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Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Police Story
Jackie Chan investigates drugs, and his mission is to blow up the drug deal ring to Chu Tao.
If you want Hong Kong Action on it is best, this is the movie

--Knut Ragnar H. Bakke, Resident Scholar


Analysis of Police Story
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie: - 1980's-1999
Legal/Political Thriller? Yes
Political Plotlets: - breaking up an evil organization
Crime & Police Story? Yes
Criminal enemy is... - law enforcement gone bad

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair style - short/standard straight (man)
Body type - muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - Other Asian
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Body type - very skinny (woman)
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Other Asian

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - businessman, big
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - Other Asian
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - Southeast Asia

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel... - all mixed up
How many deaths in film? - 0 (not a murder mystery)
How much use of techno gadgets? - 1 (None)
Kind of violence: - karate chop
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - English
Subtitles? - Yes
Any profanity? - None
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