Gen-X Cops
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Gen-X Cops is a 1999
Hong Kong
action
/crime film
directed by Benny Chan, starring Nicholas Tse
, Stephen Fung
and Sam Lee.
boss named Akatora who is trying to sell it with the help of Hong Kong thug Daniel. Three rebellious cops go undercover to find both the jet fuel and Akatora. They must use the criminal instincts that got them kicked out of the force to save Hong Kong from a devastating terrorist attack.
) Jack is the tough cool one of the group. He will do almost anything to win. He’s in the one of the group that always seems to be alone with one of the thugs. He is alone with Lok at one point then Daniel and faces off with Akatora.
Match (Played by Stephen Fung
) Match is the play boy of the group, as he is always more concerned with the girl instead of the task at hand, though in the long run, it always seems to help as his ex-girlfriend is with Daniel and eventually leaves Daniel for Match allowing Jack to take her place and get more information.
Alien (Played by Sam Lee) As his name suggests, Alien is the goofy guy of the bunch. He doesn't really like authority or doing much work but does his fair share in the group.
Y2K (Played by Grace Yip) Y2K is the girl of the group. She has skills in fighting and computers. She is mainly the group’s techie. She is also the sister of an undercover cop killed, as he is the reason Akatora lost his good to begin with.
) The main antagonist of the movie. He is the mastermind behind the stealing and smuggling of the jet fuel explosives. He is driven by revenge. He believes that a man name Shimada is the reason his father was killed. And his goal is to eventually kill Shimada.
Daniel (Played by Daniel Wu
) Daniel is Akatora's man in China. He kills his own brother to show his loyalty. Once his Girlfriend leaves him for Match, he takes Jack with him and eventually is killed by Akatora for bringing a cop to his hideout.
Lok (Played by Francis Ng
) Lok is a very good friend of Dinosaur. Once he hears about his friend's death he comes to Hong Kong to find his killer.
Tooth (Played by Terence Yin
) Tooth is the right hand man of Daniel. But betrays him when Lok puts up $10million for the identity of the killer of Dinosaur.
Haze (Played by Jaymee Ong
) Haze is the current girlfriend of Daniel. But she had a fling with Match in Canada. For her it was much more serious. The only reason she came to china with Daniel was to find Match. She leaves Daniel for Match in the end.
) Inspector Chan was the one who recruited the Gen-X Cops. He is often looked down by his colleagues and a laughing stock
Superintendent To (played by Moses Chan
) A slick cop, he is Chan's superior who has always insults and laughs at Chan. He heavily looks down on Chan and the Gen-X Cops and has a strong dislike on them.
Inspector Tang (played by Wayne Lai
) A CIB trainer, he was the Gen-X Cops' instructor who kicked them out due to their extremely bad behavior.
, Brad Allan
, Ken Lo
, Alan Mak
, Kenji Tanigaki, Jaymee Ong
, Robert Sparks
, Ho Ying Sin, Keiji Sato, Bruce Khan and Bey Logan
.
, Stephen Fung
, and Sam Lee all sang the theme "You Can't Stop Me" for the movie.
and Sam Lee returned for the 2000 sequel titled Gen-Y Cops. As Generation Y is the generation that follows Generation X.
Nicholas Tse
did not return for the role of Jack. Edison Chen
filled the open spot with a character named Edison Chan.
Gen-Y cops centers around a weapons expo-taking place in Hong Kong. The FBI has brought a Robot to represent America. When it is stolen by the original creator who is angry his design was stolen every thing falls apart. Kurt the creator or the Robot uses his friend Edison Chan through hypnosis to steal the robot. The two remaining Gen-X cops are now also on the run because the FBI thinks that they are in with Kurt and Edison to steal and sell the robot. Match and Alien go on an action packed journey to clear their names and eventually Edison’s as well.
Hong Kong films of 1999
A list of films produced in Hong Kong in 1999:.-1999:-External links:* * Hong Kong films of 1999 at...
Hong Kong
Cinema of Hong Kong
The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...
action
Hong Kong action cinema
Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame. It combines elements from the action film, as codified by Hollywood, with Chinese storytelling and aesthetic traditions, to create a culturally distinctive form that nevertheless has a wide transcultural...
/crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Benny Chan, starring Nicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and musician, and son of actor Patrick Tse. He is a member of the Emperor Entertainment Group...
, Stephen Fung
Stephen Fung
Stephen Fung Tak-Lun is a Hong Kong based actor, singer, model, writer and film director.-Biography:Fung's mother, Julie Sek Yin, was a famous Shaw Brothers actress...
and Sam Lee.
Synopsis
Jet fuel is stolen by weapons smugglers. The fuel is reacquired by the Hong Kong police but then once again stolen by a yakuzaYakuza
, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...
boss named Akatora who is trying to sell it with the help of Hong Kong thug Daniel. Three rebellious cops go undercover to find both the jet fuel and Akatora. They must use the criminal instincts that got them kicked out of the force to save Hong Kong from a devastating terrorist attack.
The Gen-x Cops
Jack (played by Nicholas TseNicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and musician, and son of actor Patrick Tse. He is a member of the Emperor Entertainment Group...
) Jack is the tough cool one of the group. He will do almost anything to win. He’s in the one of the group that always seems to be alone with one of the thugs. He is alone with Lok at one point then Daniel and faces off with Akatora.
Match (Played by Stephen Fung
Stephen Fung
Stephen Fung Tak-Lun is a Hong Kong based actor, singer, model, writer and film director.-Biography:Fung's mother, Julie Sek Yin, was a famous Shaw Brothers actress...
) Match is the play boy of the group, as he is always more concerned with the girl instead of the task at hand, though in the long run, it always seems to help as his ex-girlfriend is with Daniel and eventually leaves Daniel for Match allowing Jack to take her place and get more information.
Alien (Played by Sam Lee) As his name suggests, Alien is the goofy guy of the bunch. He doesn't really like authority or doing much work but does his fair share in the group.
Y2K (Played by Grace Yip) Y2K is the girl of the group. She has skills in fighting and computers. She is mainly the group’s techie. She is also the sister of an undercover cop killed, as he is the reason Akatora lost his good to begin with.
The gangsters
Akatora (Played by Tôru NakamuraToru Nakamura
is a Japanese golfer.Nakamura was born in Osaka. He won 20 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks eighth on the career victories list.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1973 Hiroshima Open*1974 KBC Augusta, Sapporo Tokyu Open...
) The main antagonist of the movie. He is the mastermind behind the stealing and smuggling of the jet fuel explosives. He is driven by revenge. He believes that a man name Shimada is the reason his father was killed. And his goal is to eventually kill Shimada.
Daniel (Played by Daniel Wu
Daniel Wu
Daniel Yin-Cho Wu is a Hong Kong actor, director and producer. Since his film debut in 1998, he has been featured in over 40 films. Wu has been called "the young Andy Lau," and is known as a "flexible and distinctive" leading actor in the Chinese-language film industry.-Early life:Wu was born in...
) Daniel is Akatora's man in China. He kills his own brother to show his loyalty. Once his Girlfriend leaves him for Match, he takes Jack with him and eventually is killed by Akatora for bringing a cop to his hideout.
Lok (Played by Francis Ng
Francis Ng
-Career:Like so many of Hong Kong's actors, Ng has his roots in television. He graduated from TVB's training classes in 1985. He acted in minor roles working gradually upwards in the television hierarchy, but his looks did not fit in the conventional leading man role...
) Lok is a very good friend of Dinosaur. Once he hears about his friend's death he comes to Hong Kong to find his killer.
Tooth (Played by Terence Yin
Terence Yin
Terence Yin Chi Wai is a Chinese film actor, singer, producer and media relations. Yin has starred in over 30 movies, released one solo album and is presently residing in Hong Kong.- Early life :...
) Tooth is the right hand man of Daniel. But betrays him when Lok puts up $10million for the identity of the killer of Dinosaur.
Haze (Played by Jaymee Ong
Jaymee Ong
Jaymee Ong is an Australian model and actress. She is currently the co-host of The Contender Asia and the host of AXN's eBuzz in Singapore.-Personal life:Ong was born and raised in Australia...
) Haze is the current girlfriend of Daniel. But she had a fling with Match in Canada. For her it was much more serious. The only reason she came to china with Daniel was to find Match. She leaves Daniel for Match in the end.
The Police Force
Inspector Chan aka Inspector Smart (played by Eric TsangEric Tsang
Eric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"...
) Inspector Chan was the one who recruited the Gen-X Cops. He is often looked down by his colleagues and a laughing stock
Superintendent To (played by Moses Chan
Moses Chan
Moses Chan Ho is an award-winning actor from Hong Kong. Having started his career working mostly on films, Chan has gained remarkable success in recent years while concentrating on his TV acting career with Television Broadcasts Limited...
) A slick cop, he is Chan's superior who has always insults and laughs at Chan. He heavily looks down on Chan and the Gen-X Cops and has a strong dislike on them.
Inspector Tang (played by Wayne Lai
Wayne Lai
Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung is a Hong Kong TVB actor.-Biography:Lai entered TVB in 1983 as a clerk in the business department. In 1985, he gave up the job and trained in the TVB Acting School. He starred in a few series in 1989. He started out in some minor roles, and took on some more significant roles...
) A CIB trainer, he was the Gen-X Cops' instructor who kicked them out due to their extremely bad behavior.
Cameos
There were some cameo appearances in this movie. Among them were Jackie ChanJackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...
, Brad Allan
Brad Allan
Bradley James Allan is an Australian martial artist, action choreographer, actor and stunt performer...
, Ken Lo
Ken Lo
Ken Low Wai-kwong is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist and a ex-member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team.-Early life:...
, Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Alan Mak Siu-Fai , born on 1 January 1968 in Hong Kong, is a writer, director, actor and producer.-Biography:In 1986, Mak studied at the School of Drama in the Hong Kong Academy for Performance Arts. Upon graduation in 1990, he started his movie career....
, Kenji Tanigaki, Jaymee Ong
Jaymee Ong
Jaymee Ong is an Australian model and actress. She is currently the co-host of The Contender Asia and the host of AXN's eBuzz in Singapore.-Personal life:Ong was born and raised in Australia...
, Robert Sparks
Robert Sparks
Robert Earl Sparks is an American former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey....
, Ho Ying Sin, Keiji Sato, Bruce Khan and Bey Logan
Bey Logan
Bey Logan is a respected expert on East Asian cinema, particularly Hong Kong action cinema. He is also notable as a screenwriter, film producer and as a martial artist who has had roles in a number of films, including the 2003 Dante Lam film The Twins Effect.He has written two books - Hong Kong...
.
Soundtrack
Nicholas TseNicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and musician, and son of actor Patrick Tse. He is a member of the Emperor Entertainment Group...
, Stephen Fung
Stephen Fung
Stephen Fung Tak-Lun is a Hong Kong based actor, singer, model, writer and film director.-Biography:Fung's mother, Julie Sek Yin, was a famous Shaw Brothers actress...
, and Sam Lee all sang the theme "You Can't Stop Me" for the movie.
Sequel
Stephen FungStephen Fung
Stephen Fung Tak-Lun is a Hong Kong based actor, singer, model, writer and film director.-Biography:Fung's mother, Julie Sek Yin, was a famous Shaw Brothers actress...
and Sam Lee returned for the 2000 sequel titled Gen-Y Cops. As Generation Y is the generation that follows Generation X.
Nicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse
Nicholas Tse is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor and musician, and son of actor Patrick Tse. He is a member of the Emperor Entertainment Group...
did not return for the role of Jack. Edison Chen
Edison Chen
Edison Koon-Hei Chen is a Hong Kong film actor, Cantopop singer, Hong Kong hip hop rapper, model, record producer, fashion designer, and a pop icon. Chen is also the founder of CLOT Inc., and the CEO of Clot Media Division Limited...
filled the open spot with a character named Edison Chan.
Gen-Y cops centers around a weapons expo-taking place in Hong Kong. The FBI has brought a Robot to represent America. When it is stolen by the original creator who is angry his design was stolen every thing falls apart. Kurt the creator or the Robot uses his friend Edison Chan through hypnosis to steal the robot. The two remaining Gen-X cops are now also on the run because the FBI thinks that they are in with Kurt and Edison to steal and sell the robot. Match and Alien go on an action packed journey to clear their names and eventually Edison’s as well.