Project S (1996)

One of my all time favorites.

I'll tell you why so serious

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Depending on your whereabouts in the world, this film may go under any one of the following titles: Supercop 2 (USA), Once a Cop, Police Story 3 Part 2, Police Story 4: Project S, Police Story V, Project S (UK), Supercop (also UK). Whatever the title, do not be fooled into thinking that this is a Jackie Chan film; yes, he does appear in the movie, but only briefly and in a scene that has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the film.Michelle Yeoh, however, plays the same character as she did in Police Story 3 (which was known as Supercop in the US and did star JC—are you keeping up?), a hard-as-nails mainland Chinese cop named Yang. She is called to Hong Kong to lend her expertise and assist in the apprehension of a gang of Chinese criminals who are pulling heists right left and centre and peeing-off the local cops.The police operations are going swimmingly until Yang recognises one of the criminals as Cheng Feng, her boyfriend from China who left for HK to find his fortune, and the two become reacquainted under somewhat difficult circumstances.With a decidedly routine plot, Project S needed to be something special in the action department in order to compensate, but despite some cracking fight action towards the end, there is far too much quiet time spent between bouts. The action is also geared towards gun-play rather than martial arts, so those expecting a full on fight-fest will be disappointed. That is not to say that Yeoh and co-stars don't display some wonderful skills from time to time; the high kicking action is pretty good when it happens—it just doesn't happen often enough.The final half an hour, which has the gang attempt a daring bank robbery, offers the best dose of action, with Yang going up against a foe twice her size (and kicking ass, of course!).Director Stanley Tong and star Michelle Yeoh have both made far better films than this, but if your expectations are not set too high, you may find Project S a reasonable way to spend your time (although 105 minutes was a tad too long for me!).

First of all I have to say that I am not a fan of Chinese Action Films. There have been a few that I've really liked, but they are few and far between.This film was just terrible! The story was paper-thin, but that's nothing surprising when it comes to these martial art films. At first I was worried because I didn't remember anything from "Supercop", so I wasn't sure if I was going to be lost or not. I assure you, you do not need to know ANYTHING about "Supercop" in order to understand this film. They make one reference to the events that took place in "Supercop" and Jackie Chan even has a small cameo in the film, but even if you haven't seen "Supercop", I'm sure you can figure out what they're talking about.Also, while I'm thinking of it... What the heck was with that stupid Jackie Chan cameo? Why was he dressed as a woman? And what purpose did that whole scene with Jackie serve in the movie? Was it supposed to be funny? It was just retarded if you ask me!Don't even get my started on the end of this film! It was so abrupt and stupid! I'm not going to go into why I don't like it, but if you've seen the movie, hopefully you know what I'm talking about.I guess I should mention the fighting scenes too? VERY NOT IMPRESSED!!! There was maybe one or two scenes that I thought were done well, but other than that, the fight scenes were nothing special.Unless you are a huge Kung Fu / Chinese Martial Art Film fan, don't even bother with this film. It really isn't often that I would say something like that, but I really didn't like the film. If you do see the movie, despite this review, I hope you enjoy it more than I did. Thanks for reading,-Chris

Although not as good as the first, this film still contains plenty of action. The action is more shooting/explosions than martial arts though. About a bunch of terrorists and good guys kicking the crap out of them. Rated R: for Violence.

I thought it was a decent movie. Michelle Yeoh did a good job with the acting and the movie itself was a nice change from the action-packed HK movies we've grown accustomed to.I was, however, just a little disappointed in the way that Jackie Chan was hyped as being in the cast. I expected him to take a role of the Hong Kong police guy he was in Supercop again, but all he does is one scene as a lady. Kind of a letdown.