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...poor immigrant lad arrives in the U.S. with nothing in his luggage but talent, a dream and the capacity for hard work. He overcomes prejudice, stuffy conservatives in his profession and a debilitating accident that should have left him crippled for life. Along the way, he acquires a sweet and understanding wife who not only comforts him but also inspires him in adversity...
...putting it mildly, a crowded life. And putting it mildly again, this is an entirely uncritical movie, although a surprisingly likable one. Part of this quality derives from the lively innocence of Jason Scott Lee's performance, and the sweet spunkiness of Lauren Holly as the all-American coed Bruce marries in college. Part of it derives from the go-ahead conviction of Rob Cohen's direction. He foreshadows his hero's early death by having his dreams haunted by fate (giddily yet scarily represented as a warrior figure out of China's ancient past) and proposes that...
...forward through pitch darkness, saw rats swimming past them by the flashlights strapped to the tips of their rifles. They reached a door at the end that they feared might be booby-trapped; they crashed through anyway, into the tunnel that led to the bus. The air inside was sweet and cool, free of gas. But there was no one inside...
...hear the arguments for aluminum bats all the time. They are cheaper, they have a bigger sweet-spot, and they hit farther. Furthermore, they don't cause splinters and, in general, they make games more exciting...
...fake magazine also had a page of "pick-up lines" with such classics as, "Your legs are like a 19th-century novel: long and sweet!" and "Did you see that article the other day in Edge...