''Future X-Cops'' (''Mei loi ging chaat'' 未來警察) is a 2010

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directed by

Wong Jing Wong Jing ( born 3 May 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter. A prolific filmmaker with strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, Wong Jing played a prominent role in Hong Kong cinema duri ...

. The film is about terrorists Kalong ( Louis Fan) and Feina (Tang Yifei) who travel back in time to attempt to assassinate Professor Ma (Ma Jingwu). The two are chased by the cyborg cop Zhou Zhihao (

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) who has also traveled back in time to stop them. The film was delayed in post-production to work on the

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s. The film performed well in Hong Kong where it was the second highest-grossing film in its opening week.

Plot

In 2080, in an unnamed Asian metropolis, cyborg terrorists attempt to assassinate Professor Ma (Ma Jingwu) on the tenth anniversary of his energy-saving Solar Canopy but are defeated by the cyborg cop Zhou Zhihao (

). Zhou's wife, Meili (

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) is then killed and terrorist leader Kalong ( Louis Fan) and his wife Feina (Tang Yifei) manage to escape arrest. Kalong and Feina travel back in time to 2020 to try to assassinate the teenage Ma but are pursued by Zhou and his daughter Qiqi (Xu Jiao). Posing as a traffic cop, Zhou attracts the attention of policewoman Wang Xue'e (

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), who falls in love with him.

Cast

as Zhou Zhihao (Kidd Zhou) *

Xu Jiao Xu Jiao (, born 5 August 1997) is a Chinese actress. She made her film debut in the 2008 sci-fi film '' CJ7'' where she played a boy, and won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer The Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer is ...

as Zhou Qiqi (Kiki Zhou) *

as Wang Xue'e (Miss Holly) *

as Meili and Millie (Guest star) * Ma Jingwu as Professor Ma (Professor Masterson) * Tang Yifei as Feina (Fiona) * Louis Fan as Kalong (Kalon) *

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as Ma Jinxiang (Sergeant Masterson) * Zhang Li as Huo Li Shuyi * Liu Yiwei as Druggie * Ding Sheng as Tie *

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as Scissors *

Blackie Chen Charles "Blackie" Chen or Chen Chien-chou (born 2 May 1977 in Kaohsiung) is a Taiwanese television host, actor, basketball manager, entrepreneur, and a former basketball player. He is also the founder and current chief executive officer of the T ...

as Misfortune, the young undercover 2020 cop * Huang Licheng as a 2080 cop * Chen Xiaofeng as Kabao * Xiao Jian as Stone

Production

To create the special effects for the film,

wore a green jumpsuit which allowed computer-generated armor to be seen on his body. ''Future X-Cops'' was delayed due to a lengthy post-production process in Korea that was made to boost the films visual effects. There were rumors of financial woes of one of the film's investors which director Wong Jing denied.

Release

''Future X-Cops'' was released in China on March 30 and in Taiwan on April 2, 2010. The film grossed a total of $27,037 in Taiwan. It was released in Hong Kong on April 15 where it premiered in second place in box office rankings for that week. The film grossed a total of $439,978 in Hong Kong.

Reception

Film Business Asia ''Film Business Asia'' was a film trade magazine based in Hong Kong. The magazine was created in 2010 by Patrick Frater, former journalist for ''Variety'', ''The Hollywood Reporter'', and '' Screen International'' and Stephen Cremin, co-founder o ...

gave the film a four out of ten rating noting poor effects, uneven acting, and "pothole-sized gaps in logic and continuity, even by Hong Kong genre standards."

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gave the film a poor review stating that there was "honestly nothing to recommend in this film" and that it was "troubling to see how well it has been performing at the mainland box office. Its opening weekend here in Hong Kong is also seeing it beat out other new releases like '' Monga'' and '' Kick-Ass'', both of which are far superior films."

References

External links

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