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Police Story 4: First Strike (Chinese: 警察故事4之簡單任務), also known as First Strike or Jackie Chan's First Strike, is a 1996 Hong Kong action comedy film directed and co-written by Stanley Tong, and starring Jackie Chan, Jackson Lou, Annie Wu, Bill Tung, Yuri Petrov, and Nonna Grishayeva. It is the fourth installment of the Police Story series. Chan reprises his role as "Kevin" Chan Ka-Kui (named "Jackie" in international releases), a Hong Kong police officer who works for the CIA to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Jackie realizes that things are not as simple as they appear and soon finds himself a pawn of an organization posing as Russian intelligence.[1]

Whilst working for the CIA, Jackie is assigned to follow leads of a nuclear smuggling case. One of the tasks the CIA gives him is simple enough: watch a woman named Natasha while on a plane from Hong Kong to Crimea and record her movements. Jackie arrives in Ukraine and the CIA, partnered with local Security Service, take over the task of following Natasha. However, the CIA operation almost falls apart when the Ukrainian Strike Force arrest Natasha. Luckily for the CIA, Jackie spots Natasha being driven away and he discreetly follows her.

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During the chase in Yalta, Jackie discovers that Natasha is working with an unknown male partner, who actually called in the Strike Force to prevent Natasha from being followed. Natasha and the unknown male are also romantically involved. Jackie decides to follow the unknown male to a remote lodge in the Crimean Mountains, and informs the CIA of his location. The unknown male is apparently meeting with Russian mafia members who are interested in a nuclear bomb that is in his possession. The criminals are on high alert when they spot Jackie and agents of both the Militsiya and the CIA arriving. A gunfight ensues. During the battle, the unknown male is identified as Jackson Tsui, a Chinese-American nuclear scientist with CIA links, suspected of stealing a nuclear warhead.

Jackie finds a briefcase which contained evidence from Tsui, but as he is chased by mafia forces, Jackie loses the briefcase as he falls into frozen waters, and the mafia takes the briefcase. When he recovers in Russian military hospital, he meets Colonel Gregor Yegorov of the FSB, who explains the situation. Jackie goes with him to Moscow where he discovers he has been assigned to work with Gregor to solve a similar case involving nuclear weapons being smuggled out of Ukraine. His task is to track Tsui, who disappeared after their last encounter. He is smuggled into Brisbane, Australia by a Russian submarine.

In order to find out where Jackson is, Jackie befriends his younger sister Annie, who works at an aquarium doing shark shows. Jackie pretends to be Jackson's "sworn brother". Chan's deception is successful, and he eventually meets Uncle 7, the Tsuis' father and the local Triad boss. Uncle 7 is seriously ill and will be getting surgery soon. While meeting Uncle 7, Jackie reveals the true nature of his visit to both Uncle 7 and Annie and informs them of Jackson's criminal activities. Jackie then meets with Gregor to report his findings. He tells Gregor that if Uncle 7 dies, Jackson will surely show up. Unknown to Jackie, Jackson is hiding at the hospital and has given a nuclear warhead (disguised as a small oxygen tank) to Annie, who hides it at the aquarium.

While following Annie, Jackie gets held up by Jackson, who claims to have a deal with Gregor. He also reveals to Jackie that Gregor has secretly put audio bugs in several of the objects the FSB gave him. After realizing he has been used by Gregor for nefarious purposes, Jackie decides to return home and write a full report to both of their superiors. Two men are sent to kill him, and he is framed for the murder of Uncle 7. He attempts to clear his name by going to see Annie at the memorial hall, but he is (unsurprisingly) unwelcome, having to fight younger brother Allen Tsui and the family's bodyguards until Jackson arrives to clear Jackie's name. Jackson explains that Gregor caught him on a CIA assignment three years before, and forced him to turn into a triple agent: a CIA agent ostensibly turned by the FSB, but in reality serving Gregor's private criminal schemes.

Gregor uses the nuclear warheads to secure stakes in oil franchises in the Middle East. Jackson was trying to get money from Gregor for the warhead. Annie, Jackie, and Jackson decide to work together to find Gregor and bring him in. Uncle 7's elaborate Chinatown funeral becomes the scene for a complex shootout between the various parties, injuring Jackson as he's caught in an RPG explosion. Annie and Jackie attempt to retrieve the stolen warhead from the shark pool (so that they can return it to the police), but Gregor and his men follow them, leading to a climactic confrontation underwater. During the fight, Gregor shoots the aquarium tank and shatters the glass, which releases a great white shark into the restaurant area.

During the confusion, Gregor escapes with the warhead and kidnaps Annie to a getaway boat. Jackie saves the tourists from the shark and then pursues Gregor. While Gregor escapes in the getaway boat, Jackie finds and drives a Mitsubishi FTO display car onto the boat. The car pins Gregor, allowing Jackie to successfully retrieve the warhead and save Annie as armed police close in. Gregor and Jackson are apprehended by the Australian police and turned over to Russian authorities. The case is solved, and Jackie is thanked for his work by the FSB and returns to his work in Hong Kong.

New Line Cinema re-edited the film, making the following changes: new opening credits sequence with Hong Kong scenery, removal of over 20 minutes of footage, new music composed by J. Peter Robinson and almost all the multi-lingual dialogue (English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Russian) dubbed into English.

All Mei Ah Entertainment releases, the Japanese Warner Home Video DVD and the Towa laserdisc are the only versions to date that contain the film uncut and without the language dubbing. The Mei Ah releases feature English subtitles.

First Strike was an enormous box office success in Hong Kong, grossing HK$57,518,795 during its theatrical run.[2] It remains Jackie Chan's highest-grossing film in Hong Kong and the third highest-grossing domestic film in Hong Kong film history.

In China, it grossed CN112 million at the box office.[4] In Taiwan, it grossed NT$47,284,460.[7] In Japan, it earned 545 million at the box office.[9] In South Korea, it grossed US$4.22 million.[11] In Europe, the film sold 72,272 tickets in Spain[17] and 922,863 in other EU countries.[14]

In the United Kingdom, the film was watched by 2.2 million viewers on television in 2004, making it the year's second most-watched foreign-language film on television (below Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). The original Police Story drew 1.2 million UK viewers the same year, adding up to a combined 3.4 million UK viewership for both Police Story films in 2004.[21]

The version of the film released in North American cinemas by New Line was met with an overall positive critical response. Mike LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film an enthusiastic review:

One of the pleasures of being alive at this period of history is Jackie Chan. There are other pleasures, of course, and other movie pleasures, too. But few things in film today are as reliable as a Jackie Chan movie. Even if the picture is weak, Chan is never disappointing. Watching him in Jackie Chan's First Strike, a brand-new effort opening today, there's no doubt that this is a lovable original and a great popular artist. So this time Chan swims with sharks. He climbs from balcony to balcony on the top floor of a tall hotel building. He even -- get this -- drops 100 feet from a helicopter into a frozen lake, just as the helicopter explodes.[22]

Roger Ebert reviewed the film in January 1997 and rated it three out of four stars in Lancaster New Era newspaper. He noted that "Chan is said to be the world's top action star" outside of the United States, and that what "makes him popular is not just his stunts (he is famous for doing them all himself) but his attitude" and reactions to them. He said "Jackie Chan is an acquired taste" and the film lacks "the polish of big-budget Hollywood extravaganzas" while the dubbed dialogue "sounds like cartoon captions," but that "Chan himself is a graceful and skilled physical actor, immensely likable, and there's a kind of Boy Scout innocence in the action that's refreshing after all the doom-mongering, blood-soaked Hollywood action movies."[23]

Arlington Heights Daily Herald newspaper rated it two-and-a-half out of four stars, calling it a "homage to James Bond, spiced up with elaborate fight pieces choreographed to show off Chan's incredible comic battle style."[24]

Being a Police Story movie it's not long before the plot needle's in the red and Chan is shuttling back and forth between Moscow, Hong Kong, the Ukraine and Australia trying to track down stolen plutonium for a boss (played by respected Russian actor, Yuri Batchov) who may or may not be the bad guy behind the plutonium-pilfering in the first place. Constantly getting lost, confused, humiliated and framed for murder you know that if Chan gets something nice in this movie (say, a spiffy suit) it's only so it can be taken away in the next reel (said suit torn to shreds by gigantic power lifter, Nathan Jones, performing here with a broken arm). Speaking of clothes, as Jackie's gotten older his wardrobe's gotten weirder, and in First Strike it's reached a zenith. By the time the movie's over he will have worn a seal hat, a live koala bear, a Nehru jacket ensemble, Koala bear undies, a big shark costume, a waterproof pair of yellow overalls, and a strange stilt-walker's costume. The man's got more clothes than Madonna, and they're weirder than Madonna's, too. This globe-trotting spy movie is directed by Stanley Tong (of Supercop and Rumble in the Bronx fame) who brought it in for $15 million with only 10 days of post-production. Rocketing down a mountain in an apocalyptic ski chase, crashing through the ice into subzero waters, balancing on the ledge of a hotel that looks to be about five miles high, crashing through the most kinetic ladder fight ever put on film, and climaxing in a twenty-minute underwater fight in an aquarium full of man-eating sharks every cent of this movie's budget is up on-screen making it the best James Bond movie James Bond never made. It's a far worthier spoof of the genre than the excruciating Casino Royale. This is post-95 Jackie at his best. by Grady Hendrix Read MoreCollapse View More Professional Reviews This original content has been created by or licensed to YesAsia.com, and cannot be copied or republished in any medium without the express written permission of YesAsia.com. Customer Review of "First Strike/Police story 4 (Korean Version)" Change Content Preferences Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10(1)
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May 27, 2007

This customer review refers to Jackie Chan's First Strike (US Version) First Strike Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 Director Stanley Tong always like foreign locations for his movies. No exception here cause Jackie's in Ukraine and Aust. The other reviewer rubbished Jackie's english but this is only one of his earlier western movie and I thought he did pretty good. Good stunt work with Jackie on ice and and stilts (scene in Chinatown). Not easy to balance on those things. Pity they haven't got an audio cantonese version. Still very watchable! Did you find this review helpful? Yes(Report This) Anonymous

October 9, 2003

FIRST STRIKE AKA POLICE STORY 4 Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10 I SAW THIS MOVIE BACK IN 1997 AND IT BLEW ME AWAY. THE PLOT IS KIND OF SMOOTH TO FOLLOW. JACKIE IS SENT ON MISSION TO ASSIST A WOMAN TO ANOTHER COUNTRY. SOON AFTER THE FLIGHT, JACKIE LOST TRACK OF THE WOMAN WHICH TO THE RUSSIAN MEN THAT SHE WAS KIDNAPPED. JACKIE SOON FINDS OUT HE IS GIVING A TASK TO COMPLETE. HIS JOB IS FIND OUT EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING. DEFINETLY IT COMES WITH CONSEQUENCES AND JACKIE HAD TO FIGHT THEM WITH EVERYTHING. THERE WAS A LEGENDARY FIGHT WITH THE GUYS. HERE JACKIE AMAZINGLY USES A LADDER STAIR CASE TO FIGHT THEM. IT IS PURE AMAZING STUFF. THE WAY HE CONTROLS THE STAIR AROUND HIS BODY IS AWESOME. AND THEN CAME ALSO THE LEGENDARY FIGHT UNDER THE WATER. THEY HE MOVES UNDER THE WATER IS JUST STUNNING. I DO NOT THINK JET LI COULD HAVE HANLED SUCH FIGHT SCENE UNDER WATER. JACKIE IS JUST THE BEST. DEFINETELY A MUST SEE. MIND YOU I HAVE SEEN THE U.S VERSION THOUGH. I AM PLANNING TO GET THE HONG KONG VERSION. PEACE OUT Did you find this review helpful? Yes(Report This) View all customer reviews Write a review and share your thoughts Browse Other Related Categories

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