After the scale and success of its prequel, audiences expected plenty with this follow-up movie. Characters from the first are carried over, including the villain, Mr Ku (Cho Yuen), although as Kevin Chan (Jackie Chan) discovers, a different group is behind the bombings threatening Hong Kong. But instead of being calm and cool about his kung-fu, Chan is now a hot-headed fighter, rushing in to confront villains without any further consideration. As a result, there are too many occasions where he doesn't come out on top. Compared to the first - as comparisons are inevitable - it is severely lacking, with an atypical lack of logic. Chan is fighting fit, the photography is sometimes dramatic and the score improved - but they fail to make up for the poor storyline and script. Better to see the first and the third and skip this one.
Review of Police Story 2
