History Film / CrimeStory

* BattleAmongstTheFlames: The final action setpiece between Eddie and several triads led by [[spoiler: Detective Hung]], in a whole city block that’s on fire after a stray bullet hits a fuel line and about to explode in minutes…

* CorruptCop: Detective Hung Ting-bong, actually a triad informant and one hell of a FatBastard.

* DrowningPit: An action scene before the final act have Eddie trapped in the hull of a ship filling with water after [[spoiler: being double-crossed by Inspector Hung]].
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: [[spoiler: Eddie beating the snot out of Detective Hung in the final scene. After all that crap Hung forced Eddie through its so damn entertaining watching Hung on the receiving side for once]].
* FalseFriend: [[spoiler: Detective Hung pretends to be pals with Eddie, but is secretly using Eddie to feed information to his triad contacts]].

* HateSink: Detective Hung initially appears to be Eddie’s PointyHairedBoss, but he’s secretly a triad informant and TheMole who abuses his power constantly. His EstablishingCharacterMoment depicts him as a FatBastard and pervert who forces his fat, oversized gut into a bar-girl he hired, sexually humiliate her while forcing her against a corner in an elevator, and slaps her for crying when they get out. He pretends to be on the same side as Eddie, but actually double-crosses ''everyone'' (such as [[spoiler: the Taiwanese triad boss he’s supposedly an informer for]]) if it means things will go in his favour. While Hung and Eddie both gets arrested, Hung uses his triad connections to snake his way out while allowing Eddie to take a beating from the Taiwanese police. When [[spoiler: Eddie finds out Hung is a traitor, Hung tries to get Eddie killed by trapping him in the lower hull of a ship filling with water]]. When all hell breaks loose in the finale, [[spoiler: Hung ditches his mooks and tries making a run for it, and further takes advantage of Eddie (when Eddie had to momentarily stop to save a child trapped in the fire) by closing the nearest possible exit after he got through, trying to have Eddie and a child killed in the inferno]]. Ultimately, his ''one and only'' saving grace is that he’s at least willing to FaceDeathWithDignity when pinned under rubble just as the entire block is about to blow up.

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Detective Hung thinks he can get away with all the atrocities he have committed by leaving Eddie to die in a fire, only to at the last minute have the floor beneath him give way and collapse, trapping him in rubble. He eventually ends up dying when the whole place goes Ka-boom, and of course [[AssholeVictim nobody will mourn his demise]].]]

* PoliceBrutality: The Taiwanese police are depicted as such. When Eddie ends up getting arrested together with most of the surviving triads, Eddie’s attempts to clarify himself as a member of the Hong Kong police earns him a strip-search and beating.

* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler: Attempted by Eddie when he saw Detective Hung pinned under rubble while trying to escape the burning city block in the ending, but eventually Eddie sensibly decides it’s more important to escape with the child he’s saving and Hung is (rightfully) a lost cause]].

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Inspector Hung is the true BigBad of the movie]].
* TherapyIsForTheWeak: Averted, the movie’s ActionPrologue is spliced together with Eddie consulting his therapist after killing three people while stopping a crime.
* TraitorShot: One shot like this is focused on [[spoiler: Detective Hung]], just as Eddie is about to realize he is a traitor.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Detective Hung in the Taipei arrest scene double-crosses and kills the Taiwanese mob leader for snapping at him for failing to keep the police off their tracks]].

Eddie Chan (Jackie Chan) is a cop with emotional issues, after killing three robbers in self-defense. Deemed to be fit for duty by his superiors, Eddie is assigned on tracking down kidnapped businessman Wong Yat-fei with his immediate partner and superior, Detective Hung Ting-bong (Kent Cheng, or Fatty Lam from the ''Film/OnceUponATimeInChina'' movies). However, Eddie soon discovers a greater conspiracy is at large.

Eddie Chan (Jackie Chan) is a cop with emotional issues, after killing three robbers in self-defense. Deemed to be fit for duty by his superiors, Eddie is assigned on tracking down kidnapped businessman Wong Yat-fei with his immediate partner and superior, Detective Hung Ting-bong (Fatty Lam from the ''Film/OnceUponATimeInChina'' movies). However, Eddie soon discovers a greater conspiracy is at large.

* HateSink: Detective Hung initially appears to be Eddie’s PointyHairedBoss, but he’s secretly a triad informant and TheMole who abuses his power constantly. His EstablishingCharacterMoment depicts him as a FatBastard and pervert who forces his fat, oversized gut into a bar-girl he hired, sexually humiliate her while forcing her against a corner in an elevator, and slaps her for crying when they get out. He pretends to be on the same side as Eddie, but actually double-crosses ''everyone'' (such as [[spoiler: the Taiwanese triad boss he’s supposedly an informer for]]) if it means things will go in his favour. While Hung and Eddie both gets arrested, Hung uses his triad connections to snake his way out while allowing Eddie to take a beating from the Taiwanese police. When [[spoiler: Eddie finds out Hung is a traitor, Hung tries to get Eddie killed by trapping him in the lower hull of a ship filling with water]]. When all hell breaks loose in the finale, [[spoiler: Hung ditches his mooks and tries making a run for it, and further takes advantage of Eddie when Eddie had to momentarily stop to save a child trapped in the fire by closing the nearest possible exit after he got through, trying to have Eddie and a child killed in the inferno]]. Ultimately, his ''one and only'' saving grace is that he’s at least willing to FaceDeathWithDignity when pinned under rubble just as the entire block is about to blow up.

* SavingTheVillain: [[spoiler: Attempted by Eddie when he saw Detective Hung pinned under rubble while trying to escape the burning city block in the ending, but eventually Eddie sensibly decides it’s more important to escape with the child he’s saving and Hung is (rightfully) a lost cause]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to most of Jackie Chan's films coming out at the time. Heck, check out Chan's earlier "cop" films like ''Film/LuckyStars'' and ''Film/PoliceStory'' before seeing this one. The contrast is jarring!

''Crime Story'' is a 1993 MartialArtsMovie starring ''Creator/JackieChan'', where once again (after the ''Film/LuckyStars'' and ''Film/PoliceStory'' series) Chan is playing a super-cop. But this time the movie centered around him is grittier, more serious, and have really minimal comedic moments (irony, since this movie comes out the same year as the silly and over-the-top ''Film/CityHunter'').