The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang (2019) is a Jackie Chan demon picture that I recently watched on Prime. The storyline follows a demon hunter, and his little monster friends, who capture bad demons that come to Earth and offset the balance between good and evil. As he takes on a new young apprentice, an evil like no other threatens to end the human existence and rule the world. Can the demon hunter and his apprentice stop it?
This movie is directed by Vash (Sniper: Vengeance) and stars Jackie Chan (Rush Hour), Elane Zhong (August Never Ends), Ethan Juan (The Assassin), Peng Lin (Dragon Blade) and Po-Hung Lin (Transformers: Age of Extinction).
This movie had so much potential in a Percy Jackson/Hellboy kind of way. The CGI and little monsters were awesome and Jackie Chan was a perfect demon hunter. He was his usual funny mixed with charming character that was also a mentor and fatherly. Unfortunately, this relied too much on CGI and it was way overdone. The setup and first half of the movie was actually pretty good in establishing the universe, characters and circumstances. The conclusion felt like a video game and over the top to the point Chan looked like a cartoon in many scenes.
Overall, this had the potential to be a worthwhile addition to the fantasy genre but falls short of its potential due to overuse of CGI. I would score this a 3.5/10 and recommend skipping it.
This movie is directed by Vash (Sniper: Vengeance) and stars Jackie Chan (Rush Hour), Elane Zhong (August Never Ends), Ethan Juan (The Assassin), Peng Lin (Dragon Blade) and Po-Hung Lin (Transformers: Age of Extinction).
This movie had so much potential in a Percy Jackson/Hellboy kind of way. The CGI and little monsters were awesome and Jackie Chan was a perfect demon hunter. He was his usual funny mixed with charming character that was also a mentor and fatherly. Unfortunately, this relied too much on CGI and it was way overdone. The setup and first half of the movie was actually pretty good in establishing the universe, characters and circumstances. The conclusion felt like a video game and over the top to the point Chan looked like a cartoon in many scenes.
Overall, this had the potential to be a worthwhile addition to the fantasy genre but falls short of its potential due to overuse of CGI. I would score this a 3.5/10 and recommend skipping it.