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New Police Story (2004)

★ 7.1 · 821 ratings on TMDB

Failures and suffering make a real hero.

New Police Story poster★ 7.1

Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the bottle and track down the gang and its ruthless leader.

DirectorBenny Chan Muk-Sing
CastAndy On Chi-Kit, Charlene Choi Chuek-Yin, Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei, Coco Chiang Yi, Daniel Wu, Dave Wong Kit
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

New Police Story keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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