Jackie Chan was initially reluctant to play another police officer. But when director Larry Yang approached him with “The Shadow’s Edge,” the action legend found himself drawn back to familiar territory for their next collaboration following 2023’s “Ride On.”

“At first, I didn’t want to play another police officer because I’ve done so many cop stories,” Chan tells Variety . “But the way he presented it was very compelling. It made me want to try once more, to see what new elements I could bring to audiences.”

The crime thriller, which is playing in the Open Cinema strand at the Busan International Film Festival and has held the No. 1 position at the China box office for four consecutive weekends, finds Chan playing legendary police officer Wong Tak-chung, who is pulled out of retire

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