Directed by:
Tung-shing YeeCinematography:
北信康Composer:
Peter Kam Pui-tatCast:
Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu Yin-cho, Jinglei Xu, Jack Kao, 加藤雅也, Yasuaki Kurata, Suet Lam, Ken Lo, Bingbing Fan, Kathy Yuen, Paul Chun, Joe Chu Cho-kuen (more)Plots(1)
Hundreds of Chinese refugees wash up on Japans Wakasa Bay. Each has a dream of a better life, but most will encounter only prejudice and oppression. One, a law-abiding farm-worker known as Steelhead (Jackie Chan), has come to find the woman he has loved since childhood (Xu Jinglei), but his quest ends in bitter rejection, when he discovers she has married Yakuza underboss, Eguchi (Masaya Kato). Heartbroken, his life descends into darkness, and petty crime quickly escalates to murder. With blood on his hands, he will risk everything to secure a future for his people, as they face an increasingly brutal onslaught from a criminal empire protected by a secret code. However, ancient traditions will not be broken, and his defiance will lead to all-out war, as both factions fight for control of the infamous Shinjuku district in the heart of Japans greatest city. Ultimately pursued by forces on both sides of the law, he must fight for redemption and the survival of those he loves in the darkest night he has ever known. (Trinity Filmed Entertainment)
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Quite unusual to see Jackie in a movie like this. You’ll find no jokes nor stunts and not even one-to-one fights. Xin Su shi jian is a thoroughbred drama about a Chinese immigrant in Japan. Similar movies (or games; GTA IV) of the same genre have been made in the US or the UK, but it’s the Asian environment that in places changes the familiar clichés. Moreover, Jackie gives a full-on performance but in a completely different way than usual. Just because of his transformation and the brilliantly escalated ending this movie is worth watching.
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Despite the solid rating on FilmBooster and numerous enthusiastic comments, I have no reason whatsoever to change my critical distance from the mainstream of Asian cinema. It is simplistic, naive, clichéd, and therefore predictable, with poor acting performances, including the main protagonist. The truth is, unlike most East Asian crime films, this is not just an action film, but there is an ambition to simultaneously create a drama with a socially critical subtext about illegal immigrants and their difficult survival. However, the result is even more ambivalent because the film is as smart as early Seagal movies, from which it mainly differs in the gesture of self-sacrifice at the very end. For me to take it seriously, many things would have to change, starting with the script, through the directorial guidance, to the selection of different actors. Overall impression: 25%. By the way, those dialogues really hurt, and if I were to watch something like that in European cinema, I would seriously consider giving it a Boo!...
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A glimpse into the problems of illegal immigrants in the form of an atmospheric crime saga that, with a squint of both eyes, can bear comparison with the legends of the genre.
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It's more of a thriller/drama, there's not much action and it wasn't really worth much, it wasn't the real Jackie Chan in his skin. But the story is engaging, interesting, it's all based on gang banging and backstabbing. Surprisingly, I had a good time. 75%
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