Jackie Chan in Shinjuku Incident

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Liam D This is Jackie Chan at his most darkest and shows his best dramatic chops Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/15/24 Full Review Illya F Fine. But the ending is horrible. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/30/21 Full Review Audience Member I give full props to this film for what it accomplishes, but this might be the only Jackie Chan movie that have no desire to rewatch (well, of those that I liked). The Shinjuku Incident is, frankly, just pure nihilism. It features a small semi-honorable mafia (yes it's one of those movies) trying to operate with a far more violent mafia (maybe proper yakuza) making moves against them with increasing brutality, thus prompting some retaliations, resulting in the closest thing this movie comes to "action". Now, Jackie Chan is a very good actor and this movie is very well crafted, but when you have a movie of Jackie Chan, almost always a family entertainer, engaging in fights that involve chopping off enemy fingers and repeatedly stabbing them in the chest (or even neck), it just feels kinda off, like when a Nickelodeon star tries to reinvent themselves with an R-Rated movie when they turn 18. Chan's infinitely earnest expression, in a sense, makes him too honest and friendly looking for such an endlessly brutal movie. It also features a few leaps in storytelling, allowing the villains to be unrealistically evil in hopes that we'll hate them, making the stakes feel artificially raised from time to time. Oh, and because the tone has to be so dark and nihilistic, this movie is one of those where there are no winners in the end -- I won't spoil it, but I don't mean this in a "We won...but at what cost?" kind of thing...more in the vein of an *Everybody Dies* kind of ending (not everyone dies, but everyone loses). If you can deal with an unrelenting movie without an ounce of levity, then I'd ultimately give this movie a mild recommendation - it's well-directed, well-shot and well-acted, and the story is overall pretty good. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Don't waste 2 hours or whatever it was on this. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member In a valiant attempt to make an adult "drama," Jackie Chan cries and shows his ass; the results are mediocre. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I really enjoyed the movie. It's a very different film for Jackie Chan and really liked his character. Moving away from his usual comedy gives it a serious vibe that can only compared to Woddy Allen's INTERIORS. A very thought provoking film that pushes the boundaries of Chan's acting. Highly recommended!! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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