‘Shinjuku Incident’ to open HKIFF

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News | Film News | by Mark Pollard

Jackie Chan’s latest film, SHINJUKU INCIDENT, will have its world premiere by opening the Hong Kong International Film Festival this year, according to Variety. The 33rd HKIFF runs from March 22nd through April 13th.

Directed by Derek Yee (PROTÉGÉ), the crime drama marks a new turn in Chan’s career as he begins to move away from the action and comedy-oriented fare that has largely defined his film career since his first notable break starring as a Bruce Lee clone in director Lo Wei’s NEW FIST OF FURY (1976).

The $15 million film apparently features very little of Chan’s trademark screen action and instead focuses largely on a dramatic story. In SHINJUKU INCIDENT, Chan plays an illegal Chinese immigrant in 1990s-era Japan. He gets involved with the local yakuza and is forced to commit crimes against his conscience in order to survive. Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Xu Jinglei, and Fan Bingbing co-star with additional appearances by Asian film veterans Chin Kar-lok, Ken Watanabe, Yasuaki Kurata, and Lam Suet.

SHINJUKU INCIDENT was produced by Emperor Dragon Movies, a subsidiary of Emperor Motion Pictures and opens in Hong Kong on April 2nd.

Source: Variety

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  • takai
    i don't know. i thought new police story was a big step for his acting. sure, it wasn't good, but it was better than it would have been five years ago. and forbidden kingdom was just another step. he'll get there eventually
  • Anonymous
    JC is an action God, and I've been a fan for as long as I can remember. But I can't say the same for his acting, and the truth is it makes me cringe! Watching The New Police Story, or The Heart Of Dragon all those years ago was pretty painful. He can do action but he can't act, or rather he tries too hard to act. I'm not too excited about his new film but then, I'm hoping to be proved wrong because I think the man is a legend.
  • Claud
    I hope the film is worth the wait and that it is will be a breth of fresh air for his die hard fans and it is good to see hm acting his own age for once, and also hopefully it will take us back to the nice and gritty poilice story 2 he should do more films like that.
  • Anthropy
    This has been such a long movie in the coming! Hope it wont disappoint the fans in its promised quality!
  • I can't wait. ;)
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