Running time: 114 MIN. Jogo thinks about how he can't let Hanami's death be in vain and will continue his hit and run tactic. As Yuji prepares to attack, Awasaka notices this and tries to counter. Mahito quickly makes his escape, which Kokichi notices Mahito's arm has regenerated. Jogo, Choso, and Mahito buy enough time for Pseudo-Geto to activate Prison Realm and seal Satoru. Kitano tells Steelhead that he would be arrested along with his friends, with him charged as the head conspirator. Nanami then grabs the enemy and asks if he is the one that had killed all the managers. Shinjuku Incident is a 2009 Hong Kong crime drama produced by and starring Jackie Chan, partly intended to prove that He Really Can Act and isn't just the goofy martial artist he is commonly cast as. Back at the dam, the fallen Mechamaru is laying on the ground while Mahito and Geto make their departure. Smallpox Deity's Domain Expansion (Unnamed). Back in the tunnel, Mei Mei asks why they should believe Kokichi. After Jogo deals with Nanako and Mimiko, Jogo thinks about what the impostor Geto told him about feeding Yuji multiple of Sukuna's fingers. The Chinese struggle against the cops and the gangsters and don't become criminals without some consideration. However, once they're in, they're really in. After Nobara makes it to Akari's location, Nobara tries to stop the enemy from hurting her more but the enemy immobilizes her. Choso wonders what that memory was before leaving. (Kozo, reviewed at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, 2009), image credit: Emperor Motion Picture Group. Mechamaru tells her where he had left it and that he will be going to sleep for a bit. As Jogo tells them that all the sorcerers are heading to their location, the others ignore him and leave which Jogo follows after them. After informing Maki and Nobara about the situation that is happening, Nobara and Akari head off but they encounter the enemy. After talking, the impostor summons Smallpox Deity which Mei Mei wonder if the impostor really is Geto. Kokichi's secret weapon is revealed as Simple Domain - acquired from analyzing Miwa, he was able to protect himself from Mahito's domain on top of cancel Mahito's techniques. In gratitude for saving his life, Eguchi returns and offers Steelhead a high-paying job in the Yakuza, which he refuses. Sukuna notices that something powerful was summoned, and tells Uraume that he has something to attend to. Superstar Jackie Chan stars in this action-packed crime drama as an immigrant looking for honest work, who soon finds himself a rising mafia crime boss battling the shadowy underworld of Asia's most ruthless gangs. Naobito comments about how someone told the people to say that and wonders if they can just break the screen. At another location, Utahime informs Nobara, Yuji, and Megumi about Kokichi's capabilities in using cursed energy. 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. Shinjuku Incident works best as a commercial film, proving entertaining and sometimes thought-provoking, and is only hampered when it attempts to be something greater. Yuji exorcises the Grasshopper Curse and breaks the commissioned curtain it was guarding. As Jogo proclaims that they are the true humans, Sukuna shows up and comments about how Jogo wants to be human. After hearing this, Yuji prepares to continues to fight which Mahito also prepares but decides to increase his toughness by manipulating his soul. As everyone is stupefied, Gojo starts to kill all the mutated humans. Sukuna then says that he will make a deal with Jogo that if Jogo can land a blow on him, then he will do what the cursed spirits ask of him which Jogo agrees to. On the other hand, Daniel Wu or Derek Yee fans should be okay with Shinjuku Incident. Megumi and Yuji quickly wrap Jiro Awasaka with a wire and tosses him off the tower. Suddenly the group notices an explosion nearby, and notices Sukuna's fight with Jogo. As Megumi wonder how they can slip through the screen, Takuma explains how the screen basically works and that the caster is most likely inside the screen. Similarly, Jackie Chan is an effective lead, but his reach here exceeds his grasp. It follows the entirety of the Shibuya Incident on October 31, 2018. Eguchi is promoted after Togawa and Steelhead become a vassal under Eguchi with Gao's territories. Sukuna asks Jogo if that is all he has, which Jogo says that its not over yet and prepares to attack. As the three think about how Dagon is managing to defend itself, they decide to attack Dagon with speed based attacks. Toji says that he has a special body, and that Ogami's grandson's soul has lost to his body. Director Tung-Shing Yee Writers Tung-Shing Yee Tin-Nam Chun Stars The Mei Mei Team heads on the task Mechamaru assigned to them. His destiny is equal parts choice and necessity, as the Chinese must resort to crime to make a decent living. They notice one of Kokichi's devices and Mahito destroys it. Suddenly Mahito, taking on a monstrous form, breaks into the cockpit and charges toward Kokichi. Kanji While illegally emigrating to Japan, Tietou. The Chinese struggle against the cops and the gangsters and don't become criminals without some consideration. Sukuna cuts the top of Jogo's head off and says that dropping to one knee was not enough. [citation needed] On 26 September 2007, it stated on Chan's website that filming will begin in "a few weeks" in Japan. Mahito replies that it might be different for people since their techniques are so different, to which the person replies by saying that he likes that techniques dictate their world. Kusakabe relishes in the opportunity to fight non-special grades. Mahito attacks with an attack, which Yuji manages to stop the attack. Kokichi tells Mei Mei to create a path for Yuji to get through the cursed users, which Mei Mei asks if Kokichi's bank account is not frozen. He suddenly notices that Akari is running away instead of hiding, and heads to her location, he then used his technique to wound Akari. On October 19th of 2018, Gojo is asleep and dreams about when he had first met Megumi and what they had discussed that day. After listening to everything, Nanami says that he will go meet up with Kiyotaka, which Yuji, Megumi, and Takuma deal with the screens that are blocking the sorcerers from entering. Jackie Chan plays Steelhead, a Chinese farmer who illegally travels to Japan in search of his childhood sweetheart Xiu Xiu (Xu Jinglei). Jogo ignites the building, which Sukuna easily manages to escape. Mahito narrowly defeats Kokichi and Mechamaru Mode: Absolute. Sukuna figures that if an outsider like him exorcises the shikigami, then the ritual will be void and prepares to fight. Taunted by the yakuza, they live in constant fear of being discovered and repatriated. Geto informs the others that the sorcerers will increase in number and head this way. Shinjuku Incident serves up characters and situations that rise above the standard genre story, exploring issues and ideas that are unglamorous but also affecting. "[6], Perry Lam of Muse unhappy with the more inclusive cast, complains that the film is an example of Hong Kong's supposed eroding cinematic identity: "OK, we get the point mainlanders have always been the patriots, now they can be heroes in Cantonese cinema too What will become of Hong Kong cinema, or what will be left of it, when its filmmakers stop trying to seek inspiration from the city and make heroes of its people? As written, Steelhead should be the movie's most compelling character. Choso suddenly asks what his younger brothers said before they died, which Yuji tells him that they cried. Megumi says that he will be going first, which Mahoraga takes out Megumi much to Haruta's shock. Jogo says that he can't wait for the day that they are reborn, even through they won't be the same. According to director Derek Yee, the film has been in the planning stages for almost 10 years, and was due to start filming in May 2006. Like Protg before it, Derek Yee goes for the occasional violent shock, sometimes jolting the film into affecting the audience. The enemy tries to attack Nanami with his sword, but Nobara pins the sword against the wall. All images MUST now have proper attribution, those who neglect to assign at least the "fair use" licensing to an image may have it deleted. Kokichi fires Ultra Cannon at Mahito, but Mahito heals himself and runs. The film touches upon complex ideas and issues, and even if it can't tackle all of them satisfyingly, it still supplies enough for an involving and even harrowing two hours. Fan Bing-Bing gets the meatier role, with her character Lily serving partially as Steelhead's moral compass. Waves of Yakuza storm into the building and proceed to kill everyone, with only Eguchi, Steelhead, and Kitano surviving. The supporting actors help greatly; Yee uses an assortment of veteran actors (Jack Kao, Paul Chun, Lam Suet, Chin Kar-Lok) and newer stars (Fan Bing-Bing, Xu Jinglei), and each makes the most of their roles. Luckily, Steelhead makes one friend on the opposite side; in one bust, he saves the life of police inspector Kitano (the always entertaining Naoto Takenaka). Inside of the screen, as multiple people are banging on the screen and asking for Gojo to be brought here, Gojo himself arrives and starts to make his way towards the basement of the Hikarie ShinQ. Pouring all his cursed energy into his Limitless technique, Hanami is steadily pressed against the wall by Gojo's Infinity, even when Jogo tries to stop Gojo by threatening to kill some humans. Gojo figures that there are allies with the spirits above that are throwing people to their location. As Steelhead's long-lost love, Xu Jinglei has to communicate mostly through facial expressions and restrained emotions. Eguchi, unaware of the plot, arrives at Gao's. Naobito and Nanami try to get Maki to leave, but Maki changes the conversation by telling Nanami that Naobito has been drinking on the job which Naobito declines. Tietou becomes the boss of the Chinese illegal immigrants. However, the territory that his performance covers is entertaining, and he provides many of the film's most felt and also most violent moments. Sukuna tells Jogo that he has one second to move, which Jogo quickly gets away from Sukuna. His destiny is equal parts choice and necessity, as the Chinese must resort to crime to make a decent living. Yuji and Choso's duel takes them to the bathroom. A combination of immigrant drama and gangland thriller. Despite its Hong Kong pedigree (Derek Yee directs) Shinjuku Incident forgoes flashy action scenes in favor of old fashioned moralism. The three overwhelm Dagon, who is forced to escape from the three. Yuji enters the station and encounters Choso, who becomes enraged after seeing Yuji and fires off his strongest attack. Mahito then uses the other one to create a sword, and thinks about how transfigured humans are effective in breaking Yuji's mind and how he will add one more card to that. Perhaps the film would have been better served with an actor like Lau Ching-Wan or Francis Ng in the lead role - basically, a guy whose presence wouldn't have overshadowed the proceedings. 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