Jackie Chan (“Armour Of God”, “Police Story”) returns as director and actor in this average sequel. I really liked the original because it was funny, action-packed and aspects such as the plot, characters and dialog were decent enough for it to work. This movie forgets about how important humour, plot, characters and dialog are as it is a movie that is fine for fans of Chan but not great for many other people.

In this movie, police officer Ka Kui (Chan) has to stop a dangerous group of bombers while his old enemies from the last film are out for vengeance. Also, Ka Kui is having a hectic personal life as his girlfriend May (“Hero”) becomes tired of his work and it isn’t long before the bad guys target her to in an attempt to get back at Ka Kui for trying to ruin their plans.

Jackie Chan is sadly mediocre this time around but his martial arts skills are still absolutely fantastic and the stunts this time around are just as daring as they were before. It’s a pity the action isn’t spread out more like last time though as I found myself waiting a long time to get to the fights. Maggie Cheung is okay as May. The rest of the cast are mainly poor.

If this movie had worked more on its plot, on its characters and on its dialog as well as throwing in some humour, this movie could have been as good as if not better than the first film. Jackie Chan fans will not be disappointed by the martial arts as it is really good. “Police Story 2” is an average movie for average moviegoers but those that really enjoy their martial arts movies will be really impressed. I can’t stress enough what a misfire this movie was. Also, I wish it had stood on its own as I feel it is just an extension of the first movie.