Jackie Chan is not retiring

• FireIce

  17 Dec 13, 15:22

  I'm still young, I should make more action films: Jackie Chan

   

  Almost a decade after New Police Story (2004), Jackie Chan is back in another reboot of the highly successful Police Story film series which started in 1985.

  The Hong Kong action star was in Singapore on Tuesday to promote Police Story 2013 and dressed casually in an orange checked shirt and cream pants.

  The comedy action flick CZ12 was a hit for him last year but he says in Mandarin: "I can't do that genre all my life. After that, I want to show audiences a different side of Jackie Chan."

  In Police Story 2013, where he plays a cop thrust into a hostage situation, the tone is darker compared to the first four instalments of Police Story.

  The action scenes remain from the franchise, although he had previously announced that CZ12 would be his last major action film.

  Explaining his apparent about-face, the 59-year-old says drily: "Since I'm still young, I should make more action films."

  After a decades-long career spanning plenty of hits, Chan says he knows what audiences want. "They are tired of films with people flying about. They like to see genuine down-to-earth Jackie Chan flicks."

  After having played cops from the 1980s till today, he observes how movie cops have evolved over the years.

  "Cops nowadays have more of an interior life. This new film's cop has a family and a daughter, and I find that quite moving. As I get older, I like emotional drama more."

  He is quite dismissive of his earlier works with all that "endless fighting and jumping". The story here is key and "more important than the fighting", he adds.

  He professes that he no longer makes films for the money but for his own interest and the fact that he likes challenges.

  He has yet to take on a villain role though and says he might try playing a "good bad guy, as Sylvester Stallone says".

  If the right baddie role proves elusive, that is okay. He says his film slate is packed with several projects anyway.

  "If I don't make films, I don't know what else to do. Every day, I'm thinking of different ideas."

  Police Story 2013 opens in Singapore on Dec 24.

• charlize

  17 Dec 13, 16:26

  

• FireIce

  17 Dec 13, 16:30

  im interested in Police Story 2013 for 刘烨, not Jackie

• charlize

  17 Dec 13, 16:32

  His previous Police story not bad.

   

  Shoot shoot bang bang.

• FireIce

  17 Dec 13, 16:34

  isnt all police story shoot shoot bang bang?????

• charlize

  17 Dec 13, 16:38

  Different types of shoot shoot bang bang.

   

  There is SHOOT shoot BANG bang.

   

  And then there is shoot shoot bang bang.

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  17 Dec 13, 18:30

  he used fists more than he used guns
  
  
  so it the same things again

• FireIce

  17 Dec 13, 18:35

  his movie he no fight �太对 rite?

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  17 Dec 13, 19:13

  yeah but police should use guns ma.....

• FireIce

  17 Dec 13, 19:35

  not ��便便 can shoot de u know

   

  and hor, all shoot shoot bang bang then 没�看了 worrrrrr

• SJS6638

  17 Dec 13, 23:06

  /Sometime back, he already clarified that he is not retiring.    He said he is stopping to do those dangerous stunt himself as age is catching up.

• karl36

  25 Dec 13, 16:31

  waiting for the next action film of Jackie Chan

• TehJarVu

  25 Dec 13, 17:07

  gib me chow yun fatt ftw

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  25 Dec 13, 17:56

  in this movie, he didnt fight much
  
  
  onli the cage fight vs MMA? 
  
  that he won 

• Capriceraven

  25 Dec 13, 19:40

  Jackie Chan is such a great actor, I believe none films w Jackie chan in it is 'bad'. Awesome Asian doing us proud  

• Capriceraven

  25 Dec 13, 19:40

  No film*

• charlize

  25 Dec 13, 21:45

  

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  26 Dec 13, 09:51

  Chinese shoot shoot bang bang we no need jackie chan...

   

  We have �马哥 for that...

   

  

• FireIce

  26 Dec 13, 16:55

  cue the 赌神 music......

• ArJoe

  27 Dec 13, 22:36

  Cant believe he still can perform amazing stunts at such an old age, he is simply incredible and entertaining to watch
• TehJarVu

  27 Dec 13, 22:39

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  Chinese shoot shoot bang bang we no need jackie chan...

   

  We have �马哥 for that...

   

  

  

• Honeybunz

  2 Jan 14, 00:25

  next time these ppl say retiring, last movie, last concert, don't believe liao.  

  every one of them bluff ppl one.  

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  2 Jan 14, 09:31

  honey bunny got cheated by justin beaver izzit??? 

• ArJoe

  12 Jan 14, 16:39

  Heard the police story this year was not nice..very few fight scenes
• charlize

  12 Feb 14, 20:23