Gen Y Cops - Edison Chen (2000) - SCMP Office, Tai Po Industrial Estate

Here's one I couldn't identify when I was initially researching locations for this film, but I finally found out it was the (former) SCMP offices at the Tai Po Industrial Estate. As far as I am aware the SCMP moved out of this place just before COVID came crashing down on our heads and it currently sits empty. However, the green painted walkways that span the central office space are quite well known (just not to me).

This place and the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine are used for the Police HQ.

Gen Y Cops - Edison Chen (2000) - Yiu Lian Dockyard, Tsing Yi

The cargo depot scenes were at least partially, if not wholly, shot at the Yiu Lian Dockyard on the south west side of Tsing Yi Island.

Gen Y Cops - Edison Chen (2000) - Tsuen Wan Plaza, Tsuen Wan

Tsuen Wan Plaza is the mall that Kurt runs into as he tries to escape being caught.

Gen Y Cops - Edison Chen (2000) - Wang Kwun Road, Kowloon Bay

The confrontation between the recently hacked and raging robot and the cops takes place at the junction between Wang Kwun Road and Lam Lok Street in Kowloon Bay. The building with the large columns is the Nam Fung Commercial Centre, and the building with the glass wall is called Enterprise Square. You can see the same location on this GoogleEarth link.

Gen Y Cops - Edison Chen (2000) - Aberdeen Harbour

Actually, before I forget, we will stay in Aberdeen for the sequence where the FBI catch up with Edison and all hell breaks loose. Props to Paul Rudd in this scene because the man goes and takes a full on head first dive into Aberdeen Harbour waters for this scene and seems to have survived. I know the water has cleared up a lot since the boat people were largely moved onto land, but still...

In the background of the top image you can see what was the Wild West Minetrain rollercoaster that was in Ocean Park until just a few years ago. I believe it was decommissioned in September 2021 as the theme park was in the process of modernising. However, it's so long since I went there I have no idea what it has been replaced by.

Paul Rudd's legs 😁

Gen Y Cops - Edison Chen (2000) - Jumbo Floating Restaurant, Aberdeen

Any footage of the Jumbo (or the other floating restaurants) is appreciated these days given what happened in 2022. This is where Edison first goes to meet with his friend Kurt. The pair have a paintball fight amongst the piers on the Shum Wan Drive side of the harbour.

Jumbo is also seen later in the film as Edison and Jane (Maggie Q) try to retrace Edison's footsteps to track down clues as to Kurt's whereabouts. Don't forget to go and listen to my RTHK podcast about the various international films the Jumbo has been in over the years.

Gen Y Cops - Edison Chen (2000) - Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai

The "Police Technology" exhibition is taking place at the HKECC, except it's not one that you will recognise because for some unknown reason the production has decided to use either CGI or a matte painting to make it look a bit more...funky?. Weird choice.

Gen Y Cops - Edison Chen (2000) - Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok

The police go to the airport to welcome the FBI contingent and their robot.

Gen Y Cops - Edison Chen (2000) - Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Wong Chuk Hang

The Police headquarters in this film is actually the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in Wong Chuk Hang on the south side of the Aberdeen Tunnel.

Gen Y Cops - Edison Chen (2000) - former Lok On Pai Desalination Plant

We were only here a few months ago for Hacker, but this location is used twice in this film. The first time (top two images) is the location of the underground fight club where the pair pick up Edison, and the second time (lower four images) we go back to this location is when the cops go and try to capture Kurt and his gang.

Gen Y Cops - Edison Chen (2000) - Lantau Link

Here's one I was going to do years ago and then just forgot about (because it's not very good) but seeing as Paul Rudd (aka Ant Man) is in the cast with some very dodgy blonde highlights (we used to call them "streaks" when I was at school), then perhaps now is the time to roll this one out. The story is a follow up to Gen X Cops minus Nicholas Tse and with Edison Chen brought in as a replacement. He's not someone you see in films anymore thanks to his indiscretion that led to the Edison Chen photo scandal back in 2008. It was all over the news at the time and ended (at least for a while) quite a few careers. 

Anyway, in this movie the intrepid cops Match (Stephen Fung), Alien (Sam Lee) and...erm...Edison (Chen) join forces to track down a hacker who has taken over an FBI robot. Rudd plays one of the FBI agents, along with Maggie Q, sent to Hong Kong to ensure its demonstration at the "Hong Kong International Exhibition of Police Technology" goes according to plan. Spoiler alert, it doesn't.

The film's Hong Kong story starts with Match and Alien driving along the Tsing Ma Bridge in a borrowed Ferrari, on their way to try and meet up with an undercover cop, Edison. The first image below was taken on the Tsing Ma bridge section of the Lantau Link (between Tsing Yi and Ma Wan), but the middle image is of the Kap Shui Mun bridge section between Ma Wan and Lantau Island. The lower image was actually filmed as the car goes back the other way across the Tsing Ma Bridge.