 The reason that "Police Story" (the literal translation) had such a  plain name was because every time Jackie Chan (I) (qv) started a  new project in Hong Kong, everyone else followed. For example, when  _Jui kuen II (1994)_ (qv) was announced, every filmmaker started  making drunken boxing movies. With "Police Story", no one knew what  to expect, except a police film, and at that time in Hong Kong  cinema, no one had ever made a kung fu police film before.