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After working in Hong Kong television, Wayne Wang shot this low-budget 16mm black-and-white feature on the streets of San Francisco s Chinatown. CHAN IS MISSING follows the lives of two Chinese cabdrivers, Jo (Wood Moy), a middle-aged man, and Steve (Marc Hayashi), his young partner. Although both are American-born, there is a definite generation gap in their attitudes toward how to achieve an authentic ethnic identity, both inside and outside of Chinatown. The meandering story starts when Chan Hung, a recent immigrant from Taiwan, disappears with $4,000 they gave him to secure a cab license for them. Their attempt to find him, complete with the inevitable Charlie Chan jokes, leads them into a complex world of international politics and domestic conflicts. This is a fascinating glimpse of the world of ABCs (American-born Chinese) and FOBs (fresh off the boat) and their allegiance to either Taiwan or Mainland China. Steve and Jo trace Chan s life back from a car accident that may have caused his disappearance to a mysterious missing photograph of a murder at the New Year s Day parade. Through all this Jo provides a voice-over that, ironically, explains that he has no idea what s going on. But as he tries to piece the mystery together, this wry amateur detective provides an incisive look at the cultural conflicts facing Chinese-Americans.
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This 2-DVD set includes four action/adventure features:EXILED (1990): A Central American freedom fighter is captured, leaving his wife to assume a new identity in an attempt to save his life.COLLEGE KICKBOXERS (1991): A college freshman who is trained in martial arts must avenge a friend who is brutally beaten by a racist gang.LETHAL JUSTICE (1991): A young female reporter uncovers the brutal policies of a small town police force.SCENT OF VENGEANCE (1996): A Texas petroleum engineer travels to Central America, where he gets caught up in a war between an army and a rebel bank.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.332 Disc SetAdditional Release Material:Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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Although gangster Frank Scarvo (Danny Fendley) went to prison to protect his employer Xavier Carbone (Martin Sheen's brother Joe Estevez), that didn't prevent Xavier from murdering Frank's girlfriend and stealing his $500,000. Now Frank's out of jail and on the warpath against Xavier and his motorcycle henchmen--while trying to save the mobster's latest victim from his former girlfriend's fate.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX: Originally a 1965 Jimmy Stewart vehicle, this FLIGHT gets a rough and ready updating for the new century, with the stalwart Dennis Quaid now inhabiting the title role. He`s a pilot on a routine trip out to investigate some remote oil rigs in the Gobi Desert, but things go wrong and he makes a crash landing in the middle of nowhere. For him, and the men along for the ride, a slow, tortured, thirsty death seems certain, unless the plucky mechanic in the crew (Giovanni Ribisi) can design a whole new plane from the wreckage. As with the original, this is a manly adventure of rugged survival and mechanical ingenuity, only this time there`s a woman on board, Kelly (Miranda Otto), who generates some romantic sparks. Some of the other survivors are played by Tyrese Gibson, Sticky Fingaz, Bob Brown, and Kirk Jones. The men and one woman have to tangle with murderous desert raiders and numerous sandstorms in addition to the frequent squabbling amongst themselves. Director John Moore gets a lot of mileage out of the desert backdrop and Ribisi is solid as the mechanic with a troubled past. The film was produced by William Aldrich, whose father, Robert, directed the Stewart original. Edward Burns (THE BROTHERS McMULLEN) co-wrote the new screenplay.BEHIND ENEMY LINES: On a reconnaissance flight over eastern Europe, disillusioned naval pilot Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson) and his partner, Stackhouse (Gabriel Macht), photograph a scene they were not meant to see. When their plane is shot down and Stackhouse is quickly captured and executed, Burnett must struggle to survive in unfamiliar hostile territory with a cold-blooded assassin and hundreds of enemy troops on his heels. Meanwhile, on an American battleship in the Adriatic Sea, Burnett`s commanding officer, Admiral Reigart (Gene Hackman), attempts to negotiate his return amidst tense political and military maneuvers. Soon Burnett discovers exactly why he`s being hunted, making his situation--and Rei
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When mob thugs kidnap his son, a wild-card FBI agent departs from procedure and begins his own frantic one-man investigation, incurring the rage of the Mafia, the Yakuza, and the Feds themselves.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Surround - English
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