Hong Kong action-movie legend Jackie Chan was an international superstar back in the late 1990s-early 2000s with crossover fare like the Rush Hour flicks, but sightings in western-made movies have been much sparser of late, apart from a supporting role in Karate Kid: Legends and the occasional bit of voicework in the never-ending Kung Fu Panda franchise. But in Asia, the 71-year-old works all the time, still doing his own stunts, as well as working as a producer and fight choreographer.
This Macau-set cops-and-robbers thriller even has a little fun by introducing him as a “retired” cop turned dog walker called Wong, surrounded by a motley pack of pooches that he marshals expertly through the streets. Once the best surveillance man on the force, Wong’s observational skills have not faded a jot, as he proves by recounting exactly which of his doggie charges pooped in what order. More importantly, he can still take on young ruffians a third of his age, and as expected he ends up doing battle with a variety of unlikely props in peculiar settings, such as a hotel laundry room and the crawlspace above a restaurant.
