains.

[[DarkerAndEdgier Much darker]] than the past Police Story movies, and indeed one of the darker movies by Chan in general. Much lower in terms of slapstick and the fights, while very well choreographed, lack many of Chan's [[InterestingSituationDuel signature]] [[ImprovisedWeapon elements]], shooting instead for more straightforward, well-done action.

A 2004 reboot of the successful Police Story series starring JackieChan and Nicholas Tse. The movie focuses on Jackie Chan's character, Chan Kwok Wing hunting down a group of young bank robbers, who managed to kill his entire team when they attempted to apprehend them. A year later, Chan is informed by his new partner, Frank Cheng (Nicholas Tse) that they are going to strike again, and only Chan can stop them.

* StrappedToABomb: JackieChan's girlfriend gets strapped to a bomb. In an attempted HeroicSacrifice, she removes the bomb to set it off while Jackie leaves the room to spare him... and nothing happens. [[spoiler: The real trigger was hidden and the bomb went off when she got up later.]]

* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: As the building he is in prepares to blow up, Jackie Chan desperately tries to carry his entire dead police squad out of the building. [[DownerBeginning He fails.]]

** BigBad: Joe
** TheDragon: Fire
** TheEvilGenius: Max
** TheBrute: Tin Tin
** TheDarkChick: Sue

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Joe shoots a teammate for surrendering when the cops bring his parents to confront them.]]

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: While Joe Kwan falls before many villainous trappings, he revels in misdirection and playing expectations: [[spoiler:most notably putting an obvious but fake trigger on the bomb, and hiding the real trigger.]]

A 2004 reboot of the successful PoliceStory series starring JackieChan and Nicholas Tse. The movie focuses on Jackie Chan's character, Chan Kwok Wing hunting down a group of young bank robbers, who managed to kill his entire team when they attempted to apprehend them. A year later, Chan is informed by his new partner, Frank Cheng (Nicholas Tse) that they are going to strike again, and only Chan can stop them.

Much darker than the past PoliceStory movies, and indeed one of the darker movies by Chan in general. Much lower in terms of slapstick and the fights, while very well choreographed, lack many of Chan's [[InterestingSituationDuel signature]] [[ImprovisedWeapon elements]], shooting instead for more straightforward, well-done action.

* [[spoiler: ShootTheDog: Joe shoots Sue after she is wounded in the chase sequence]]

* PoliceAreUseless: Averted, but the villains certainly think so.

* UnwillingSuspension: Jackie's team during the intro.

* BadBoss: [[spoiler: Joe Kwan shoots 3/4 of his teammates over the course of the movie. Though one was more of a ShootTheDog than anything else.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Attempted by Hoo Yee when she attempts to detonate the bomb attached to her when Chan is out of the room. Subverted when she failed to actually set the bomb off.]]
* HopeSpot: [[LoveInterest Hoo Yee]] [[HeroicSacrifice cuts the wires on the bomb on her lap while Chan is out of the room]]. Despite theories to the contrary, the bomb stops. Chan returns, they embrace and then leave[[spoiler: ... turns out the real trigger was a barely perceptible tag activated by Hoo Yee walking away from the bomb.]]