Police Story (1985)

'Police Story' launches a durable franchise for its star Jackie Chan, here playing a Hong Kong Police Sergeant assigned to protect a reluctant witness (Brigitte Lin) in a drug case. This action comedy was released fairly early in Jackie's time as an action star, and I liked the relative low-keyness of it and how the action sequences felt more organic and less 'forced' then would be the case in many of his later pictures. While Jackie's dubbed voice is a bit distracting, he didn't speak English yet, it is a fun film with some good moments. One not so good moment is a scene where Jackie must juggle answering multiple phones when left alone at a small percent while his co workers are at lunch, there are a few lines about rape played for humor and it does not work, it has aged very badly. Maggie Cheung and Bill Tung who appear in later films in the series originate their characters here. ***