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Crime Story film poster |
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| Traditional | 重案組 |
| Simplified | 重案组 |
| Mandarin | Zhōng Àn Zǔ |
| Cantonese | Cung5 On3 Zo2 |
| Directed by | Kirk Wong |
| Produced by | Leonard Ho |
| Written by | Teddy Chan Chi-sing Cheung |
| Starring | Jackie Chan Kent Cheng Fat Chung Christine Ng |
| Cinematography | Arny Lam Arthur Wong |
| Editing by | Peter Cheung |
| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
| Release date(s) | Hong Kong: 24 June 1993 |
| Running time | 107 min. |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Gross revenue | HK $27,439,331 |
Crime Story (Chinese: 重案組) is a 1993 Hong Kong action crime film directed by Kirk Wong, starring Jackie Chan, Kent Cheng, Fat Chung, Christine Ng.
Unlike nearly all of Chan's other films, which feature a combination of action and comedy, Crime Story is serious-minded and dramatic (albeit with very brief moments of humor), with action scenes that are violent and highly destructive. Martial arts are de-emphasized in favor of gunfights, with many people being shot and killed, another anomaly for a Jackie Chan film. The film is based on actual events surrounding the 1990 kidnapping of Teddy Wang.
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Inspector Eddie Chan (Jackie Chan) is assigned to find a high profile businessman who has been kidnapped, and the search takes him from Hong Kong to Taiwan, causing him to cross paths with some very powerful men in the Chinese underworld. What complicates matters is that there is a mole within the police force, determined to stop Chan from succeeding. Chan, a very troubled policeman, finds himself fighting his personal demons at the same time he battles the seemingly unending wave of crime in the city.
The movie is based on the real-life kidnapping of Hong Kong property billionaire Wong Yat-fei (also known as Teddy Wang).
In the end, the mole is uncovered and reveals the location of the businessman on a boat, leading to his rescue. This is, however, a fictionalized ending to the case; in real life, Teddy Wang was never found and remains a missing person to this day. Many believe that he was thrown off the boat as the police converged upon it.
The film is set mainly in Hong Kong, and partially in Taiwan. It includes real scenes of building explosions filmed in the deserted Kowloon Walled City, which was destroyed in the same year.
The version released on video and DVD in North America by Miramax was dubbed in English, although unlike most releases, it contained the original musical score. Chan's character had the name "Eddie" replaced with "Jackie" in the dub. There were two cuts made from the Miramax version:
The Dragon Dynasty (DD) version has the original Cantonese language and the cuts made from the Miramax version were restored in the Dragon Dynasty version. The DD version was released in 2007 and is about 107 minutes long. It also contains other deleted scenes not seen in either version.
On March 24, 2003, DVD was released in Hong Kong Legends at UK in Region 2.
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