Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Police Story 2 - Jackie Chan (1988) - Fanling Highway, Kwu Tung

Having decided to examine Police Story 2 as my first film for 2023 I can get quickly started with the opening scene as newly demoted cop, Ka Kui (Jackie Chan), is now on traffic duty thanks to the wanton damage he caused at the end of the first film, Police Story. He's spotted some speeding trucks and manages to pull them all over and issue them with tickets.

The trucks are speeding west along the Fanling Highway at Kwu Tung. In the top image you can see the pedestrian bridge next to the small Kam Tsin Village Ho Tung School. Both the bridge and school are still around.


There was obviously lots of to'ing and fro'ing whilst shooting this scene because when we first spot Jackie on his motorbike he is due west of the trucks, observing all the shenanigans from the nearby intersection at Pak Shek Au. But when the trucks pass they are heading east- the opposite direction to where they were going in the first place. I've set the place marker for this post on the pedestrian bridge location.

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