Police Story (1985) After dissatisfaction with his treatment in an American film, Jackie Chan returned to Hong Kong where he directed and starred in his own feature that has become a classic action movie. He instructed screenwriter Edward Tang to create a plot that would include a specific set of props and locations. Doing almost all of his own stunts, Chan suffered second degree burns on his hands, as well as a back injury and dislocation of his pelvis. Inspired by his love of Buster Keaton, Chan added humor and comedic slapstick to this star vehicle that established his style as an action hero.
Fortune cookies split
Hong Kong stock markets.
Futures are never enough.
Human identification, voice
Recognition, face recognition,
Swoop, saturate, and record.
The Motherland loves her piggy bank.
One country, two systems
Seesaw like sampans
In a monsoon rain,
As the entire business district
Open umbrellas
To parachute down,
While tanks amass on the border.
Police Cloud correlates
Supermarket purchases
With health records.
Social credit rewards good
Behavior and punishes bad.
Overuse of electricity leads to
Political re-education camp.
Those who input data
Suffer no accountability,
Because biometric databases.
Linked to DNA, make final decisions,
Track masked protesters
Who shoot laser beams
Into surveillance cameras.
“If you’re happy and you know it,
Clap your hands.”
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