It's hard to recall a Hong Kong cops and robbers thriller that used a raging typhoon as a set piece, so that's precisely where the final throwdown unfolds in The Brink. The force’s worst cop goes on a quest to destroy a gold-smuggling ring disguised as a fishing operation while miraculously avoiding internal affairs in director Jonathan Li’s water-logged and fitfully inspired debut. Making good use of the decaying and decrepit side of Hong Kong the tourism board prefer no one see, and naturally the weather, The Brink is clever and creative with its fisticuffs but lacking the propulsive plot...
- 10/15/2017
- by Elizabeth Kerr
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a string of scene-stealing supporting roles, a bleach blond Zhang Jin takes the lead in Jonathan Li's The Brink, as a renegade Hong Kong cop on the trail of Shawn Yue’s villainous gold smuggler. Featuring a string of impressively staged action sequences that often stretch the bounds of plausibility, The Brink remains entertaining despite some glaring narrative flaws and wildly inconsistent performances. After hurling a suspect out of a building, only to unwittingly kill a fellow officer in the process, Hong Kong police detective Chang (Zhang Jin) narrowly avoids a manslaughter charge. Instead, he takes legal guardianship of his dead suspect’s daughter (Cecilia So), convinces his partner A-de (Wu Yue) not to retire, and goes on the warpath for a gang of gold...
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- 10/14/2017
- Screen Anarchy
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