Underplayed Gems

Future Cops (1993)

Future Cops poster
Original title
超級學校霸王
Directed by
Wong Jing
Genre
comedy film, action film, science fiction film, martial arts film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
IIA
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 70 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of fighters based on video game characters get involved in school antics and a battle against a villain. The action is mixed with slapstick humor.

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What happens

Future Cops (Chinese: 超級學校霸王; literal title: Super-School Tyrant) is a 1993 Hong Kong action-comedy film loosely based on Capcom's fighting game Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991), starring an ensemble cast of Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok, Chingmy Yau, Dicky Cheung and Simon Yam. It was the second live-action film to feature characters inspired by the Street Fighter series, the first being City Hunter starring Jackie Chan, which was also directed by Wong Jing, but released six months earlier. The following year the official adaptation Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle was released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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