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.
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