Name: The Shadow's Edge
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2025-08-16
Cast: Jackie Chan, Zhang Zifeng, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Ci Sha, Wen Junhui

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Fi1m review

Out now in Hong Kong. The Shadow's Edge opened on 11 September 2025; our review follows once the critics have had their say, usually within two days of release.

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Radio Times

★★★ · Jayne Nelson

Nelson calls it an engaging cop thriller and says Jackie Chan is in fine form. She also praises Zhang Zifeng for holding her own opposite Chan.

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The Guardian

2 October 2025 · Leslie Felperin

40*

Felperin finds the thriller bloated, overlong and unnecessarily complicated, though Jackie Chan keeps it watchable. She singles out his inventive fight scenes for praise and the convoluted crime plot for complaint.

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Cast

Wen Junhui

Hu Feng

Zhou Zhengjie

Liu Jinxiao

Wang Ziyi

Wu Yaolei

Lang Yueting

Madam Wang

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Wong Tak Chung (Jackie Chan) aims a rifle from beneath an overturned car

Wong Tak Chung (Jackie Chan) grapples with a man across a restaurant counter

A bloodied man grips a knife in a dim wooden room

A young woman wearing headphones stands beside a man in an elevator

A group gathers around a central desk in a control room

Wong Tak Chung (Jackie Chan) takes cover behind a pillar as an armed figure aims nearby

The Shadow's Edge

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