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Crime Story (1993)

Director: Kirk Wong

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From Time Out Film Guide

Kirk Wong's determination to play this straight (there's no space for any of Jackie Chan's comedy schticks, and not much for set-piece stunts either) makes this the best pure thriller Chan has ever starred in. He plays a cop assigned to rescue a wealthy but morally dubious property developer (Law) from the gang which is holding him to ransom. But even his most ingenious efforts to trick the kidnappers go awry - because his corrupt superior Inspector Hung (Cheng) is secretly behind the whole thing. Moody visuals, expertly paced montages and climactic sequences aboard a rusting sea-tanker and in a burning slum tenement all deliver above and beyond genre norms.

Author: TR

Time Out Film Guide

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Crime Story

Cast & crew

Director: Kirk Wong

Producer: Leonard Ho

Cast: Jackie Chan, Kent Cheng, Law Kar-Ying, Ko Shou-Liang, Ng Wing-Mei full cast

Genre(s): Thrillers

Duration: 106 mins


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