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Kathryn Garivay
Jet fuel is stolen by weapons smugglers. The fuel is reacquired by the Hong Kong police but then once again stolen by a yakuza boss named Akatora who is trying to sell it with the help of Hong Kong thug Daniel. Three rebellious cops go undercover to find both the jet fuel and Akatora. They must use the criminal instincts that got them kicked out of the force to save Hong Kong from a devastating terrorist attack.
Akatora (Played by Tru Nakamura) The main antagonist of the movie. He is the mastermind behind the stealing and smuggling of the jet fuel explosives. He is driven by revenge. He believes that a man named Shimada is the reason his father was killed. And his goal is to eventually avenge his father by killing Shimada.
Daniel (Played by Daniel Wu) is Akatora's man in Hong Kong. He kills his own brother to show his loyalty. Once his girlfriend leaves him for Match, he takes Jack with him and eventually is killed by Akatora for bringing a cop to his hideout.
Lok (Played by Francis Ng) is a very good friend of Dinosaur. Once he hears about his friend's death he comes to Hong Kong to find his killer. Burned to death in the fiery pool (set by Akatora) while saving Jack.
Haze (Played by Jaymee Ong) is the current girlfriend of Daniel. But she had a fling with Match in Canada. For her it was much more serious. The only reason she came to Hong Kong with Daniel was to find Match. She leaves Daniel for Match in the end.
Inspector Chan aka Inspector Smart (played by Eric Tsang) Inspector Chan was the one who recruited the Gen-X Cops. He is often looked down by his colleagues and is considered to be a laughing stock. He dies when Akatora frantically shoots at the Gen-X Cops who escaped by parachuting and takes one of the bullets to the head.
Superintendent To (played by Moses Chan) A slick cop, he is Chan's superior who has always insults and laughs at Chan. He heavily looks down on Chan and the Gen-X Cops and has a strong dislike for them.
There were some cameo appearances in this movie. Among them were Jackie Chan, Brad Allan, Ken Lo, Alan Mak, Kenji Tanigaki, Jaymee Ong, Robert Sparks, Thomas Sin, Keiji Sato, Bruce Khan, Rocky Lai, David John Saunders and Bey Logan.
Stephen Fung and Sam Lee returned for the 2000 sequel titled Gen-Y Cops, which was released as a Sci Fi Channel TV-movie on 23 February 2002 as Jackie Chan Presents: Metal Mayhem. Nicholas Tse did not return for the role of Jack, and Edison Chen filled the open spot with a character named Edison Chan.
Vampire Weekend's song "Gen-X Cops" delves into the generational tensions and the sense of alienation felt by those who do not conform to the societal structures built before them. The lyrics paint a picture of a generation that feels out of place in a world that was not designed for them, symbolized by the phrase 'It wasn't built for me.' This sentiment reflects a broader feeling of disconnection from the institutions and expectations established by previous generations.
The song also touches on the idea of an unending struggle, as seen in lines like 'Dodged the draft but can't dodge the war' and 'Forever cursed to live insecure.' These lines suggest that even though certain historical challenges may be avoided, the underlying conflicts and insecurities persist. The reference to 'Gen-X cops' could be a metaphor for the enforcers of the status quo, representing the pressure to conform to societal norms. The recurring theme of making an 'apology' for one's generation implies a recognition of the flaws and mistakes inherent in every era, acknowledging that each generation has its own set of challenges to overcome and contributions to make.
Vampire Weekend is known for their thoughtful and often socially conscious lyrics, and "Gen-X Cops" is no exception. The song's exploration of generational dynamics and the quest for individual identity within the larger societal framework resonates with listeners who feel the weight of expectations and the desire to carve out their own path.
SIMON: Might take nine or 10 listenings to be able to crack those lines, most of them written by lead singer Ezra Koenig. Vampire Weekend's new album is "Only God Was Above Us". Mr. Koenig joins us now from Nashville. Thanks so much for being with us.
KOENIG: Yeah. It had kind of, like, this old-school New York flavor, but there's a bunch of twists and turns within it, a lot of things that have always loomed large in my mind, such as the sandhogs. My dad briefly was a tunnel inspector for the city, and he would tell me these stories about being down a mile underneath Manhattan, working with sandhogs, and that's a phrase, especially when you're a kid, you're not going to forget.
KOENIG: Well, I think everybody feels that way sometimes. This song is track four on the album. And I was happy to notice that some of these songs that have a little more riddled with anxiety and gloom are towards the beginning. It doesn't stay there. But, you know, this song is an important part of the journey.
KOENIG: At first, I just wanted to have a song called "Gen-X Cops". That's a late-90s Hong Kong action movie that I remember being very interested in growing up, and then I think I thought more about Gen-X cops. Why was I actually attracted to that phrase? At least in my lifetime, I can't think of a time where I've heard more talk about generations, decisions the boomers made. I'm a millennial.
KOENIG: Thank you very much. And millennial culture and then the Zoomers, and even my son is Generation Alpha. I've even heard - you know, you go on the internet. You have people already making sweeping predictions about Generation Alpha's behavior. And there's a lot of talk about generations and how they're different. And I think there's a part of me where I kind of feel like, aren't these generations so similar? They have more in common with each other maybe than any set of generations in history, whereas the post-boomer world - there's something in common. Everybody's using the internet, everybody has grew up with certain cultural norms and cultural archetypes. So yeah, each generation makes its own apology. I think that song is talking about the different generations but also coming to this conclusion that everybody's on the same trip, so to speak. Certain things are repeated eternally.
KOENIG: Yeah, a famous, iconic, downtown New York gallerist. I was mostly interested in her as this kind of famous figure of the downtown New York art scene. The character in the song is not her. It's somebody addressing her. I kind of pictured the person who wants to make it, the person who comes to the city, literally or metaphorically, looking for a way in. And this idea of the person looming on the dark side of a room - it felt kind of rich to me. And also, you know, she's got a great name, Mary Boone. Gagosian would not be as easy to rhyme.
KOENIG: Yes, there's a photo I came across that really stayed with me. It's this kind of, like, gritty '80s New York picture with a messed up subway car, but there's this surreal quality because there's a guy sitting normally on the seat, and then there's a guy who's sideways. It's not edited, no Photoshop. It was because this photographer, Steven Siegel, took a bunch of photos of his friends posed in a subway graveyard in New Jersey in 1988. So they could play with the gravity a bit because the subway car was overturned, kind of like an old-school, like, Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling trick.
As I learned more about Steven Siegel, I realized that this guy has hundreds of amazing pictures from that era and even had video footage, so his work has become a huge part of this album and its visual identity. And I love this picture so much that I ultimately decided I didn't want to throw our logo on it or a title. And the only text on the cover is the newspaper that this guy's reading, which was a real Daily News cover from 1988. And the headline was "Only God Was Above Us," and it was a story about a Hawaiian Airlines flight where the roof came off mid-flight. But this was a direct quote from a survivor of that flight. "I looked up. Only God was above us."
KOENIG: We're playing a concert. So 7 years ago, there was a big eclipse that went through the U.S. Maybe you remember. I said, I wonder when the next total eclipse is. And I looked it up, and of course, I wouldn't forget the date because I said, that's my 40th birthday. So, you know, in the back of my head for years, I said, all right, my 40th birthday, there's going to be a big eclipse. Turned out this was going to be right around the time the album was coming out. I could talk to the rest of the guys and our team and say, wouldn't it be cool to do a daytime concert during the eclipse? so it kind of came together in Austin, Texas. We're playing at a this place called the Moody Amphitheater, so we'll be outdoors. We'll play on either side of the eclipse, we've made the decision we're going to pause to throw on our glasses and do that. So that'll be the main event on my 40th birthday.
VAMPIRE WEEKEND: (Singing) Listen, baby, you don't have to try. Capricorn, the year that you were born. Finished fast, and the next one wasn't yours. Too old for dyin' young, too young to live alone... Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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