Young Policemen in Love

Young Policemen in Love

Year: 1995

Runtime: 82 mins

Language: Chinese

Director: Kevin Chu

ActionComedy

A hapless student loves the principal’s daughter, but her boyfriend blocks him. He befriends Garlic and Gimmick, two rogue cops. Wong Yat Fei sends them undercover to Wong Fei Hong College to protect a general’s daughter from Mainland China. Their looks fool classmates, yet the officers must pass school and guard a girl tougher than they are.

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Timeline & Setting – Young Policemen in Love (1995)

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Time period

Location

Hong Kong, Wong Fei Hong High School, a park

The story unfolds across urban Hong Kong locations, beginning in a city park where the informant dies and the partners celebrate a drug bust. The action then moves to Wong Fei Hong High School where Garlic and Gimmick go undercover. The film blends crowded streets with institutional settings, creating a tense urban backdrop for the detectives' misadventures and investigations.

🏙️ Urban 🌳 Park 🏫 School

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Main Characters – Young Policemen in Love (1995)

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Garlic (Nicky Wu)

From a rich family and a cop who loves his work, Garlic wears wealth as armor and treats policing as a thrill. His arrogance is paired with a carefree attitude toward danger, and he often dominates interactions with Gimmick.

💎 Rich 🗣️ Arrogant 🧭 Brash

Gimmick (Takeshi Kaneshiro)

Dirt poor yet fiercely self-assured, Gimmick lives off Garlic and flaunts his looks as if every moment is a chance to impress. He revels in his self-image as God’s gift to women, making him reckless but undeniably charismatic.

🤵 Cocky 🎭 Charismatic 🗡️ Impetuous

Kong Mei-lai (Charlie Yeung)

The daughter of the future Hong Kong Police Commissioner, Kong Mei-lai becomes the focal point of the undercover operation. She embodies youth under pressure and serves as a high-stakes anchor for the detectives’ mission.

👩‍⚖️ Elite 🧭 High status 🎯 Central

Miss Yip (Elsie Yeh)

The private tutor assigned by Chief Wong is strict, capable, and undercover. She relentlessly pushes Garlic and Gimmick to pass their courses while guiding their undercover mission with professional resolve.

🎓 Tutor 🕵️‍♀️ Strict 💡 Strategic

Police Chief C.K. Wong (Wong Yat-Fei)

A commanding, pragmatic authority who assigns the undercover trials and enforces discipline. He orchestrates the trio of missions to test their competence and readiness for real undercover work.

🧭 Authority 👮‍♂️ Strict 🧩 Strategist

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Major Themes – Young Policemen in Love (1995)

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💥 Arrogance

Garlic and Gimmick flaunt their success and vanity, treating policing as a thrill rather than a duty. Their swagger leads to reckless decisions and invites dangerous retaliation from the drug lord.

🕵️‍♂️ Undercover

Their assignment to blend in at a high school tests their nerve and discipline. Miss Yip’s strict guidance and Chief Wong’s expectations push them to study hard, overcome laziness, and maintain their cover.

🔒 Blackmail & Risk

The drug lord weaponizes compromising photos to force compliance, exposing how power and pressure can corrupt judgment. The threat forces the pair to navigate loyalty, ethics, and personal danger while under scrutiny.

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