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...same antagonists' fierce swordfight; the balletic battle of Zhang and Chow Yun-fat on bamboo treetops?that lifted Ang Lee's Mandarin drama out of the art houses to become the top-grossing foreign-language film in U.S. history? Why, that ballistic Balanchine, that kung-fu Fosse, that martial master?Yuen Wo-ping...
...majority." But in Indonesia, the silent majority doesn't count nearly as much as the military. So Wahid hastily summoned his Defense Minister, his security adviser and the chiefs of the armed services for a meeting at the palace. The President discussed various options for maintaining order, including declaring martial law. Says Rais, the powerful head of the parliament's upper house: "The generals told Wahid: 'Are you crazy?'" They unanimously rejected that option, according to Rais, and Wahid broke up the meeting. The palace denies the exchange took place...
...motivated and loyal, he is enrolled in a special three-month commando boot camp, which costs the group $1,700 per student. (The money is raised from overseas groups and the Pakistani public, often via open demonstrations in Pakistani cities of militants working out, scaling walls and showing other martial tricks. Generous donors are invited to visit the not-so-secret camps to see how their money is spent.) Phase two is designed to push each volunteer to his physical limit and cull the weak from the strong. In the final weeks, recruits use live ammunition, construct actual explosives...
...Rahman, a former KMM foot soldier, who quit the organization two years ago after disagreeing with its plans to wage a violent campaign to install an Islamic government in Malaysia. Short, muscular and terrified of arrest, Abdul Rahman smokes constantly as he describes how he was recruited through a martial arts group and later sent for six months' paramilitary training in Thailand. "There were 45 in my group alone, and there were many, many groups sent for training," he relates. "So if the police say there are 200 more KMM members out there I think they must mean only...
...talented guy, but his action movies didn't have audiences remembering him. Perhaps that's because he's an actor first; he didn't start off doing martial arts, unlike Jackie Chan and myself. I still don't know how an Asian actor breaks into Hollywood. If the market needs you, you go there. If they don't, you pack your bags...