When I was younger (not that I am old, you know), every other kid seems to be a fan of Jackie Chan, we would eagerly wait for his movies to come out and rush to the cinema to witness this very strange phenomena that only appear on Jackie Chan’s movie at the time – Cantonese movie that filled the cinema with movie goers of every race, be it Chinese, Malay, Indian, Iban, Kadazan, everyone!
These days, while Jackie is still a force in the movie industry, there are also some younger actors bursting into the scene, trying to snatch that baton from the slightly, ahem, older generation superstars. Daniel Wu happens to be one of the most worthy candidates (since Edison already sort of messed up).
Mellissa and I has a very incompatible taste in picking movies, at Bangkok we were spending so much time picking DVDs it’s not even funny. I just wish Shinjuku Incident was already out then.
I mean, I like Jackie Chan, she likes Daniel Wu (look at the chat log below), we can totally watch this film! As a bonus, there’s the brilliant Ken Watanabe too!
The synopsis certainly sounds pretty interesting:
In the early 1990s, a tractor mechanic from China nicknamed Steelhead (Jackie Chan) enters Japan illegally, in search of his girlfriend Xiu Xiu (Xu Jinglei). Steelhead and his friend, Jie (Daniel Wu) meet in the busy Shinjuku district of Tokyo and take manual labouring jobs to earn money. When Steelhead finds out that Xiu Xiu has married a Japanese Yakuza leader named Eguchi (Ken Watanabe), he decides to remain in Japan. To obtain citizenship, he agrees to work for Eguchi as a killer, but quickly becomes used to the power. Soon he has become embroiled so deeply in the ways of the yakuza that there is no turning back.
In conjunction to this movie, Anglia Shandy, which incidentally happens to be the very first alcoholic drinks I had from many leap years ago, is giving 10 winners an opportunity to meet Jackie Chan & Daniel Wu in real life during a private fan session.
You can take pictures with them in flesh (maybe with flash too), and possibly, just possibly, touch them too. That would probably give you bragging rights for years!
All you have to do is to head to Anglia’s website and score the highest in Escape the Yakuza game
The game is actually pretty straight forward, you only have to deal with the UP and DOWN button on your keyboard. If there’s a hurdle or some bonus on top of you, press UP to jump, if the yakuza gangs throw a baseball bat or a knife at you, press DOWN to duck.
Except it is actually not very easy, despite being a super awesome minesweeper player, I haven’t been able to finish this game yet… but I will keep trying!
Prizes:
- top 10 winners: Each winner gets 5x premier tickets + 2x up close and personal passes to meet the cast
- 50 consolation winners: 2x movie passes
Well, of course those who did not win can still attend the public session on 31 March 2009, 7pm, at Bukit Bintang Entrance (Pavilion KL) . So I guess if you are not so pro at the flash game, all hope is not lost.
On a side note, I actually went to Shinjuku when I was visiting Tokyo back in 2006. Luckily I did not have to escape from any Yakuza.
wah….sweet nya the conversation…hehehe…i love anglia shandy!
Very jeles, please tell Daniel Wu your girlfriend loves him a lot a lot a lot and to come to Melbourne also okay! Bring him to Melbourne with you! ๐
PS: I love you more than Daniel Wu :X
vialentino,
Heheh thanks, yaaa the shandy’s nice!
Mellissa,
I’m glad you have the disclaimer! I love you too <3 ๐
Interesting conversation!
Tit tau kong?
So they are not bringing down any Shinjuku girls with them?
Dammit so sexist.
I LOVE DANIEL WU
I AM PLAYING THIS GAME
i was there too. but i have to escape not because yakuza… is because the school of people swiming in the town… i was drowning……cant breathe…..
pinkpau: are you around for the meet the cast session or not!
I love that song by god knows who that has Daniel Wu making an appearance – he goes like “I’m Daniel Wu, who’s as cool as me” in Cantonese. It’s called Hong Kong Superstar, that song, by DJ Jin (I think).
Yah, that game is not easy. :S
Cheesie,
Hee-hee ๐
vlad,
Ohh Shinjuku girls yumyum (actually quite overrated wann!)
pinkpau,
GOOD LUCK! ๐
aeroplane1234,
Yah, way too many people there, way too many!
aud,
she’s an international traveling woman, she can do it!
Huai Bin,
Hahaha got such song? @.@
Ah hah! Thats where you fail. Minesweeper has no up and down buttons! ๐
Drool…I love Daniel Wu too..so handsome and hunky!! I tried my luck with the game…I managed to escape the yakuza and avoid those boxes, yet still can’t get into the top 10! ๐
droh! i love wu to…so handsome and big/hunky!!yor i tried my luck bator tua ,,,,,,,i managed to chika the yakuza Lorong seratus tahun/Subang jaya and avoid those yellow boxes(Burgers vespa),yet still can’t get into top5 nor 10
Daniel Wu so hensem wei.
I so wanted to meet Daniel Wu, my childhood fantasy… Lol but not Jackie Chan
Seeeee baby, generation gap man, we are the Daniel Wu generation ๐ ๐
Nicholas Leong,
Darn it! ๐
Precious Pea,
Oooo, try harder! ๐
jafferi nor,
Hahahahaha, I don’t know also, seems difficult!
ShoalinTiger,
You mean, more than me! ๐
eiling,
Hahaha you’re too young!
Mellissa,
Ops. Mwahs. ๐
Been there, done that. LOL
Hahaha..thanks for sharing ky!hows ur scores like ah?
yes i’d like to meet daniel wu please!
and that’s quite clever, getting your girlfriend to help you in this advertorial. the msn conversation is a nice touch. ๐
haha! *interesting conversation (2)
bulu roma naik liow…hehehe
eyeris,
Don’t show offf ๐
EVo,
I don’t dare to say :/
Cyn,
Hehehe thanks thanks, and she really likes Daniel Wu too. :/
Jade Zheng,
Hahaha ๐
vialentino,
Cis ๐
Daniel lengcaiiiii…
Lorna,
Settle down young lady! ๐
darn!!I AM ONLY IN SAUDI ARABIA!!I WANT TO MEET THEM!!!GRABE NAMAN E..HAHA!! I AM A HALF FILIPINO AND HALF CHINESE.I LOVE YOU DANIEL WU!!!I WISH I COULD SEE YOU
DAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!! I AM SUFFERING IN SAUDI ARABIA!!!!! I WISH I COULD SEE DANIEL WU…
ESPECIALLY JACKIE CHAN…IS MY WORD OKAY?IS THE ESPECIALLY SPELL CORRECT?DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND MY WORDS?
sarah secerio,
quite a big fan aren’t you? ๐
yes of course!!!!
sarah secerio,
wopps too late ๐ก