Police Story 4: First Strike;
2/1996 HK

Task no so simple

Police Story 1 .

Police Story 2 .

Police Story 3 .

Police Story 4 .

Jackie made his latest Police Story especially for American audience. In PS4 Jackie has to get back some nuclear warheads which have been stolen. The action scenes reaches from a ski chase to pole fights to the finale with underwater action!

The film stars Jackie Chan as international police. Chased by helicopters up a snow-covered mountain in the Ukraine; dueling sharks down an aquarium tank in the Gold Coast; everybody shooting their hearts out in Chinatown...you name it, the film has it. This time, Australia is really Australia and Russia is really Russia. No more Vancouver pretending to be the Bronx. The only question left is can the film break the box office record of Rumble to be the top grossing local film in HK. (Well yes it did, PS4 is still the highest grossing film is Hong Kong box office.) As with "Rumble," New Line released an international version that is missing about 30 minutes from the original release but contains some alternate material.

Produced by:
     New Line Cinema 
Mandarin:
     Jingcha Gushi 4 zhi Jiandan Renwu
Cantonese:
     Kingchak Kooshi 4 chi Kantan Yammo
Literal:
     Police Story 4: Simple Task
Alternative English titles:
     First Strike
     Jackie Chan's First Strike (US & int)
     Police Story 4
     Police Story 4: Piece of Cake
     Police Story 4: Story of the CIA
     Story of the CIA
Certification: USA:PG-13 
Runtime: USA:88 
MPAA reasons:
     Rated PG-13 for plentiful action/violence. 
Cast (in credits order):
      Jackie Chan .... Jackie
      Jackson Lou .... Tsui
      Annie Wu .... Annie
      Bill Tung .... Uncle Bill
      Yuri Petrov .... Col. Gregor Yegorov
      Nonna Grishaeva ....  Natasha
      John Eaves ....  Mark
      Terry Woo ....  Uncle Seven
      Kristopher Kazmarek ....  Commander Korda
      Ailen Sit ....  Golden Dragon Club Member
      Chan Man Ching . Golden Dragon Club Member
      Rocky Lai .... Golden Dragon Club Member
      Chan Wai To .... Golden Dragon Club Member
      Brett Arthur ....  Hit Man
      Mark French ....   Hit Man
      Damien Gates ....  Hit Man
      Mark Gilks  ....  Hit Man
      Nathan Jones ....  Hit Man
      Mathew Walker Kininmonth ....  Hit Man
      John Langmead ....  Hit Man
      Steve Livingstone ....  Hit Man
      Steve Morris  ....  Hit Man
      Brenton Hoeren  ....  Sniper
      Steve Jones  ....  Sniper
      Jennifer Hung ....  Annie's Relative
      Doris Lam ....  Annie's Relative
      Shirley Mak ....   Annie's Relative
      Wella Shieh ....  Annie's Relative
      Symantha Liu ....  Channel 7 Reporter
      Gary Wilkinson ....   News Anchorman
      Low Houi Kang  ....   Hong Kong Policeman
      Esmond Ren ....   C.I.A. Member
      Jim Hsin ....   C.I.A. Member
      Igro Guleen  ....   USS Agent
      N. Leshcinkov  ....   USS Agent
      Rusean Scripnik ....   Strike Force Leader
      Alexander Ustichenko ....   Major Majenko
      Ping Wu  ....   ADR Voice Cast
      Mary Ellen Dunbar ....  ADR Voice Cast
      Dan Lorge  ....  ADR Voice Cast
      Paul Pape  ....  ADR Voice Cast
      Jonathan Nichols ....   ADR Voice Cast
      Burton Sharp ....   ADR Voice Cast
      Endre Hules  ....   Russian Group #1
      Raissa Danilova ....   Russian Group #2
      Grisha Dimant  ....   Russian Group #3
      Larisa Yeryomina  ....   Russian Group #4
      Mischa Markarian  ....   Russian Group #5
      Alex Veadov ....   Russian Group #6
      Oleg Vidov  ....   Russian Group #7
      Leeza Vinnichenko  ....   Russian Group #8
      Ilia Volokh  ....   Russian Group #9
      Rosalind Ayres  ....   Australian Group #1
      Neil Dickson  ....   Australian Group #2
      Sofie Formica ....   Australian Group #3
      Jean Gilpin ....   Australian Group #4
      Bridget Hoffman  ....  Australian Group #5
      Poosy Holmes  ....   Australian Group #6
      Kendrick Hughes ....   Australian Group #7
      Martin Jarvis  ....   Australian Group #8
      Randall Montgomery  .  Australian Group #9
      Oliver Muirhead  ....  Australian Group #10
      Ian Ruskin  ....   Australian Group #11
      Alan Shearman  ....  Australian Group #12
      Diz White ....   Australian Group #13
      Diane White  ....   Australian Group #14
      George Cheung  ....   Chinese Group #1
      Conan Lee  ....   Chinese Group #2
      Dana Lee  ....  Chinese Group #3
Director:
      Stanley Tong Kwai-lai
Screenplay:
     Stanley Tong Kwai-lai
     Nick Tramontane
     Greg Mellot
     Tong Ming-kei
Cinematography by:
     Jingle Ma
Music by:
     J. Peter Robinson (us version)
Production Design by:
     Oliver Wong
Film Editing by:
     Peter Cheung
     Chi Wai Yau
Producer:
     Barbie Tung
Executive Producer:
     Leonard Ho
Line Producer:
     Johny Lee
Editorial Consultant:
     Michael J. Duthie
Location Manager:
      Charles Boyle
      John Brousek
Special Effects
      Albert Payne
      Peter Stubbs
      Jeff Little
Unit Manager
      Rick Kornaat
      Davie Lam
      Clem Barrack
Foley
      Gerard Long
Foley Artist
      Steve Burgess
Editorial Consultant
      Michael J. Duthie
Hair Stylist
      Chau Siu Mui
Make-up Artists:
      Jose Perez
      Connie Lai
      Man Yun Ling
Costumer
      Juanita Cheng
      Wendy Law
Action Choreographer
      Stanley Tong
Stunt Co-ordinator
      Stanley Tong

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