Friday, January 8, 2010
Shinjuku Incident
A showdown between chinese illegal immigrants and Yakuza.
Coming from a less developed country, Steelhead starred by Jackie Chan,
illegally entered Japan in search of his lover but
only to find her with a mobster.
Along with his friends from China, they steal, participate in black market
and use other various dishonest acts to earn for a living.
Slowly from there, the movie portrays the Chinese as dishonest,
inconsiderate and greedy
On the contrary, it has portray the Japanese to be honest, self-respectful and green
While this has invited many criticism, I certainly don't think so.
At the start, it has shown how difficult illegal immigrants are living.
They can't work peacefully as police may come anytime.
They can only take underpaid job.
Neither in their situation, they can return to their homeland.
They have no choice but to resort in crime.
Then, as they got involved with mafia,
the yakuza are seen to be the most cruel and heartless.
Plus, it might also send a message to view that Tokyo
is a dangerous place.
Both the japanese and chinese have equal weightage of the wrong spotlight on them.
In overall, the intense drama, the elicit violence
and the realistic happenings in Japan made Shinjuku Incident,
a must to watch.
Personal rating: 3.9/5
i want this to last 6:21 AM
