How They Shot the Explosive Pole Jump Stunt in 'Police Story'
A stunt so nice they showed it thrice. Here's the story behind Jackie Chan's legendary leap.
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Welcome to
How’d They Do That? — a bi-monthly column that unpacks moments of movie magic and celebrates the technical wizards who pulled them off.
This entry explains how Jackie Chan did the shopping mall pole stunt in Police Story.
Without mincing words:
Jackie Chan‘s career.
Police Story with a vengeance. His most recent Western foray,
The Protector, had outfitted Chan as a serious, gun-wielding Dirty Harry-type. But just as Chan wasn’t Bruce Lee…he also wasn’t Dirty Harry. Those molds weren’t his. And