Comments on: Jackie Chan’s Shinjuku Incident Too Violent for China

By: Mohammed from Saudi Arabia

Mohammed from Saudi Arabia — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:34:56 +0000

Jackie More than wonderful
I wish him greater success in professional life

By: Party Marty

Party Marty — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:07:28 +0000

In 1993 Jackie was filming two films back to back, and they couldnt be more different. One was City Hunter, an all out farce with that famous street fighter II spoof scene. The other was Crime Story, a dark thriller with a police corruption story line. Sorry to come across as Jackies PR man but seriously seek out Crime Story if you like New Police Story. Theres also Heart of The Dragon in which Jackie is looking after his mentally disabled brother, Sammo Hung. That ones a bit melodramatic and over acted but still fascinating to see a serious Jackie.

By: JohnZDelorean

JohnZDelorean — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:44:35 +0000

If you think Jackie plays a fool in every movie then you don’t follow Hong Kong cinema. New Police Story is the best he’s ever done and the action in that movie is great. Americans aren’t ready to treat minorities as equals so that’s why they don’t use these stars correctly. Jet Li is the ultimate badass but in the U.S. he’s gotta do crap with DMX. Chow Yun Fat is a romantic lead but in the U.S. he can’t even kiss the girl in Replacement Killers.

By: Jethro

Jethro — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:18:32 +0000

Northpole: I don’t know that more violent equals more mature.
‘Rumble in the Bronx’ had a wood-chipper scene, and that arguably wasn’t his most mature (having said that, I do want to see Shinjuku)..
(Tony Jaa’s Ong Bak is more mature than a lot of Chan’s films — IN SPITE OF, probably — the extreme-violence-against-women and the getting-pissed-and-breaking-twenty-legs scenes.)
The two most mature Chans I’ve seen are Gorgeous and Rob-B-Hood.

By: Northpole

Northpole — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:21:11 +0000

It’s not a religion.
The two big religions in Japan are Shinto and Buddhism.
Shinjuku is a city. ;)

I like that Jackie is doing more mature films now-
Will be fun. :)

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:41:12 +0000

Didn’t anybody catch New Police Story? that was a dark role, I will buy this movie and had it sent from Hong Kong if its necesary I’ve done it before with other Jackie movies.

By: SimonZ

SimonZ — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:07:48 +0000

Awesome! I like Jackie Chan doing darker material. Very good choice for him I think.

By: B A T M A N

B A T M A N — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:07:58 +0000

and Chow Yun Fat ):

By: Anti-Septic

Anti-Septic — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:41:49 +0000

Finally Jackie Chan leaves his comfort zone and attempts something new. He has done a lot of bashing on Hong Kong cinema the past few years about not taking chances and I could say the same for him. Its refreshing to see him not playing a bumbling buffoon.

I dont know if this movie will be a hit, but I am actually excited to see it and I haven’t said that about a Jackie Chan movie in a long, long time!

By: David Lopan

David Lopan — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:48:01 +0000

I’d love to see this. Do you have any info on it ever being released in the US?