Shinjuku Incident

In cinemas 2 April 2009.

Facts

Jackie Chan introduced several surprising facts in this movie. Being a martial actor for decades, he is now moving into drama. For fans who are highly anticipating for his fast movements, kicks, jumps here and there, it's not a good recommendation to watch this. After watching this movie, I did not see any kungfu action here. Once being attacked, he keeps running and running the whole time. He did rifles, guns. The whole 'incidents' will be what you usually see in western movies. No kungfu at all, but does not mean it's a bunch of crying scene here. No, there is no sad crying scene here.

The second new fact is, he turns to be a bad person here, yeah extremely bad. It's all about crime. Stealing expensive items, doing tricks in his gaming center, selling fake phone cards & credit cards, and many many many more deceptions done to get money, power. You will see he kills several big bosses here for the sake of money, and maybe, love. Is to sleep with prostitutes considered a crime?? lol. He did many strange scene never done before in his career.



Storyline

I personally get difficult to get into the time dimension at first, or maybe I'm too fool for that, not sure. The story then begins in 1990s where many Chinese immigrants are planning to illegally enter Japan. I really get confused in the beginning but I guess the reason is for a better living. Once a small opportunity comes, finally they arrived there. Chan's girlfriend Xu Jinglei (as XiuXiu a.k.a Yuko) went there for a job leaving Chan alone. For years he went back and forth tried to get contact with his beloved but finally they get lost. With full of confusion he tried hard to get to Japan, where countless of problems come one after another. He found his good friend Daniel Wu (as Jie) and many other friends. They end up a group of Chinese struggling to face local gangster there. The biggest one in this story is called Yakuza.

Ending

I can't believe it. The chinese group comes to Japan just to put their lives in the end. No one of Chan's Chinese friends in the gang left. It's more tragic that some of them end by killing each another, where before they struggle for friends' lives even risking ownselfs. Daniel Wu's life is the most tragic one.

Casts

I dont find any special acts from Jackie Chan. I'm just impressed with Daniel Wu's acting here. It may be caused of his role which needs more energy to put into. Chan's role is just so so for me. Masaya Kato's face really suits his role...lolz The same thing also with Xu Jinglei.

Message

In the end a sentence is displayed. Hmm, I question why they try the easiest effort for it. That's about a real story of illegal Chinese immigrants secretly moved into Japan during 1990s.

In my personal thoughts, it's about an extremely difficult life of foreigners in Japan. Though Japan was already a much modern country during the period, they cannot afford any foreigners to be aside. The film is not pointing at racisms but the Chinese foreigners really get suffered even till the end of their lives. Second may should be about friendships, betrayal. Third is what always exists in poor countries. In this film Chan reminded her girlfriend not to move to Japan since she will never come back once succeeded and she still never believed it. Finally she really did not move back.

Violence

Absolutely not for children, believe it. I try to close my eyes when Wu's hand is slaughtered in an extreme way, I never imagined before. And then that shattered hand is crashed. I cannot sleep peacefully in the night >< though I loved his acting in this scene. He gets it. In the end, one in the gang slaughters his friend's neck. hhuuuufffff...... This is what Jackie Chan delivered to us for exchange of kungfu, lolzzz..