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...them," he told the troops, leaning an elbow on the lectern, squinting crosswise at the camera, tossing a breathy Clint Eastwood chuckle. "We're on their trail, we're smokin' them out, we've got 'em on the run." One imagined the French Foreign Minister watching this lunch-hour martial spectacle and choking on his baguette...
...them," he told the troops, leaning an elbow on the lectern, squinting crosswise at the camera, tossing a breathy Clint Eastwood chuckle. "We're on their trail, we're smokin' them out, we've got 'em on the run." One imagined the French Foreign Minister watching this lunch-hour martial spectacle and choking on his baguette...
...Jackie Chan Hollywood formula. It teams him with a goofy American?Owen Wilson here, Chris Tucker in Rush Hour?who sasses his way into predicaments that Chan must get him out of. Knights, like its predecessor Shanghai Noon, is a western, the U.S. equivalent of the Qing dynasty martial-arts films that made Chan famous back home. Wilson's Roy O'Bannion is the self-legendizing cowboy, and Chan's Chon Wang (sounds like John Wayne) is essentially Roy's stern Indian sidekick. That's apt, since, when he's not smiling, Jackie's face has the weathered severity...
SOMETHING LIKE THE REAL THING It was a revelation that may hearten his insurance company but disillusion his fans: action star JACKIE CHAN, 48, the martial-arts expert from Hong Kong long known for personally executing all manner of hazardous maneuvers on film, admitted that he has started using a stunt double. "I will use stunt doubles if you ask me to ride an F-16 jet fighter, or jump over a series of hurdles with a crazy horse, or perform two 720-degree somersaults," Chan said. But, he added, "[if the script calls for] one somersault...
...Bush's case for his domestic programs seemed dutiful compared to his pitch against Saddam. Martial speeches are just easier than ones about tax and healthcare policy, but he toured through his domestic agenda quickly - from plans to spur production of hydrogen-powered automobiles to fostering healthy forests - getting his legs under himself only for his discussion of faith based initiatives. His plan for removing taxes on dividends is failing. Members of both parties oppose it and all he did was essentially re-read the talking points. Bush can be evangelical when talking about education. When he sold his first...