DVD Review

Police Story (2006)

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Rated: PG-13; DVD Release Date: Dec 19, 2006; Genres: Action/Adventure, Crime; With: Jackie Chan and Brigitte Lin

B+

By Dalton Ross

Dalton Ross

Dalton Ross is an editor-at-large at EW and swears there are better pictures of him out there...somewhere.

It would be a mistake to describe Police Story, Jackie Chan's 1985 kung-fu cop film, as timeless. After all, one scene does have the Hong Kong action star moon-walking. But Chan's non-pop-rocking stunts still sizzle, including one seriously high-impact encounter with a bus. Nobody combines kicks and comedy like Chan...except perhaps Jean-Claude Van Damme, but that's unintentional.

EXTRAS
Rush Hour director/Chan fan Brett Ratner fawns during a featurette and a commentary; an alternate opening includes — among other things — more pies in faces.

Posted Dec 15, 2006

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