{ "id": "ephzm0qned", "slug": "police-story-2", "title": "Police Story 2 (警察故事续集)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.action-thriller-series-entries", "label": "Action, thriller, and crime series film entries", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.action-thriller-series-entries" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.action-thriller-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-1980s", "label": "Entries released in the 1980s", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.action-thriller-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-1980s" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "China · 1946 to 2000: Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946", "label": "China · 1946 to 2000", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series", "label": "Franchise and series entries as standalone works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Police Story 2 (警察故事續集, Police Story II) is Jackie Chan's 1988 Hong Kong action-comedy sequel to Police Story, in which demoted detective Chan Ka-kui hunts serial bombers; it won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Design.", "snippet": "Police Story 2 (警察故事續集, Police Story II) is Jackie Chan's 1988 Hong Kong action-comedy sequel to Police Story, in which demoted detective Chan Ka-kui hunts serial bombers; it won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Design.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.action-thriller-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-1980s", "markdown": "# Police Story 2 (警察故事续集)\n\n**Police Story 2** (警察故事续集, also known as Police Story II) is a 1988 Hong Kong action comedy directed, co-written, and co-starred in by [Jackie Chan](https://www.edgepedia.org/jackie-chan), and the direct sequel to his 1985 film *Police Story*. Chan returns as Hong Kong police detective Chan Ka-kui, who is demoted to traffic duty, quits the force in protest, and is recalled to hunt a band of serial bombers while the villains of the first film seek revenge.[1](https://www.criterion.com/films/29545-police-story-2) It is one of only two films in the *Police Story* series that Chan directed.[2](https://www.rogerebert.com/features/unholy-dedication-a-history-of-jackie-chans-police-story-franchise)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Original title | 警察故事续集 (also romanized Ging chaat goo si juk jaap)[3](https://www.nonstopentertainment.com/en/katalog/police-story-2/) |\n| Release | Hong Kong theatrical release 20 August 1988; the Hong Kong Film Archive's D & B database separately records a midnight screening on 13 August 1988[4](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/1988814/) • [5](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/18995340/19057015/ebook_eng_03.pdf) |\n| Director and star | Jackie Chan (born 1954), who also co-wrote the script with Edward Tang and led the action choreography with his stunt team[1](https://www.criterion.com/films/29545-police-story-2) • [6](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/6.-Research-and-Publication/06-02-Filmmakers-Search/Chinese/Jackie-Chan_c.pdf) |\n| Principal cast | Maggie Cheung as May, Bill Tung, Chor Yuen as Chu, and Lam Kwok-Hung[1](https://www.criterion.com/films/29545-police-story-2) |\n| Running times | 106 minutes in the Hong Kong theatrical cut and 121 minutes in the extended cut per Douban; Criterion lists its presentation at 122 minutes[7](https://movie.douban.com/subject/1304726/?bfdb10f8-73d0-4e28-bfb8-a566f10acecd=) • [1](https://www.criterion.com/films/29545-police-story-2) |\n| Awards | Best Action Design at the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards; Golden Horse nominations for Best Feature Film and Best Art Design[8](https://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/police_story_2.htm) • [7](https://movie.douban.com/subject/1304726/?bfdb10f8-73d0-4e28-bfb8-a566f10acecd=) |\n| Reception | 84% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer (19 reviews) and 77% on its audience Popcornmeter; a Metascore of 68 on Metacritic[9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/police_story_2) • [10](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/police-story-2-1988/critic-reviews/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot\n\nAfter his exploits in the first film, Ka-kui is reprimanded by his superiors and demoted from detective to traffic cop. When he runs into the drug lord Chu Tao (Chor Yuen), who taunts him, Ka-kui strikes him and, blamed by his superiors, resigns in protest.[1](https://www.criterion.com/films/29545-police-story-2) • [11](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/fphk60095403/) Chu Tao, declared terminally ill, is released from prison three months ahead of his expected death, and his henchmen keep hounding Ka-kui and his girlfriend May ([Maggie Cheung](https://www.edgepedia.org/maggie-cheung)).[3](https://www.nonstopentertainment.com/en/katalog/police-story-2/)\n\nAs Ka-kui and May prepare to leave on vacation, a wave of bomb scares hits Hong Kong, with the bombers extorting money from building owners and the property company, and Ka-kui is recalled to the case.[11](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/fphk60095403/) • [9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/police_story_2) • [17](https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/en/film/2017/police-story-2) When the bombers repeatedly fail in their attacks, they kidnap May and force Ka-kui to wear a bomb while collecting ransom money at the police station; after they try to kill her, he storms their hideout, a warehouse rigged with explosives.[11](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/fphk60095403/) The finale turns the abandoned warehouse into what Criterion's synopsis calls a life-size pinball machine of cascading oil drums, collapsing scaffolds, and shooting fireworks.[1](https://www.criterion.com/films/29545-police-story-2)\n\n## Production and credits\n\nThe film was made within the Golden Harvest orbit: the credits list Golden Harvest Company, Golden Way Films Ltd., and Paragon Films Ltd. as production companies, with Leonard Ho as producer and Raymond Chow as executive producer.[9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/police_story_2) • [1](https://www.criterion.com/films/29545-police-story-2) Chan wrote the screenplay with Edward Tang, and action choreography and direction are credited to the Jackie Chan Stunt Team.[1](https://www.criterion.com/films/29545-police-story-2) The Nonstop Entertainment catalog also credits Paul B. Clay on the script.[3](https://www.nonstopentertainment.com/en/katalog/police-story-2/) Michael Lai composed the score and arranged the theme song, which Chan performed, with lyrics by James Wong.[1](https://www.criterion.com/films/29545-police-story-2)\n\nA widely repeated account of the shoot concerns the scene in which Ka-kui is struck by a van while crossing a road. The 1905.com film database reports that the road was not closed during filming, that the stunt driver was Chan's stunt-team member Lai Keung-kun (黎强根), and that Chan pressed him to drive at full speed after repeated takes in which he drove too slowly out of fear.[4](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/1988814/) The lovehkfilm review describes the resulting moment, in which Chan is hit full-force and sent hurtling off screen, as one of his best stunts in the film, performed with an air of nonchalance.[8](https://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/police_story_2.htm)\n\n## Reception and awards\n\nThe film was a commercial success. Criterion describes it as an even bigger box-office hit than *[Police Story](https://www.edgepedia.org/police-story-1985-film)*, which the Hong Kong Film Archive's account of Chan's career notes had grossed over twenty million Hong Kong dollars and won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film.[1](https://www.criterion.com/films/29545-police-story-2) • [6](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/6.-Research-and-Publication/06-02-Filmmakers-Search/Chinese/Jackie-Chan_c.pdf) A Hong Kong film-catalog source lists its box office at HK$34,151,609.[12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCZQjPpS1u4)\n\nCritics generally treated the sequel as a trade of spectacle for structure. The lovehkfilm review calls it more plot-driven, with better camerawork and higher production values than the first film, but judges the police-procedural plot a slog, while conceding that the last fifteen minutes come close to topping the original's finale.[8](https://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/police_story_2.htm) The Austin Chronicle's Marc Savlov placed it between its neighbors in the series, neither as outlandish as *Police Story III: Supercop* nor as emotionally turbo-charged as the opener, and called it a fine introduction to the Jackie Chan phenomenon.[10](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/police-story-2-1988/critic-reviews/) On Metacritic the film scored 68, with six positive reviews and one mixed out of seven counted.[10](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/police-story-2-1988/critic-reviews/)\n\nAt the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards the film won Best Action Design, credited to Jackie Chan.[8](https://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/police_story_2.htm) At the 25th Golden Horse Awards it was nominated for Best Feature Film, and Huang Ruimin was nominated for Best Art Design.[7](https://movie.douban.com/subject/1304726/?bfdb10f8-73d0-4e28-bfb8-a566f10acecd=)\n\n## Injuries and stunt work\n\nThe stunts carried real costs. Maggie Cheung suffered a head injury during the finale; the lovehkfilm notes report that after a stunt involving metal frames she does not appear in close-up for the rest of the picture, with her character shot from a distance or from behind using a double, and that the injury is visible in the outtakes.[8](https://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/police_story_2.htm) The film's end-credits outtakes, a signature of Chan's productions, show the stunt accidents, a detail audience reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes single out as among the best parts.[9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/police_story_2)\n\n## Home video and restorations\n\nThe film has circulated in multiple cuts. [The Criterion Collection](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-criterion-collection) released it as Spine #972 in a two-film box set with *Police Story*, restored in 4K from the 35mm original camera negative, together with an alternate version transferred in 2K from a subtitled 35mm Hong Kong-release print that runs roughly 15 minutes shorter than the main cut.[1](https://www.criterion.com/films/29545-police-story-2) • [13](https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/police-story-police-story-2-blu-ray-review-jackie-chan/) • [14](https://www.criterionforum.org/review/police-story--police-story-2-the-criterion-collection-blu-ray) Eureka's UK Classics edition of 2018 presented the original Hong Kong release, the dubbed UK VHS version, outtakes, interviews, and a 40-minute Jackie Chan documentary.[15](https://www.review-avenue.co.uk/reviews/police-story-2-1988-eureka-classics-blu-ray-review/) In 2019, Janus Films gave both first two films new 4K restorations for a theatrical rerelease beginning at the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn.[16](https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6177-jackie-chan-rumbles-in-brooklyn)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Police Story 2 (1988), The Criterion Collection](https://www.criterion.com/films/29545-police-story-2)\n2. [Unholy Dedication: A History of Jackie Chan's \"Police Story\" Franchise, RogerEbert.com](https://www.rogerebert.com/features/unholy-dedication-a-history-of-jackie-chans-police-story-franchise)\n3. [Police Story 2, Nonstop Entertainment](https://www.nonstopentertainment.com/en/katalog/police-story-2/)\n4. [警察故事续集 Police Story Sequel (1988), 1905电影网](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/1988814/)\n5. [A Different Brilliance—The D & B Story, Hong Kong Film Archive](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/18995340/19057015/ebook_eng_03.pdf)\n6. [香港影人小傳檢索：成龍, Hong Kong Film Archive](https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/documents/6.-Research-and-Publication/06-02-Filmmakers-Search/Chinese/Jackie-Chan_c.pdf)\n7. [警察故事续集 (1988), 豆瓣](https://movie.douban.com/subject/1304726/?bfdb10f8-73d0-4e28-bfb8-a566f10acecd=)\n8. [Police Story 2 (1988), lovehkfilm](https://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/police_story_2.htm)\n9. [Jackie Chan's Police Story 2, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/police_story_2)\n10. [Police Story 2 (1988) critic reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/police-story-2-1988/critic-reviews/)\n11. [警察故事續集 Police Story Part II, 開眼電影網](https://app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/fphk60095403/)\n12. [經典港片介紹#118 警察故事續集 Police Story Part II (1988), YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCZQjPpS1u4)\n13. [Review: Jackie Chan's Police Story and Police Story 2 on Criterion Blu-ray, Slant Magazine](https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/police-story-police-story-2-blu-ray-review-jackie-chan/)\n14. [Police Story/Police Story 2 Blu-ray Review, Criterion Forum](https://www.criterionforum.org/review/police-story--police-story-2-the-criterion-collection-blu-ray)\n15. [Police Story 2 (1988) Eureka Classics Blu-Ray Review, Review Avenue](https://www.review-avenue.co.uk/reviews/police-story-2-1988-eureka-classics-blu-ray-review/)\n16. [Jackie Chan Rumbles in Brooklyn, The Criterion Collection](https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6177-jackie-chan-rumbles-in-brooklyn)\n17. 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