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James Wong, the director of Final Destination, demonstrates true artistic flair with his direction of The One. Additionally, he wisely eschews the usual clichés that seem to dog many American-made, Hong Kong-styled movies. The tired “kung-fu hip hop” of Rush Hour and Romeo Must Die is thankfully absent, with the actors essaying roles and not racial caricatures. There are no Ebonics or broken accents found here. Nor does he fall into the trap of simply repeating what came before. For example, countless other films from Reservoir Dogs to Kiss...
...Pato Fu BRAZIL Pop rock with a sense of humor and a charge of electronica. Key album: Televisao De Cachorro...
Ishii created the K-1 Grand Prix, an ultimate fighting tournament in which expert practitioners of such disciplines as karate, kick boxing, kung fu, kempo, kakutogi and tae kwon do duke it out to determine which "K" martial art reigns supreme. It's a lot like Iron Chef, with humans taking the pounding as opposed to the veal cutlets...
...office success of Chinese kung-fu movies has in turn revived kalarippayat. Indian filmmakers, hoping to mimic the high-kicking fights and gravity-defying leaps in Jet Li's Romeo Must Die and Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, are hiring kalarippayat fighters and teachers like Kumar as stuntmen. They're even making sure Bollywood stars have basic training. "Even five years ago, Kerala martial arts had nearly died out," says Kumar, who with his two brothers runs C.V.N. Kalari Sangham in Calicut, among the best known schools in the country. "Now suddenly it is popular again...
...minutes away by cab is Wudaokou, at the intersection of Wang Zhuang Street and Cheng Fu Road. Chock-full of Korean restaurants, the area is also long on live music. While rock 'n' roll still rules the scene, Beijing's punks are trying to recreate the 1977 they never knew, with sweaty, muscled guitarists screaming unintelligible, over-amplified lyrics to an equally sweaty, pogo-ing audience. For hard rock at one of the city's most active venues, try Get Lucky, which has concerts every weekend featuring some of the Beijing underground's best and brashest. To find...