In 1999 Hong Kong director Benny Chen had a big hit with his action comedy Gen-X Cops. Like in so many cases, this success led to inevitable sequel in 2000, titled, somewhat unimaginatively, Gen-Y Cops.
Stephen Fung and Sam Lee repeat their roles as young Hong Kong police detective Match Yeung and Alien Lee. They are joined by new colleague named Edison (played by Edison Chen) during the operation to bring down Hong Kong weapons smugglers. In the meantime, in Washington D.C. a new advanced robot, originally developed for law enforcement purposes, is revealed and later scheduled to appear at Hong Kong police convention. The robot was, however, been tampered by disgruntled developer Kurt (played by Richard Sun), who has his own plans with it. When the robot is brought to Hong Kong, three FBI agents – Ian Curtis (played by Paul Rudd), Jane Quigley (played by Maggie Q) and Ross Tucker (played by Matt Hicks) – arrive to deal with the possible shenanigans and they begin to cooperate with their Hong Kong peers when robot begins to threaten mayhem on Hong Kong streets.
Like its predecessor, Gen-Y Cops isn’t particular deep film and any viewer who expect some meaningful content and worries too much about plausibility and laws of physics is going to be disappointed. Those viewers who liked Gen-X Cops, on the other hand, are probably going to like its sequel. The script tries to do something different, this time with more emphasis on science fiction motives. The cast is also different, with Nicholas Tse who had played character of Jack (and was unavailable during production) being replaced with Cantonese singer Edison Chen who plays character of the same name. Even more interesting is introduction of American characters, with two of them being played by actors who would later become bona fide Hollywood stars – Paul Rudd and Maggie Q. Gen-Y Cops is directed very energetically, with some very basic CGI used for special effects and nostalgic viewers would be reminded of chatrooms and early mobile phones. Because it looks like a clear product of its time, nobody should complain over film not being titled Millennial Cops.
RATING: 5/10 (++)
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