ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

david-sarkies This movie has so much in it and by the end you are generally left panting. It has pirates and underworld gangs, rebels and imperialists and corrupt colonial dignitaries and police officers, and as with all Jackie Chan movies, it is pumped full of action, fights, and stunts.Project A Part II actually follows on from the original movie with the remaining pirates clambering ashore and vowing to get back at Jackie Chan. The movie is set in the turn of the century, when the China was still an empire and Britain a colonial power with huge vested interests in China. The movie is about a police officer, Sergeant Chung, who is seen at the beginning of the movie setting up an armed robbery so that he is made to be a hero. The chief of the Hong Kong police force believe that he is corrupt but Chung has too much power, so they remove one district from his control and bring Chan in, who is a marine policeman, and give him that district. Chan immediately sets about cleaning up the district, and after busting open the big gang in the area, the once cowardly policemen decide to follow him.There is a lot in this movie and as such it would spoil the whole movie to describe the plot. It involves Chan getting framed for stealing jewelery and then trying to prove that he is innocent. Caught in the middle of all of this are the rebels who want to save China by overthrowing the Emporer, and there are the emperor's bodyguards who are trying to get rid of the British.The movie has little in the way of theme because people watch a Jackie Chan movie for the action and the comedy. They watch them for the bizarre scenes, such as the handcuff chase scene. The other really notable thing about this movie are the sets, they are all very authentic. The sets made for this movie are being reused constantly for many other Hong Kong movies. Chan went to a lot of trouble to not only create an entertaining sequel, but one that capture the essence of this tumultuous time in Hong Kong history.

lost-in-limbo I guess a second instalment to the very successful original was inevitable and this follow-up doesn't disappoint either, although I wouldn't say it comes close to it predecessor. With the likes of Summo Hung and Yuen Mao not returning it does leave a very big hole, but we know how well Jackie Chan can carry a film and that's was he does with Part II. Chan again would star, co-wrote, and direct along with being the stunt coordinator. You know by now the stunts we are seeing are Jackie leading the way in some feats like the handcuffed chase, rotating cage and the climatic showdown involving falling framework, but never really do they reach the great heights of some of his other staged stunts. Dragon Ma has rid the sea of Pirate Lo and his men, and now finds him back on land where he's given a new assignment of cleaning up crime and corruption in one of the roughest districts. But Ma and his loyal crew don't have it easy with the local police chief who's crafting a web of deceit. However also riding Ma's back are some pirates who want to avenge the death of Pirate Lo and then there are agents of the Manchu government. This action-adventure can be as fast and furious with outstanding martial arts choreography balanced out with goofy, if charming slapstick humour. The action is not as frequent as it seems spaced out, with more comical elements finding its way in where Chan toys around. Even the script shines the spotlight on some political issues involving communist's rebels vs. mainland Chinese imperials, which can make things a little talky and some sub-plots feel aimless. It starts off rather sharp, but never recaptures that spirit it began with. The lavished production makes good use of its set-designs and costumes with a flamboyant Hong Kong backdrop.

Michael Neumann Many films claim to be like riding a roller coaster, but this more or less typical adventure from Asian sensation Jackie Chan is the genuine article: a fast, furious, and totally physical wide-screen action comedy. The convoluted screenplay, picking up right where Part I presumably ended, follows an incorruptible turn-of-the-century Hong Kong cop forced to contend with powerful mobsters, dangerous revolutionaries, crooked policemen, and a scruffy crew of pirates, separately and often all at once. But what passes for a plot is only an excuse for several hair-raising (and nicely choreographed) combat and chase scenes set (almost literally) at a breakneck pace, and performed without the benefit of doubles or trick photography. The writer/director/actor (and title song singer) single-handedly legitimizes the concept of mindless entertainment, at the risk of bruises and more than one broken bone, but never mind: the film is exhilarating, exhausting, and just plain fun.(postscript: fifteen-plus years after seeing 'Project A II' I finally caught up to the first chapter, which is even more energetic than its sequel...)

Pont-Ass This movie is as most sequels not far as good as the first movie. Maybe the abscense of Hong Kong´s 2 heroes, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao has something to do with this, I dunno but the fights are not near as intense, funny and good as in "Project A" Go see that one instead