Amazon.com: Jackie Chan Presents Gen-Y Cops is a typical Hong Kong mix of action, comedy, and spectacular martial arts. The sequel to Gen-X Cops, Gen-Y Cops follows three rebellious young policemen who don't play by the rules--but you're not really sure they even know what the rules are. The somewhat absurd story centers around a super-powered military robot built for the FBI that gets hijacked by a nihilistic computer hacker, who hypnotizes a young cop into giving him access to the robot, forcing the other Gen-Y cops to arrest one of their own. The appeal of these characters is a weird mix of James Dean cool and Jerry Lewis slapstick--but the kung fu fights are high-energy and make up for the so-so special effects. Also featuring American actor Paul Rudd (Clueless, The Chateau) as an arrogant FBI agent. (Warning: Jackie Chan does not appear in this movie.) --Bret Fetzer
I may have liked this movie if I was 10 years old Gen-Y Cops doesn't seem to be made for children, but the dialogue and voice acting are very childish. A bunch of 20 year old looking cops are after a hacker who used to work for the government. There isn't even any interaction between the hacker and his former superior. One of the cops is the hacker's old friend and gets forced to work for him. The cop gets framed for murdering an F.B.I. agent and now has to prove that he was forced to kill the traitor agent. There is also a robot that the hacker wants to steal. The story doesn't even deserve to be explained.
I like the actor who plays the hacker, and 2 of the cops are good actors, but the plot doesn't allow them to do anything noteworthy. Everything about the story was done with about 50% effort. I was very happy when it finally ended. I would have enjoyed it more if Christy Chung and Maggie Q had more screen time. Maggie Q is very good in her limited role, but the standout actor to me was the African-American guy who plays Paul Rudd's partner. He ends up playing a key role in the movie which I was happy to see.
The action is decent, but there is nothing interesting about it. There is too much editing, the wirework is bad, and it is shot too close up in most scenes. There aren't any good fist fights. It is all just flips and unrealistic wire assisted kicks. And Christy Chung should have been allowed to unleash at least a couple kicks.
I am a fan of Bey Logan because he always gives such informative commentaries on the Hong Kong Legends and Dragon Dynasty DVDs, but he should not be writing movie scripts. I have seen about 5 or 6 movies where Logan is listed as a writer, and they all have some of the worst dialogue imaginable.
1.5/5
The picture and sound quality on the Universal DVD is a disappointment. It is full screen which cuts out a lot of the action, and the picture quality is a bit blurry. Sound is fine, but the dubbing is horrible.
What the hell happened?! I bought Gen-X cops back some years ago when I was walking around some video store here in small town america cities called Hastings and came across this movie called Gen-X cops... it had Jackie Chan in it, but it mislead me to believe it HAD Jackie Chan starring in it solely as the main character... I was wrong and instead there were these 4 other hip-hop kungfu kids running around... and the movie actually wasn't that bad. I enjoyed it, had some awesome fight scenes, a good enough story and it seemed to just... charm me somehow. I found out a sequel to Gen-X cops was out and I figured I'd dig into it.
Big mistake. Gen-Y cops is everything Gen-X cops SHOULDN'T BE and I have no idea why it was made in the first place... I'm not sure if it's a sequel to begin with but the movie is terrible. There's no subtitled version to be found and the voice acting in this is HORRENDOUS! I couldn't finish past the first 15 minutes of it, turned off my DVD and wanted to cry for having bought a martial arts movie that is so bad I actually let it sit in my library of movies... it's a pure black sheep.
I give it 2 stars only for the sake that this is an exploit of Jackie Chan's... since supposedly he's in here too... I think... I really don't know since I couldn't watch past the first 15 minutes of it (the voice acting... GOD THE VOICE ACTING!). Take my word for it, rent this movie but NEVER buy it. If you do rent it, you'd seriously have nothing else better to do or must have a real ironskin for this kind of thing because the movie is really not that good at all.
Gen-Why?? Even the martial arts sequences can't save 'Gen-Y Cops.' Here we have a perfect example of Asian slapstick run amok. I don't know what else to say except the movie is just plain goofy and a total waste of time. For you Maggie Q fans out there who are thinking about buying or renting this film to see her forget it. Her part is sooo.. minisule you might just miss her altogether.
Not Good At All As far as Hong Kong cinema goes, I'm a huge fan. I can usually pick out something positive about any movie. However, Gen-Y-Cops is the one exception...so far. This movie is rediculous. The characters are unrealistic and the storyline is outrageous. The worst thing about this film is the character "Kurt," played by Richard Sun. As a villain, he's just plain irritating to watch. He over-acts every single line. And you just want to yank that rat tail right off of his head. Secondly, we have the big ol' disappointing performances of Edison Chen and Sam Lee. Generally, I'm a fan of both actors. However, these two don't even come close to reaching the potential for which they are known. One more irritating fact about this film is that you can clearly see that it was acted out in English and Cantonese. You've got Paul Rudd (who should have never set foot in Hong Kong in the first place), Maggie Q, and the other FBI agents speaking in English all of the time. And then you've got the native Hong Kongers responding in Cantonese. But, we're not supposed to be able to tell, because of the fabulous (jk) dubbing job the editors did on this film. It is seriously annoying. I'm not sure I can express how truly horrific this film is, but here goes...I wouldn't watch this film again if you paid me. I'd rather eat dirt rolled-up in newspaper.
Why Ask Why When I had to go to the bathroom & push pause, my wife told me upon my return that we would not continue with this rubbish. After we watched the DVD she selected, I encouraged her to go check her email because I wanted to see what happened. As maybe my home experience may indicate, this is not a qualitatively good film. However, you can have fun with it. It's the kind of movie teenagers would love to rent to make fun of at the party. Almost orphaned, a blond Paul Rudd plays Ian Curtis, an F.B.I. agent in search of a sense of humor. We'd just seen him in "The 40 Year Old Virgin" and laughed with him in "Anchorman." Seeing him here was unexpected. Fortunately, most American viewers will probably miss this epic. When something aims to be silly, you have to ask if you enjoyed it. I'm not sure of the young actor's name with the funny-shaped head (Stephen Fung?), but he mugs mercilessly for the camera and is humorous kind of like Chris Rock. Richard Sun plays the villain Kurt who apparently is bright enough to invent the super robot. However, none of that intelligence is seen on screen. He mugs fiendishly. Edison Chen as Edison is the red-haired Japanese cop who was friends with Kurt. After playing paint ball with colorful blue explosions, Kurt injects Edison who then becomes hypnotized and can run a supercomputer to reprogram the robot. We wonder what kind of drug can convey such amazing formulas, but it's a wild action packed shoot 'em up. The film climaxes better than it begins with a great shooting match in the mall. If you want a movie that makes sense or takes itself seriously, you have to go elsewhere. But if you want to see something utterly silly that has plenty of explosions, you may be able to watch to the very end of "Gen-Y Cops." If you wonder who would make this movie, why ask why.
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