In Jackie Chan’s 1985 action classic Police Story, he performed one of the most dangerous stunts in film history — sliding down a towering pole wrapped in live electrical lights inside a shopping mall atrium. The breathtaking sequence pushed the limits of practical stunt work. As he slid nearly five stories, the bulbs scorched his hands, and electric shocks surged through his body before he crashed through glass and landed on a metal kiosk. Chan suffered severe burns, a dislocated pelvis, and sp