China New Police Story is a China–Hong Kong co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
新警察故事
“Failures and suffering make a real hero.”
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.
Audience Engagement
644 audience reviews — more than 92% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 92th percentile among China films.
China × Hong Kong Co-Production
Other China×Hong Kong titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with New Police Story. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From China Film Group Corporation
Action + Thriller in China
49 China titles in our catalog blend the Action and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding New Police Story itself).
The 2003–2005 China Window
New Police Story holds position #12 of 34 China films in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in China, 142 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when New Police Story premiered alongside 8 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 8 other China films in 2004.
The 115th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on New Police Story, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- youth gang · 3
- partner · 2
- observer · 1
- fighter · 25
- action hero · 25
- alcoholic · 14
- good versus evil · 9
- martial arts · 369
- revenge · 210
- police · 105
- gangster · 85
- hong kong · 73
- investigation · 45
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #299 of 946 China films indexed here (68th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Action productions specifically: #73 of 319 (top 23%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong |
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Cantonese, English |
| Production Companies | China Film Group Corporation, JCE Movies |
| Runtime | 2h 3m |
| Release Date | September 23, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0386005 |