Notable Cast: Donnie Yen, Julian Cheung Chi Lam, Michael
Hui, Francis Ng Chun Yu, Cheung Tin Fu
Although Donnie Yen has been the face of Hong Kong cinema
since his career went astronomical with the Ip Man franchise, his return
to the director’s chair with 2023’s Sakra elevated him to the next
level. While the wuxia film was met with many mixed reactions from fans (I felt
the film was a massively underrated modern classic, but I digress), it created
many new avenues for the action icon to follow for the next part of his career.
The Prosecutor, his directorial follow-up and a wholly different action
film than its predecessor, proves that not only does Donnie Yen have the goods
as an action star at 60 years old, but his directorial career is very, very
bright. Sporting a mixture of dramatic legal thrills and vicious action
beatdowns, The Prosecutor balances Yen’s penchant for punching someone
as hard as a shotgun blast with a more mature dramatic angle. The modern
sensibilities will appeal to a larger demographic than Sakra, particularly
those who love Yen’s cops n’ robbers flicks like Raging Fire, Flashpoint,
or SPL. Yeah, that’s absolutely a great thing. Case dismissed.