New Police Story

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A 2004 reboot of the successful Police Story series starring Jackie Chan and Nicholas Tse. The movie focuses on Jackie Chan's character, Chan Kwok Wing hunting down a group of young bank robbers, who managed to kill his entire team when they attempted to apprehend them. A year later, Chan is informed by his new partner, Frank Cheng (Nicholas Tse) that they are going to strike again, and only Chan can stop them.

Much darker than the past Police Story movies, and indeed one of the darker movies by Chan in general. Much lower in terms of slapstick and the fights, while very well choreographed, lack many of Chan's signature elements, shooting instead for more straightforward, well-done action.

Tropes used in New Police Story include:

• Anachronic Order: The opening sequence takes place a year after the following action scene, then the movie catches up.
• Aristocrats Are Evil: The antagonists are all the children of wealthy, high ranking families.
• Bad Boss: Joe Kwan shoots 3/4 of his teammates over the course of the movie. Though one was more of a Shoot the Dog than anything else.
• Blood Knight: The antagonists, though they primarily focus their hatred towards cops.
• Bottomless Magazines: Joe fires approximately 30 rounds from a pistol into a dummy when venting. An interesting choice
• Catch Phrase: Frank's "You're my man!" in Gratuitous English.
• Darker and Edgier
• Deadfoot Leadfoot: Taken to a ridiculous degree as the bus keeps driving as somehow the driver's foot is apparently on the gas, blocking the brakes, and somehow blatantly turning to maximize damage.
• Death Trap: The warehouse where Chan's team is killed in the prologue.
• Drowning My Sorrows: Chan in the year between the flashback and movie proper.
• Failed a Spot Check: Invoked by the entire police department when they're trying to allow Chan and Frank to escape, despite them completely failing at stealth.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Attempted by Hoo Yee when she attempts to detonate the bomb attached to her when Chan is out of the room. Subverted when she failed to actually set the bomb off.
• Hope Spot: Hoo Yee cuts the wires on the bomb on her lap while Chan is out of the room. Despite theories to the contrary, the bomb stops. Chan returns, they embrace and then leave ... turns out the real trigger was a barely perceptible tag activated by Hoo Yee walking away from the bomb.
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: Nicholas Tse's character Frank begins as this, but as Chan wakes up from his Heroic BSOD he overshadows Frank by a long shot.
• Kick the Dog: Joe shoots a teammate for surrendering when the cops bring his parents to confront them.
• My Greatest Failure: The death of his team (including his brother-in-law) at the hands of the antagonists is this for Chan.
• Outrun the Fireball: Surprisingly averted. Chan and his love interest escape the fireball easily, but the shockwave still knocks her out and causes severe bleeding from the ears.
• Police Are Useless: Averted, but the villains certainly think so.
• Shoot the Dog: Joe shoots Sue after she is wounded in the chase sequence
• Suicide by Cop: The Big Bad chooses to go out this way. Bonus points for doing it while Chan was there and knew he had no bullets, and for doing it in front of his father, also a cop.
• Xtreme Sport Xcuse Plot: The villains are all extreme sports enthusiasts, culminating in a confrontation at a rooftop skate park.