Chung Gwok 'O' gei: Huet sing ching yan

ANOTHER CHINESE COP is a film made just before the new wave of Hong Kong thrillers kicked in, complete with their youthful and highly fashionable stars. This one creaks along in comparison and it feels like nobody's making much of an effort - even the title is as generic as they come. The film features a couple of cops, played by genre stars Elvis Tsui and Anthony Wong, on the trail of kidnappers. There's a lot of attempted suspense with ticking bombs and the like, but it's too cheap to ring true and Wong's bum character is particularly irritating. Bad guy Billy Chow enlivens things a little with his trademark high kicking, but it's not enough to make this entertaining.

Billy Chow playing Tai is married to the endowed Mindy played by Diana Pang.

Mindy forces him to set up a kidnapping to make money. This puts him at odds with his former Kung-fu brother and policeman Li tai-Chu played by Kar-Ying Law.

There seems to be an obsession with tying bombs to people and letting the clock tick down. Li Tai-Chu discovers his true love along the way the film makers apparently unaware and any Freudian significance in the fact she blatantly reminds him of his mother.

With some minor love interest and good comedy along the way truth and just prevail.

Highlight of the film is the considerable charm and possibly acting ability of Diana Pang.