Shinjuku Incident (2008)

While far from home, searching for an old flame, Jackie becomes a victim of circumstance, but being a victim isn't in his nature.
It has a Chinese action star on the cover and a Chinese director behind the lens but it resembles a Japanese Yakuza movie 90% of the time.
It was odd seeing Jackie in this kind of film. With none of his trademark kung fu and no comedy the focus shifts to his acting ability. Happily, like the character he plays, he’s upped his game considerably. He proved that his move into serious drama might work. It’s a shame that the film in which he proved it is so forgettable. It drags on for too long and ends leaving a number of unresolved and half-forgotten elements.

3 bad decisions out of 5