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==See also==
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*[[Jackie Chan filmography]]
*[[Jackie Chan filmography]]
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*[[SPL: Sha Po Lang]]
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Crime Story
Film poster
Directed byKirk Wong
Written byTeddy Chan
Cheung Chi-sing
Produced byLeonard Ho
Chua Lam
StarringJackie Chan
Kent Cheng
Chung Fat
Christine Ng
Law Kar-ying
Blackie Ko
CinematographyArdy Lam
Arthur Wong
Edited byPeter Cheung
Music byMark Lui
James Wong
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release dates
Hong Kong:
  • June 24, 1993 (1993-06-24)
Running time
107 min.
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK $27,439,331
Crime Story
Traditional Chinese重案組
Simplified Chinese重案组
Literal meaning"Serious Crime Bureau"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōng Àn Zǔ
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingCung5 On3 Zo2

Crime Story (simplified Chinese: 重案组; traditional Chinese: 重案組) is a 1993 Hong Kong action crime film directed by Kirk Wong, starring Jackie Chan, Kent Cheng, Chung Fat and Christine Ng.

Unlike nearly all of Jackie Chan films, which feature a combination of action and comedy film, Crime Story is serious minded and dramatic (albeit with very brief moments of humor), with action scenes that are violent and very highly destructive. This film is de-emphasized in favor of gunfights, with many people being shot and killed, another anomaly for a Jackie Chan film. The film is based on actual events surrounding the 1990 kidnapping of Chinese businessman Teddy Wang.

Plot

Inspector Eddie Chan (Jackie Chan) is assigned to find a high profile businessman who has been kidnapped, and the search takes him from Hong Kong to Taiwan, causing him to cross paths with some very powerful men in the Chinese underworld. What complicates matters is that there is a mole within the police force, determined to stop Chan from succeeding. Chan, a very troubled policeman, finds himself fighting his personal demons at the same time he battles the seemingly unending wave of crime in the city.

The movie is based on the real life kidnapping of Hong Kong property billionaire Wong Yat-fei (also known as Teddy Wang).

In the end, the mole is uncovered and reveals the location of the Chinese businessman on a boat, leading to his rescue. This is, however, a fictionalized ending to the case; in real life, Teddy Wang was never found and remains a missing person to this day, Many believe that he was thrown off the boat as the police converged upon it.

Filming locations

The film is set mainly in Hong Kong, and partially in Taiwan. It includes real scenes of building explosions filmed in the deserted Kowloon Walled City, which has been destroyed in the same year.

Box office

  • This film grossed HK $27,457,147 at the Hong Kong box office.

US version

The version released on video and DVD in North America by Miramax was dubbed in English, although unlike most releases, it contained the original musical score. Chan's character had the name "Eddie" replaced with "Jackie" in the dub. There were two cuts made from the Miramax version:

  • The pre-credits sequence with the kidnappers was removed.
  • The last scene, where Wong Yat-fei's wife tells him to thank Chan.

The Dragon Dynasty (DD) version has the original Cantonese language and the cuts made from the Miramax version were restored in the Dragon Dynasty version. The DD version was released in 2007 and is about 107 minutes long. It also contains other deleted scenes not seen in either version.

Cast and characters

File:CrimeStory DVDcover.jpg
UK DVD cover
  • Jackie Chan – Inspector Eddie Chan
  • Kent Cheng – Detective Hung Ting-bong
  • Law Kar-ying – Wong Yat-fei
  • Law Hang-kang - Wong
  • Puishan Au-yeung – Wong's wife
  • Blackie Ko – Captain Ko
  • Pan Lingling – Psychologist
  • Christine Ng – Lara
  • Chung Fat – Ng Kwok-wah
  • Ken Lo – Ng Kwok-yan
  • Wan Faat – Simon Ting
  • William Tuan – Superintendent Cheung
  • Mars – Bank Robber (uncredited)
  • Chan Tat-kwong – Bank Robber (uncredited)
  • Johnny Cheung – Black Dog
  • Wong Chi-wai – Black Dragon (uncredited)
  • James Ha – Kidnapper / Ting-bong's Man
  • Yu Kwok-lok – Kidnapper
  • Wong Yiu – Kidnapper
  • Rocky Lai – Taiwanese Gangster / Restaurant Owner
  • Jameson Lam – Police at Construction Site
  • Leung Gam-san – Data Center Manager
  • Nicky Li Chung-chi
  • Chris Chan
  • Simon Cheung

Awards and nominations

DVD release

On March 24, 2003, DVD was released by Hong Kong Legends at UK in Region 2.[citation needed]

See also

References