Now, Jackie Chan
is once again in full action mode orchestrating his stunts in “Police Story
2013.” Chan began as a stuntman in
Chinese action movies and became his country’s action star in the 70s with his
action comedy films such as “Snake in the Eagle's Shadow” and “Drunken Master”
prior his big Hollywood fame in the 90s.
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In the latest
“Police Story 2013,” a reboot of his previous movie of the same title (sans
2013), Jackie Chan plays policeman Zhong Wen, a man dedicated to his work to
the point of neglecting his own family.
His rebellious daughter Miao Miao (played by Jing Tian) who had become
distant from him one day asks to meet with him in an exclusive bar in the heart
of the city which is owned by Wu Jiang (played by Liu Ye), his daughter’s
boyfriend. Upon arrival at the bar, Zhong
senses something is definitely wrong happening in the bar and this makes Miao
all the more rebellious towards him.
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Zhong would prove
himself right when Wu’s true intentions were revealed on the night that the
guests in the bar were held hostage in exchange for the release of a criminal
named Fu, a notorious criminal brought to prison by Zhong years ago. Meanwhile, Miao Miao now realizes Wu had used
her to get to her father, and is filled with guilt.
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Showing no signs
of retiring from movies, Chan said in recent interviews that “A genuine action
movie is marked by real stunts.” As with
all his other movies, Chan’s fight scenes in the movie also looked very
painful, and he admitted that they were as painful as they looked: “The fights
were with genuine MMA (mixed martial arts) boxers, not stuntmen; so, they
didn’t know how to control their strength when we were filming the fight
sequences. Those were rock-hard, solid punches and kicks.”
“Police Story
2013” will open this January 22 from Megavision, Inc. in cinemas nationwide.