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63 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: Nick, an honest and hardworking tractor repairman from northern China, takes the perilous journey to Tokyo after losing contact with his girlfriend, Xiu Xiu, who months earlier had left China for Japan with hopes of a better life. Trying to exist in the underbelly of Tokyo long enough to find Xiu Xiu, Nick searches for a decent living and unwittingly finds himself pitted against the Japanese yakuza. Ironically, he also discovers that Xiu Xiu has adopted a Japanese identity and has married Eguchi, an ambitious up-and-coming yakuza chief. Nick feels responsible for this turn of events and feels obligated to bring Eguchi down. He must do what is right, even though he knows that he will also be destroying whatever happiness Xiu Xiu has been able to find in this new city. It’s not a question of right or wrong with shades of gray; the question is black and white. Can one simple Chinese migrant take on the yakuza alone? (Barking Cow Distribution)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
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  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Maggie Lee
    70
    Overall, the film is somber, gripping and at times achieves an epic sweep as a dark chapter on the Chinese diaspora.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Brian Miller
    70
    Despite its Hong Kong pedigree (veteran Derek Yee directs), Shinjuku Incident forgoes flashy action scenes in favor of old-fashioned moralism. Warner Bros. could have made it in the 1930s, and that's a compliment.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    60
    An earnest gang-warfare melodrama that may make some Chan fans long for "Rush Hour 4."

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