Funnyman Jackie Chan Makes Movie Too Violent for China!

[Old Guy]

The movie's trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b4GZpMUEho

HONG KONG – Jackie Chan, the comical kung fu king, is starring in a new movie so violent that its director decided not to release it in mainland China, which doesn't have a film ratings system.

Hong Kong director Derek Yee told The Associated Press on Monday that he considered toning down the violence in "Shinjuku Incident" so it could pass censorship in China, but decided not to because he thought it would hurt the integrity of the movie.

Yee said the $25 million Chinese-language movie, in which Chan plays a refugee who escapes to Japan and becomes a killer for the mob, has scenes that show characters getting a hand chopped off and pierced with knives.

"We tried to cut the violent scenes to meet the requirements of the Chinese market, but producers I invited to watch that version thought it was incomplete," he said.

Yee said Chan, who invested in the movie, agreed with his decision.

Solon So, chief executive of Chan's company, JC Group, confirmed Yee's account.

China doesn't have a ratings system, so every movie is released for all audiences. Chinese censors are also wary of subject matter that is politically sensitive, like Tibet or the military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Yee said he wasn't worried about the film's setting of Japan — another sensitive topic in China.

"For us, the problem was just the violence," he said.

Sino-Japanese relations remain tense because of Japan's brutal occupation of China during World War II. The 2005 Hollywood film "Memoirs of a Geisha" was not released on the mainland apparently because the sight of Chinese actresses Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li portraying Japanese entertainers would offend viewers.

Yee's decision also had financial implications because the film is expensive by Asian standards and China is an increasingly important market, where a hit movie can make millions of U.S. dollars.

"Shinjuku Incident" will be released in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia on April 2 and in Japan on May 1.

[NewcomerDC]

I hope that we will still see it in America if it gets a DVD release.

[Gonzales]

This is nothing new. Tons of things, including live-action animation hybrids and Japanese anime, are banned in China.

[NewcomerDC]

This is nothing new. Tons of things, including live-action animation hybrids and Japanese anime, are banned in China.

What films were banned in China? They were the ones who made the films so why ban their own works?

[Gonzales]

Because Chinese censorship is very strict. It doesn't matter who makes it, if they don't want their people to see it, then they won't see it. That's the way of things over there.

I've been to China. Terrible place.

[chdr]

What films were banned in China? They were the ones who made the films so why ban their own works?

I've heard that "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is banned from China because caroons interacting with people apparently promotes "Satanism".

[J. B. Warner]

This is nothing new. Tons of things, including live-action animation hybrids and Japanese anime, are banned in China.

You'd be hard-pressed to find something that isn't banned in China. (Kind of off the subject, but I must admit I would be quite tickled if they banned Guns 'N Roses' latest album.)

[Mesousa]

This is why Japan rules over China.

I mean, why on earth did they ban anime in the first place?

[Gonzales]

To protect their own animation industry.

[Mesousa]

Well, Guns N' Roses were definatly right.

[Old Guy]

I've been to China. Terrible place.

I've never been to China, but by looking at the place (in entertainment and news) it looks like a ghetto Japan.

[Speedy Cerviche]

I've never been to China, but by looking at the place (in entertainment and news) it looks like a ghetto Japan.

Hold on there, that can of worms is best left alone.

[Michael24]

Certainly sounds interesting for a Jackie Chan movie. So does this movie break his self-imposed rule of never playing a "bad guy?"

[Old Guy]

Certainly sounds interesting for a Jackie Chan movie. So does this movie break his self-imposed rule of never playing a "bad guy?"

Based on the trailer I'd say no. It seems like he's playing one of those bad guys who are actually good at heart.

[veemonjosh]

What films were banned in China?

IIRC, the two live-action Garfield movies were banned in China because of the simple fact that "talking animals don't exist".

Silly reason, honestly.

[Novapocalypse]

IIRC, the two live-action Garfield movies were banned in China because of the simple fact that "talking animals don't exist".

Silly reason, honestly.

Sounds like they were a little paranoid if you ask me.

[NewcomerDC]

Sounds like they were a little paranoid if you ask me.

Sounds like China didn'tm want to be stuck with those duds. I mean if I was being offered to have the Garfield films in my country and they didn't do so well in the U.S., I would try to stop them before they cross the border.

[Elven Moon]

I've heard that "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is banned from China because caroons interacting with people apparently promotes "Satanism".

Well, if that isn't one of the stupidest things I've ever heard :/ Crazy.

[Bernkastel]

I hope that we will still see it in America if it gets a DVD release.

I agree. I want to see a bad Jackie Chan a lot now.

[NewcomerDC]

I agree. I want to see a bad Jackie Chan a lot now.

Bad Jackie Chan?! LOL That wouldn't happen for a million years.

"reads first post of thread"

Oh, so it is true.