jackie chan police story be a landmark film for both the honk kong action genre and the career of jackie chan . direct or write by chan and police story have a basic plot a do all the film of that era and genre and and like most of the the film of police story kind and the script be nothing to be rave about . but the plot of the film be jackie chan and who play a nice guy cop and struggle to convict the local gang lord . the direction of the film be nothing special and by no mean the best directing effort that jackie chan have give u and that responsibility fall to the underrated masterpiece miracle . however the job that jackie do direct be sufficient and respectable . the standout out directing of the film come with the fight scene . the performance in this film also vary with jackie give a very solid typical chan nice guy up against it role and but this be by no mean his best act role and that can be see in the sammo hung direct film heart of the dragon . the other actor in the film also give as good a solid performance a jackie with bridgete lin play her part of the unwilling witness reasonably well and but neither do she display full act potential . the standout act come from maggie cheung a jackies suffer girlfriend and bill tung a the sympathetic and funny police chief . none of the performance in this film be of a low enough standard to affect the quality of the film . the action in the film be what really separate this film from others with stunning contemporary choreography to suit the urbanised and modern setting and the action be some some of the great fight scene ever put on camera . to begin with there be a shootout in the slum where koo ( ganglord ) be make a drug deal and whilst be no john woo style sequence and this serve a a nice starter for the film . this be then follow by the famous car run down the side of the hill and through the heart of the slum wreck everything in sight . this be a breathtaking sequence that have since be shamelessly copy by bad boy 2. in the middle of the film be yet another standout sequence a jackie try to transport bridgete lin from her house to his . this be really the first scene where we get to see the awesome fast pace hand to hand combat that have since become the norm for all modern set martial art film . this sequence be fantastically choreograph and time and seamlessly edit together to maximise the brutality of the scene . however and a tradition dictate and the standout fight sequence be at the end of the film . this sequence display some of chans best choreography and stunt and camera or edit work . this sequence be now famous for two thing and the amount of people send through high density glass and which have to be say a phenomenal amount of people and and the stunt at the end where jackie leap from a 5th storey balcony and grab hold of a pole and slide down through a glass roof ( this have to be see to be believe ) . whilst the two for mention factor be both uniquely brilliant and i think that the most impressive part of this fight sequence be chans ability to incorporate anything into the fight sequence and the sheer originality of the choreography and that for me have never be better . i also believe that the action in police story be some of the best filmed and edited action of chans career help to set the action apart from others . overall and police story and despite it unspectacular storyline and script and over run in the middle due to plot padding and be one of the best action film of all time display chans best choreography and best film action and arguably his most spectacular stunt make this essential viewing for everyone . afterall and we watch a chan movie for the action .