New Jackie Chan film deemed too violent for release in China

The new Jackie Chan film, Shinjuku Incident, has been deemed too violent by its director, Derek Yee, and Yee has decided against releasing the film in China due to China's lack of a rating system. The director also decided against editing the film so that it could be approved by Chinese media censors due to the belief that it violates the integrity of the film. Jackie Chan, who stars in and produced the film, agrees with the decision.

In China, all films are released without ratings meaning that they are open to all audiences. However, films released in China must be approved by a censor board that is careful to censor any negative portrayals of the Chinese government. The film is scheduled to be released on April 2, 2009 in Hong Kong and on May 1, 2009 in Japan . It is still unclear as to whether or not the film will be released in the United States, as the film's dialogue is primarily in Cantonese and Japanese. This film will be more of a drama which marks a departure for Jackie Chan, who usually stars in action films.

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