Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) on Netflix
Hong Kong officer Chan Ka-Kui is briefed in Guangzhou by Superintendent Jessica Yang on Chaibat, a drug lord. Posing as a prisoner, Ka-Kui helps Chaibat's henchman Panther escape a prison camp.
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Plot summary
Hong Kong's police pick Chan Ka-Kui, their supercop, for an undercover job. In Guangzhou, Superintendent Jessica Yang of the Chinese police explains the target: Chaibat, a drug lord whose organization has to be cracked from within. The way in is Panther, Chaibat's lieutenant, held at a prison camp in China. Ka-Kui poses as a prisoner, helps Panther escape and earns enough trust to be brought along toward Hong Kong and vouched for in front of Chaibat's other men. Yang goes with him, and when the group passes through Ka-Kui's supposed home village, she plays his sister; at a restaurant, a fight with local police who know nothing of the operation ends with the two getting away.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- While filming Supercop, Michelle Yeoh jumped onto a car Jackie Chan was driving, slipped off the side and fell into oncoming traffic; she was nearly run over and the crewman who jumped on to help her was knocked out, though both recovered.
- Jackie Chan dislocated his cheekbone during a stunt on Supercop, as he recounted in his book I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action.
- Supercop was the first Jackie Chan film from Hong Kong to use sync sound, so the actors' voices were recorded as they spoke on set instead of being dubbed over by other actors later.
- Two missions in the 2004 videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas were taken from Supercop's final scenes, including the game's last mission, "End of the Line", and that mission in turn inspired the final mission of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.
- Tom Jones' rendition of "Kung Fu Fighting" plays over Supercop's end credits, followed by a song specially written and performed for the film by the band Devo, titled "Supercop".
