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I'm extremely conflicted when it comes to this movie.
Being Asian-American I was refreshed to see a movie where we're not "chopping them up and chopping them down". The directing style was very MTV editing with Hong Kong camera pans and angles.
However, as the movie progressed and I realized this movie was based on people I knew... I was pretty disgusted.. I think it's despicable to use exact facts from a murder (which shocked the Asian-American community in Orange County) and try to pass it off as original work. According to the OC Register (a local newspaper) the director stated it was loosely based on the actual murder. However, the occurrences in the movie were exactly how the case went down.
But for those who don't care about this fact will undoubtedly enjoy the movie. It definitely re-opens the door for dramatic Asian films that was shut when Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Chow-Yun Fat came into town.
It just sucks that he had to sell out some of his fellow gooks to do it. Pig-Fucker!!!
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