- Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- 142 min
- NR
He's training a new generation of law enforcers for a dangerous mission to save the world from ruthless criminals.
Macau Police brings the tracking expert police officer out of retirement to help catch a dangerous group of professional thieves.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, grave and relentless.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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- MovieGuyson TMDB · Nov 20257/10
"The Shadows Edge" is yet another Hong Kong action thriller starring the actor named number one with movie fans in the region, Jackie Chan. This film is good but its by no means great. Chan is a cop called back from retirement, when modern policing techniques conspicuously fail to catch, an ageing criminal, an expert in counter surveillance and his talented team of young cyber thieves. Actions plentiful, with Chan's trademark, creative flair, using the environment and everyday items, as devices for martial arts action. This is topped off with, at times, intense gun play and spectacular explosions. Taken together, these aspects, of this cinematic experience, represent an engaging romp. The noticeable downside is this film is overly long. The result is the story, at times, becomes difficult to follow and the characterisations, can feel either drawn out or a bit overlooked. In summary, a mostly decent action thriller with a, by now, well established, Hong Kong flavour. Would have benefited from a tighter script and shorter length. That said, still very much worth a look.
Read the whole review on TMDB - CinemaSerfon TMDB · Oct 20257/10
Right from the outset, this doesn’t hang about as a near perfectly executed crypto robbery is carried out by a gang of young men in Macau. Despite mobilising the police and the several thousand cameras located across the city, the cops are short on clues so they draft in retired “Wong” (Jackie Chan) whose meticulous approach to his work soon leads them to suspect that the legendary “Shadow” is masterminding a group of ninja-esque men who are masters of disguise, martial arts and technology. He decides that the only way to track this man down is to recruit a squad of officers that don’t look remotely like they are investigating and then to embark on the mother of all door-to-door searches. Of course, and maybe a little implausibly, they manage to identify him (Tony Leung) - we know who it is right from the start - and a war of attrition ensues not just between the two men, but amongst their nemesis’s increasingly manoeuvred and conflicted “family” for whom trust and loyalty are soon severely tested. There is loads of action throughout, but it’s not the repetitious sort. More stylishly and tightly edited and choreographed with no windows, bones or furniture safe as the CGI and the ac
Read the whole review on TMDB - caseymoviemaniaon TMDB · Aug 20258/10
A return to form Jackie Chan and a scene-stealing Tony Leung Ka-Fai lead Larry Yang's gritty action thriller.
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Cast
- Jackie ChanWong Tak Chung
- Zhang ZifengHe Qiuguo
- Tony Leung Ka-faiFu Longsheng
- Ci ShaXi Meng / Xi Wang
- JunHu Feng
- Zhou ZhengjieLiu Jinxiao
- Wang ZiyiWu Yaolei
- Lang YuetingMadam Wang
- Lin QiunanXin
- Zhenwei WangRay
Crew
- Larry YangDirector
- Larry YangWriter
- Qian TiantianDirector of Photography
- Nicolas ErrèraOriginal Music Composer
- Zhang YiboEditor
- Victoria HonProducer
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