Fresh
Jackie Chan takes a career swerve with Crime Story, a dark-edged cop thriller in which the star's stunts play second fiddle to plot and mood.
Derek Elley, Variety
Crime Story
The world's toughest city needs more than an army to stop the mob… They need one man!
1993 · 1h 47m · R
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Kirk Wong Chi-Keung
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Crime Story
Overview
A special agent is assigned to protect a wealthy business magnate. However, when the businessman is kidnapped in a daring ambush, he teams up with a seasoned detective to crack the case. But soon he discovers the case isn't that simple.
Director and cast
- Kirk Wong Chi-Keung Director
- Jackie Chan as Inspector Chan
- Kent Cheng Jak-si as Detective Hung
- Christine Ng Wing-mei as Lara
- Law Hang Kang as Wong
- Law Kar-ying as Wong Yat-Fei
- Susanna Au-Yeung Pui-San as Sum Yue, Fei's wife
- Puishan Auyeung Cast
- Leng-Leng Phua Cast
- Poon Ling-Ling Cast
- Ken Lo Wai-kwong Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Time Out
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