In "Police
Story 2013," a small pub turns into the scene of a tense stand-off when
the owner takes his patrons hostage -- one of the hostages is Officer Zhong Wen
(Jackie Chan), another is his daughter, Miaomiao (Jing Tian). The hostage taker
(Liu Ye) demands that a notorious criminal be freed from prison in exchange for
the lives of those in the pub.
Check out the film’s Philippine trailer here: http://youtu.be/263ZK-ItATE
“The audience is
the only reason why I continue to make films,” said action superstar Jackie
Chan at the Police Story 2013 Press conference in Kuala Lumpur recently. It can be remembered that Chan announced that
“CZ12 (Chinese Zodiac 12)” would be his last action film. But the decision was faced with so much
disapproval from Chan’s fans who like him to continue making films. “I love every process involved in making an
action film. The itch to be on the set again is the reason why I have agreed to
make Police Story 2013. I’ve decided to
continue to make action films but it will not be as big as it used to,” he
said.
“Detective Zhong Wen (the lead character) is
very similar to me. Both of us are busy with our own agendas and our careers
take priority over anything else. “In my
personal life, I often put family aside and spend a lot of time on the film
set. But again, that was many years ago,”
said Chan in recent interviews of his character in the movie.
In the movie,
Chan faces and deals with Wu Jiang (played by Liu Ye) who had been planning
revenge for the death of his beloved sister, Xiaowei (played by Guli
Nazha). Wu is a bar owner. After his
parents’ divorce, he grew up in a foreign country. His appearance is gentle,
but he has a forceful personality built by his varied life experience. After
his father’s death, he had to survive on his own by being an underground boxer.
In these games where lives are at stake, he learns about life. After retiring
from boxing he returns to China and locates his long-lost younger sister
Xiaowei. He lavishes his love on her, and sees her as his hope and his
emotional crutch. Xiaowei’s untimely death hit him extremely hard. For the next
five years, he secretly plots and plans every detail of this kidnapping in
order to understand what exactly had happened. At the risk of losing his
business and his life, his intention is to exact revenge on the responsible
party.
Policeman Zhong
Wen has always been dedicated to his work, to the point of neglecting his own
family. One day, his daughter Miao Miao, who has moved out on her own, asks to
meet with him. He rushes to the meeting place, excited but worried. To his
surprise, the meeting venue is a very fashion-forward bar. But in the back of
his mind, Zhong Wen feels that something is wrong about this place. When Zhong
Wen finds out that the owner of the bar is his daughter’s boyfriend, he is
upset and confused. As the
conversations become unbearably awkward, a series of accidents occurs inside
the bar. Meanwhile, bar owner Wu Jiang takes Chong down in several amazingly
skilled moves. The police, who have received a call, rush to the site. The
patrons think the excitement is over but inside the bar Wu’s men Ben, Pichon
and Taozi the bouncer suddenly shut the main doors and takes everyone hostage
at gunpoint. Meanwhile, Zhong, though
trapped, is sharp enough to sense the intention to attack by the police
outside. He talks to Wu, hoping to catch the latter’s motive for the crime. At
the same time, Zhong begins strategic negotiations, all the while luring Wu
into position for the sniper outside. But just as the sniper is about to shoot,
it dawns on Zhong that all this is related to a cold case five years ago. And
that case has also left an indelible mark in Zhong Wen’s psyche.
Watch Jackie Chan
back in action when “Police Story 2013” opens January 22 in cinemas nationwide
from Megavision, Inc.
