Review of Shinjuku Incident (2009) by Michael T — 04 Oct 2014
You should follow your dreams.
A poor Chinese immigrant is sick of seeing his people punished, abused, and bullied by Japanese gangsters. He decides to try and infiltrate a Japanese gang's ranks and bring them down. He'll need to avoid getting his plans exposed while also avoiding the cops and rival gangs. Can one poor immigrant make that much of a difference?
"What happened to your face? Was it bitten by a mosquito?".
Yee Tung-Shing, director of Protégé, The Great Magician, Triple Tap, Lost in Time, The Truth about Jane and Sam, Full Throttle, and Endless Love, delivers The Shinjuku Incident. The storyline for this picture was better than I anticipated with a solid mix of martial arts and shootouts. The acting is also pretty good and the cast includes Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Kenya Sawada, and Bingbing Fan.
"Rid us of these Chinese pigs.".
The Shinjuku Incident is a movie I came across while scrolling through martial arts pictures on Netflix. I was surprised I had never heard of it; and after watching, I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this film. This actually reminded me of a not as good Unleashed (Danny the Dog). Overall, this is worth a viewing and definitely a must see for fans of Chan or the action genre.
"The dead have no value.".
Grade: B+.
This review of Shinjuku Incident (2009) was written by Michael T on 04 Oct 2014.
Shinjuku Incident has generally received positive reviews.
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