The Shadow's Edge

Fantastic!! It's the Legend Jackie Chan and Tony Leungkafai. Even though they're old, their fighting scenes are so impressive. The storyline is really good, presenting a touching relationship, both from the police and criminal side. Full of plot twists too, the hacking scenes are so cool, the young actors did so great. You won't get bored watching it because it's spiced with humorous scenes. I really hope there will be a sequel, because the story is very interesting to develop further.

After a slew of stinkers over the past couple of years like Kung Fu Yoga, Bleeding Steel, Ride On, and Panda Plan, we all thought that Jackie Chan doesn't have what it takes anymore. Lo and behold we have The Shadow's Edge, a remake of 2007's Eye in the Sky. It promises the showdown we all dreamed of: Jackie VS the legend Tony Leung (who also appeared in Eye in the Sky), but given the stinker streak he got, anticipation and expectations are kept at a lukewarm level.

Surprise, surprise, this is arguably Jackie Chan's strongest film since 2017's The Foreigner. Even in their late 60s, this movie shows why Jackie and Tony are still legends for a reason. The supporting cast are also decent, with excellent performance by Zifeng Zhang in particular. The story is convoluted but fairly easy to follow, with the usual double crosses and in particular, really gritty and brutal action and violence, in particular from Tony Leung side. There are some comedic moments but they're few and far in between, but it doesn't detract an otherwise very serious Jackie Chan movie.

If there's any criticism, it'll be it's length. At over 2 hours, you kinda wish it trimmed down a good 20 minutes or so. The editing also leaves a lot to be desired with aggressive zooms, out of place sound effects, and jumpy quick cuts, very clearly to mask Jackie and Tony's sluggishness in combat (though the credits very clearly shows them doing most of the stunts, as do the supporting cast, so that's definitely appreciated). The CGI for some scenes in the first half is insultingly bad in the first half, which is weird considering how well the rest of the movie looked, and it has pretty shameless sequel bait *and* AI glorification, which I can tolerate the former, but boy does the latter actively detract the movie.

Criticisms aside, The Shadow's Edge is a very competent, very well made movie, that finally leverages Jackie Chan's underrated dramatic acting scenes, and absolutely uses Tony Leung to its maximum potential. It is absolutely Jackie Chan's best movie since The Foreigner, and Tony Leung's best performance in a while. I do hope for Jackie in particular, he keeps this newfound momentum, because after years of stinkers and surrounding himself with CGI animals and slapsticks, I think it's time for him to go all in for the dramatic.

I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting much from another Jackie Chan movie with him at 71, but "The Shadow's Edge" genuinely surprised me. This Macau-set crime thriller brings a retired tracking expert back into the game to catch a crew of dangerous professional thieves, and it works surprisingly well.

Tony Leung Ka-Fai absolutely steals every scene as the villain; he's menacing without ever being cartoonish. While Chan is clearly showing his age, the action sequences are solid and less reliant on his typical slapstick comedy. Director Larry Yang gives the whole film a grittier tone than typical Chan flicks, which I appreciated.

The plot is pretty straightforward - cops versus clever criminals - but the execution is tight, and it's no wonder it hit No. 1 at the Chinese box office.

After watching many movies this year, by far this is the only movie that has actually left me amazed and entertained. The storyline of the movie flows so well and the action is top-notch, its amazing how jackie chan can still fight, compared to the other movies that has been released in the theaters this is for me in another level, this movie actually has a heart, emotions. Theres a balance of sadness, humour, thrill and action. There are some parts of the story which still needs some tweaking some parts still does not quite make sense but overall its so good compared to the movies released this year in the theaters espescially in the action/thriller category. Most of them just doesnt create this feeling of connection, it feels like theres no heart in the movie. It doesnt have that balance of humour, sadness, thrill and action which this movie shows. This movie also have a combination and adaptation to our age like the use of AI and Technology but it's not used in an overwhelming way. I can say that this is the best movie by far this year.

Excellent, especially in today's world where you rarely find good movies. It will definitely be one of the best crime movies. It will definitely be the best action crime movie in a decade. That's not an exaggeration. You won't get enough of Jackie. Go to the cinema now and enjoy Edge of Shadow, thank you Jackie Chan.