Ethnic Chinese gangs stumble as they cross swords with the Japanese mafia in Jackie Chan starrer "Shinjuku Incident," an over-ambitious, narratively untidy urban crimer. Ethnic Chinese gangs stumble ...

Before you immediately sigh and click past this trailer just because Jackie Chan is in it, stop and give it a chance! In Shinjuku Incident, Chan stars as a Chinese refugee who ends up in Tokyo and ...

The more you love Jackie Chan, the harder it’s been to like his movies lately. Before “Rush Hour,” seeing his films took a bit of work; only a few would be given dubious, dubbed wide releases while ...

Derek Yee's hard-boiled, interracial gangster flick "Shinjuku Incident" -- the opening film at the 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival -- subscribes to the same nocturnal aesthetic as his "One ...

MANILA, Philippines – In his last big-screen outing (The Forbidden Kingdom), Jackie Chan played a role familiar to him: The tough action hero. But in his new movie, Jackie makes an acting turnaround ...

In China, the poor worker Tietou repairs tractors and misses his sweetheart Xiu Xiu, back in Japan, she having never sent any news to her family or him. While illegally emigrating to Japan, Tietou ...

Fresh after his painful buffoonery in The Spy Next Door, Jackie Chan tacks the opposite direction in this tough yet conventional Tokyo-set crime melodrama. Star as well as producer, he plays a ...

I thought I'd highlight two upcoming independent films today which now have release dates. First up, The Playlist has learned that First Look Pictures is releasing Tim Blake Nelson's Leaves of Grass ...

Jujutsu Kaisen is nearing the end of its serialization, and its final arc revolves around the Shinjuku Incident. Given that the last arc adapted into the Jujutsu Kaisen anime was the Shibuya Incident, ...

Set mostly in Tokyo's seamy night hive Kabuki-cho, Derek Yee's hard-boiled interracial gangster flick "Shinjuku Incident" — the opening-night offering at the 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival ...

Jackie Chan can do no wrong, with two exceptions. First, when he appears in a movie about a blinged-out tuxedo. And second, when he stars as a murderous gangster with the naïve beneficence of a child.