The Shadow’s Edge (Jackie Chan)
Spoilers ahead! Don’t read any further if you haven’t watched the movie yet.
Yesterday, I watched The Shadow’s Edge, starring Jackie Chan.
The movie was really enjoyable and entertaining. As for the action scenes, what can I say? They were great! Jackie Chan may not be as agile as he used to be, but he’s still more agile than I am. Hahaha. His acting was great too. Well, it’s Jackie Chan. Of course he’s good!
The young female character, though, wasn’t as enjoyable to watch. She kept pouting almost the entire time. It was getting on my nerves.
Another thing that bothered me was... are the Macau police really that bad at their jobs? Are they all quiet quitting or something? The only competent one seemed to be that one officer who could spot suspicious people just by looking at them. The rest looked like they had no idea what to do.
Did they not get enough training? Or did they get their jobs through connections?
Now, the veteran villain was something else. Damn, he was good! His performance was fantastic. He’s a veteran Hong Kong actor, after all.
What made his character so impressive was how believable he was as an almost invincible villain. All those paranoid little details in the plot helped build his legendary character. You could really see how experienced and dangerous he was.
The younger villain was great too. While watching the movie, I noticed that the two young villains looked so much alike. The casting team did a really good job! Then I found out they were played by same actor. The makeup team did an amazing job making them look so similar.
Overall, the movie was a pleasure to watch because of its fast-paced, thrilling action scenes. A big thank you to the two veteran actors for their excellent performances.
However, I wish movies would slowly move away from this whole idea of "one person knows how to do the job while everyone else incompetent."
Come on! There were so many police officers in the movie, yet not a single one of them seemed useful. They actually had to bring in a retired police officer to do the job. And on top of that, the retired guy could spot the clues almost immediately!
It really makes the younger generation look bad, as if they've all lost their brains. Their attention spans must be too short. That's why they can't notice anything, even when it's right in front of them.
They could at least have made one or two of the younger officers competent, just less experienced. Instead, they made the retired guy do practically everything.
Anyway, what movie should I watch next?