Line #31 Film/SuperCop


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3	The third installment of the ''Film/PoliceStory'' franchise, one where the action gets doubled with the debut of Creator/MichelleYeoh's new character.
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5	Originally known in Hong Kong as ''Police Story 3,'' it was renamed and released in the U.S. in 1995. Creator/JackieChan stars as Chan "Supercop" Ka-Kui of the Royal Hong Kong Police, assigned to a dangerous mission for the DEA to stop a drug lord. His assignment takes him to mainland China, where he teams up with Captain Yang Chien-Hua (Creator/MichelleYeoh), and the pair infiltrate the inner circle of the notorious Chaibat, bickering and kicking ass along the way.
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7	Michelle Yeoh would return to star in a standalone sequel, ''Film/SuperCop2'', reprising her role as Inspector Yang. Jackie Chan shows up in that one as well, but only for a cameo.
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9	Fun Fact: Creator/QuentinTarantino once stated in an interview that if the Earth is going to be destroyed and he could launch one piece of film into space to preserve it for aliens, it would be the final action scene of this movie.
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12	!!This film provides the following tropes:
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14	* ActionGirl: Creator/MichelleYeoh keeps up with Chan, doing her own death-defying stunts, including [[spoiler:riding a dirt bike onto a moving train]]. A stunt which, according to the outtakes in the credits, she had to do ''multiple times''
15	* BecomingTheMask:
16	** At least when Kevin remembers he's supposed to be Lin Fu-Sheng. Played for laughs during the prison breakout, as Yang shoots Panther's comrade so Kevin can step in.
17	--->'''Panther:''' ''[horrified, as his friend falls]'' Hsiuen!\
18	'''Ka-Kui:''' ''[acting even more horrified]'' HSIUEN!!
19	** Uncle Bill plays [[spoiler:Fu-Sheng's mama]] to the hilt.
20	* BigBad: Chaibat, aka Big Brother.
21	* BreakoutCharacter: Yeoh reprised this role as the star of ''Supercop 2.''
22	* CommieLand: The Chinese cops on the whole seem to have a bit of disdain for Kevin's seat-of-the-pants approach to policing (not to mention his individualist title of "Supercop Chan").
23	** Yang, posing as Ka-Kui sister, responds to a slap from her "brother" by slapping him back and quoting the Chairman.
24	--->'''Yang:''' Think you're superior, huh? [[UsefulNotes/MaoZedong Mao Tse-Tung]] said women are the true power of society!\
25	'''Ka-Kui:''' ''[rubbing his face]'' Did Mao Tse-Tung really say that?!\
26	'''Yang:''' Yeah!
27	* ContrivedCoincidence: Not only does May's tour group arrive in Kuala Lumpur the same day as an undercover Ka-Kui and Yang, but they even end up at ''the same hotel''. You get the sense the filmmakers really wanted to use Creator/MaggieCheung beyond a simple cameo at the beginning, and had to strain to find a place for her in the plot due to most of the film taking place away from Hong Kong.
28	* DamselInDistress: May. The poster even has Kevin and Yang brandishing guns in action poses while poor May is BoundAndGagged off to the side.
29	* DubNameChange: In keeping with what was established in the original ''Film/PoliceStory'' and ''Police Story 2'', both English dubs change Chan's given name from Ka-Kui to Kevin, and in the Miramax dub, Yang's from Chien-Hua to Jessica. Chaibat's brother Bào is renamed Panther in both ([[LiteralTranslation though "Bao" is just Chinese for 'panther']]).
30	* EdibleBludgeon: Durians can be used as bludgeoning tools, apparently.
31	* FanserviceExtra: Chaibat's hideout hosts a number of men and women dressed only in swimming trunks and swimsuit, respectively.
32	* FauxFluency: Chan, in the English version; Yeoh, in the Cantonese version.
33	* FishOutOfWater: Kevin, a cop from British Hong Kong, finds himself among the decidedly more rigid Communists of mainland China.
34	* GroinAttack:
35	** Yang kicked a female drug trafficker in the crotch during the gunfight in the drug supplier's compound in Thailand before the latter is shotdown by the supplier's soldiers.
36	** In a HilariousOuttakes, Chan fell and accidentally hit Yeoh in her crotch. After crumpling in pain, she responds by [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments playfully punching him]].
37	* HidingInAHijab: Yang briefly dons this disguise in Malaysia.
38	* HilariousOuttakes: Always a staple of Jackie Chan films. Subverted in the painful-looking shots where Chan is shown getting clocked by a helicopter rotor and then carried off (presumably to the ER), and Yeoh lands wrong on the hood of a moving car, then falls to the street--taking a crew member with her.
39	* JurisdictionFriction: A local police force attempted to arrest Panther and his gang. This contradicts Kevin and Yang's Interpol mission to track down Chaibat through Panther and thus they're forced to fight the local cops to protect Panther. The duo left Panther's gang members scattered or arrested by the local cops, however, so they only escaped with Panther.
40	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Kevin and Yang pose as siblings--and snipe accordingly. Though the following exchange is interesting:
41	-->'''Kevin:''' You hit your brother so hard. What if I was your husband?\
42	'''Yang:''' Wait and find out.
43	* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Though they're posing as siblings, Kevin and Yang engage in a ''lot'' of CasualDangerDialogue and TeethClenchedTeamwork during their undercover, even right before the end credit rolls.
44	* MadeOfIron: Chan and Yeoh, of course, not to mention a couple of the crew members.
45	* MoreDakka: The meeting with the drug lords in Thailand, despite the general's (widely flouted) plea of "No violence!"
46	* OutsideRide: After Chaibat's gang hijacks the prisoner transport, Yang rides on the top of their bus during an intense chase scene.
47	* PrisonerExchange: At the end, with Chaibat negotiating for his wife if Ka-Kui wants May back.
48	* ReCut:
49	** American distributor Miramax cut eight minutes from the runtime, redubbed and rescored the film, adding songs by Music/TomJones and Music/{{Devo}}.
50	** Notably, the English dub also drops any instances of a language barrier between Chan and the other characters, since all the dialogue is in the same language.
51	* SuperCop: The title refers to Ka-Kui. Its pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
52	* SequelGoesForeign: The previous ''Police Story'' films were both squarely rooted in Hong Kong, but ''Supercop'' takes the action to Mainland China, Thailand, and Malaysia.
53	* ShoutOut: The scene where Chaibat bashes a subordinate's head with a durian (an exotic Malaysian fruit, covered in spikes) is a reference to Al Capone's iconic baseball bat scene from Film/TheUntouchables.
54	* ThanksForTheMammary: Ka-Kui to Yang, though she wears BulletProofVest at the time. So it's not much, not to mention everyone thought they're siblings at the time.
55	* TooDumbToLive: May's clever ruse is cancelled out after she [[spoiler:blows Kevin's cover while talking to her friend in the elevator.]]
56	** It's even worse. [[spoiler:She spoke with her friend in English all the time, except for the time she was explaining the plan.]]
57	** Either the Chinese didn't fully brief Kevin on his mission--or he really did have a terrible memory.
58	* TraintopBattle: The ending battle have a rather lengthy and awesome battle on a train where Kevin and Yang battles Chaibat's mooks.
59	* VillainsDyingGrace: Implied with the wife of the BigBad; even though is more than likely ''still'' sentenced to death when she gets handed back to the Thailand Authorities, she graciously gives Ka-Kui and Yang her Swiss Bank Account and its password as gratitude for saving her from falling off and being crushed by the speeding train on which the finale took place.
60	* WellDoneSonGuy: Chaibat, sort of, right after shooting Yang in her bulletproof vest.
61	--> You two kids are really okay!

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