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Jackie Chan is still a cop, is still fighting Hong Kong crime.<\/p>\n
The film opens with Chan being stripped of his Inspector\u2019s badge, forced back into a uniform and assigned to direct traffic. That\u2019s what you get for being a ballsy hero under the rule of a tyrannical, pussy-ass superior officer. What\u2019s worse, the villain he almost died putting away is released on compassionate leave. Apparently there is some dumbass law that says if you are diagnosed as deathly ill, you get to be set free from prison. God damn communist liberals. Oddly though, he isn\u2019t the main villain. It\u2019s some other mostly forgettable goons. But, the story is pretty much the same as the first<\/a>.<\/p>\n POLICE STORY: PART II is a comparable direct sequel that follows the same format of the first. The only blaring difference is that Chan fights the Asian equivalent of the villain from THE DEAD POOL instead of a drug lord and they replace all the action sequences with new, yet equally exciting ones.<\/p>\n This time Jackie brawls in a diner, on a playground (which is easily one of his all-time greatest), in a bar, at a house and in a fireworks factory.<\/p>\n Problem is, unlike the first film, this one takes awhile to get going and then once it does, the action scenes seem almost like a reward for sitting through all the drama, as opposed to a natural flow of 50\/50. The first bit of action you get is almost 20 minutes in and the next doesn\u2019t happen for almost a half an hour later. After that, there are maybe 2 or 3 very brief bits of action, but nothing big until an hour later, just before the credits. The scenes are fucking great, but it\u2019s borderline arduous getting to them.<\/p>\n In my opinion, no martial arts movie should be longer than 100 minutes. After that point, there is usually a problem with too much filler and the film suffers for it. When I watch martial arts, all I need (want) is a simple story that delivers the scenarios necessary to set-up the action. I\u2019m not watching them for their dramatic ambiance. But, whatever, that\u2019s just me. The film is still quite fun and the action and stunts are classic top-notch Jackie. It falls short of matching the first, but it\u2019s still definitely worth a watch.<\/p>\n -Runs across a freeway of speeding cars. Two guys get blowed up, but much like the first film, it\u2019s all about the beatdowns which, like I said above, are superb\u2014when they get around to them.<\/p>\n It\u2019s odd to see a guy smaller than Jackie, that can kick as much, if not more, ass. What makes this fight so good, is that the villain was completely unassuming as a badass. Monkey Man (I call him that, \u2018cuz he makes monkey noises, not because I\u2019m racist) pretty much owns Chan, who only wins due to his perseverance and skill with adapting to his environment. The exchanges are crazy fast, and surprisingly brutal, despite all the comedy. It\u2019s good stuff.<\/p>\n Once again, Chan spends most of his free time trying to salvage his fractured relationship with his girlfriend. Though he is so bad at relating to women that I am starting to wonder if this is his first time being in a relationship with one. There is also a scene in which she berates him for being such a douche all the way through his department and into the men\u2019s locker room, giving the audience a healthy amount of man-ass eye-candy.<\/p>\n Chan\u2019s girlfriend gets bitch-slapped, then punched by the evil Broken-Glasses Man. Later, Chan ditches her on a plane for his job, leaving her to fly out of the country (on their vacation, no less) alone without her passport and she gets detained in a foreign country, \u2018cuz he forgets all about her and doesn\u2019t make the calls necessary to remedy the situation. Then, when trying to win her back, Chan is attacked by The Broken-Glasses Man and when fired upon by a shit-slinging squirt gun, he ducks and she gets fapped in the face. Even more later, she is kidnapped and tortured by having large snap-pops thrown at her body.<\/p>\n Also, Chan body-slams a black market dealer\u2019s girlfriend into a wall and lays down his pimp hand on her twice until she learns that women are meant to be seen, not heard (Bottom-Right). [flashvideo filename=videos\/PoliceStory2.wmv.FLV \/]<\/p>\n Police Story 2 copyright held by Golden Harvest<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n There are quite a few spectacular stunts in this movie, and although this one may not look as impressive as some of the later ones, it\u2019s probably the most dangerous, as that is REAL glass he hurls himself through off the top of that bus. Understandably, he cut his head the fuck-up and all because they didn\u2019t have the time or money to replace it with candy-glass.<\/p>\n There isn\u2019t much for one-liners, but the following made me laugh, simply because he is setting a dude\u2019s crotch on fire while saying it\u2026<\/p>\n Jackie Chan really hates crime\u2014and women. <\/strong><\/p>\n [THE CHALK-OUTLINE] Police Story: Part II a.k.a. Ging chaat goo si juk jaap (1988): Breakdown by Rantbo Jackie Chan is still a cop, is still fighting Hong Kong crime. [THE EXECUTION] The film opens with Chan being stripped of his Inspector\u2019s badge, forced back into a uniform and assigned to direct traffic. That\u2019s what you … Read morePolice Story: Part II: Jungle Gyms and Fireworks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1290],"class_list":["post-1306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-rantbo-breakdown-review-police-story-part-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allouttabubblegum.com\/new-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allouttabubblegum.com\/new-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allouttabubblegum.com\/new-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allouttabubblegum.com\/new-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allouttabubblegum.com\/new-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.allouttabubblegum.com\/new-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28343,"href":"https:\/\/www.allouttabubblegum.com\/new-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions\/28343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allouttabubblegum.com\/new-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allouttabubblegum.com\/new-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allouttabubblegum.com\/new-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.allouttabubblegum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Police%20Story%202%2002.jpg\")
<\/p>\n[HOW BAD-ASS IS THE MAIN CHARACTER?]<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nJackie Chan is Traffic Officer Chan Ka Kui Part 2<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n-Within the first 20 minutes, he gets reprimanded twice by his dickhead Sergeant and, tiring of the bullshit \u2018rules\u2019,\u00a0 turns in his badge. Officially making him a vigilante, and twice as badass.
\n-Knocks a guys head through a dish cabinet drawer with his foot.
\n-Beats off 10 steel-pipe wielding goons with his kung-fu.
\n-Jumps on top of a speeding car to avoid being smashed by it.
\n-Visits the home of his old rival in search of his kidnapped girlfriend, beats up the guards and throws a barbeque grill through a pane glass window.
\n-Gets tortured by having large snap-pops thrown on his face and bare chest.
\n-Defuses a bomb strapped to his chest with a pair of pliers and some wire stripped from a car.
\n-Fights two kung-fu experts and a lunatic deaf-mute fire-bomb throwing midget. At the same time. And wins.
\n-And according to his girlfriend, he looks very smart in his uniform.<\/p>\n[THE BODY COUNT: TWO]
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n[MOST SATISFYING ASS-KICKING]<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n
Chan vs. The Monkey Man<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n[DUDESWEAT AND MACHISMO]<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n[EXPLOITATION AND MISOGYNY]<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n[EPIC MOMENT AND BEST ONE-LINER]<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n[THE MORAL OF THE STORY]<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n[THE GIST OF JACKIE: 5 outta 5]<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
[X] Breaks Into Someplace Or Escapes By Way Of Acrobatics
\n[X] Has An Annoying Tag-Along Companion
\n[X] Makes The ‘OW!’ Face And\/Or Rubs A Soar Spot
\n[X] Performs A Ridiculously Dangerous Stunt
\n[X] Uses A Random Object To Defend Himself<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n[THE CHECKLIST: 19 outta 25]<\/span><\/h2>\n
[X] Athlete(s) Turned \u201cActor\u201d
\n[X] Clinging To The Outside Of A Moving Vehicle
\n[X] Crotch Attack
\n[\u00a0 ] Dialogue Telling Us How Bad-Ass The Main Character(s) Is\/Are
\n[\u00a0 ] Ending Featuring An Ambulance, A Blanket or A Towel
\n[X] Factory\/Warehouse
\n[X] Giant Explosion(s)
\n[X] Heavy Artillery
\n[X] Improvised Weapon(s)
\n[X] Macho Mode(s) Of Transportation
\n[X] Main Character Sports Facial Accessory(s)
\n[\u00a0 ] Manly Embrace(s)
\n[X] Notorious Stunt-Man Sighting
\n[X] Passage(s) Of Time Via Montage
\n[X] Politically Fueled Plot Point(s)
\n[X] Senseless Destruction Of Property
\n[\u00a0 ] Shoot Out(s) and\/or Sword Fight(s)
\n[\u00a0 ] Slow-Motion Finishing Move(s)\/Death(s)
\n[X] Stupid Authoritative Figure(s)
\n[X] Substance Usage and\/or Abuse
\n[\u00a0 ] Tis The Season
\n[X] Torture Sequence(s)
\n[X] Unnecessary Sequel<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> [Police Story 3: Super Cop<\/a>]<\/strong>
\n [X] Vehicle Chase(s)
\n[X] Vigilante Justice<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.allouttabubblegum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Police%20Story%202%2008.jpg\")
<\/p>\nOh, No! There\u2019s A Woman Expressing Her Opinion! Hold Jackie Back!<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"