In his book Hong Kong Action Cinema, published last year in the UK, Ben Logan writes, "If imitation is truly the sincerest form of flattery, then Sylvester Stallone was one of the first Hollywood film-makers to praise Jackie Chan." Several scenes in the Stallone vehicle Tango and Cash were taken right out of Chan's Police Story.
「如果說巴結人最誠懇的方式，就是模仿的話，史特龍就是好萊塢第一位讚美成龍的電影工作者」，去年英國出版的《香港動作電影》一書作者羅根說，史特龍的《探戈與金錢》好幾個鏡頭就抄襲自成龍的《警察故事》。