Dak ging san yan lui (1999)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Benny Chan

Writers:

Benny Chan (writer)
Koan Hui (writer)

Release Date:

18 June 1999 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Comedy

Plot:

The "Generation X Cops" are four young officers of the Hong Kong Police, joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Gangster | Police | Skydiving | Undercover

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Nicholas Tse	...	Jack
Stephen Fung	...	Match
Sam Lee	...	Alien
Grace Yip	...	Y2K
Eric Tsang	...	Inspector Chan
Daniel Wu	...	Daniel
Tôru Nakamura	...	Akatora
Terence Yin	...	Tooth
Francis Ng	...	Lok
Jaymee Ong	...	Haze
Moses Chan	...	Superindentent To
Bey Logan	...	SDU Commander
Ken Lo	...	Wing (as Low Houi Kang)
Irene Luk	...	Lok's girl
Tracy Wong	...	Lok's girl

Also Known As:

Gen-X Cops (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title) (literal title)
Te jing xin ren lei (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

Hong Kong:114 min | Japan:113 min | Argentina:113 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Australia:MA | Hong Kong:IIB | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:16 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Media Asia Films

Trivia:

The police station was actually shot on the fifth floor of West Island School in Hong Kong. The meeting room is actually the study room of the upper school area, and it also doubles as the infirmary. Other scenes take place right outside of that room. In fact you can see the blue lockers in the background.

Goofs:

Continuity: In a meeting early in the movie, the discussion is interrupted by Chan's belated entrance. As Chan takes his seat, we see computer screens behind him. Between shots, these screens change three times though everyone in the room is seated at the table and the people nearest the computers are facing away from the keyboards.

Quotes:

Akatora: History belongs to the winner and I will win.

Movie Connections:

References First Kid (1996)

Soundtrack:

You Can't Stop Me

An Up and Coming Star in Nicholas Tse

Almost ten years after the impressive debut of Benny Chan, comes this erratic action film that does have a few bright spots. Response piece to the Andy Lau breakthrouh feature, Tian Ruo You Qing/Moment of Romance(1990). A more light and humorous film than A Moment of Romance(1990) which was a tragedy. The humor in here ranges to very funny to very bad. One actor that stands out in his performance is singer and actor, Nicholas Tse.

Tejing Xinrenlei/Gen X Cops(1999) represents the new generation of performers in Hong Kong Cinema today. Eric Tsang has the thankless role of Inspector Chan. The action scenes are high tech but not as impressive as action during the hayday of Hong Kong cinema. Nicholas Tse is a cross between Andy Lau and Leslie Cheung in his acting style. Will be known in the future years more for his cast than for the movie itself.