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Running in Tall Grasses (2004)

Actors: Joseph Tran (actor), Timo Chen (composer), Long Nguyen (actor), Howard Duy Vu (writer), Howard Duy Vu (director), Elyse Dinh (actress), Michelle Hanson (producer), Naveen Singh (editor), Kevin Phan (actor), Kevin Leydon (producer), Andrew Gura (producer), Jeremy Philips (editor),

Genres: Drama, Short,

Vu khuc con co (2002)

Actors: Quang Hai Ngo (actor), Do Thi Hai Yen (actress), Jonathan Foo (director), Ngoc Hiep Nguyen (actor), Phan Quang Binh Nguyen (director), Duy Tom Nguyen (writer), Quang Sang Nguyen (writer), Joshua Hong (composer), Sean Ashley (editor), Thien Dao Nguyen (composer), Ngoc Bao Ta (actor), Thi Bich Hanh Ngo (producer), Mai Nguyen Trinh (actor), Peggy Lim (producer), Tao Ngo (producer),

Plot: From Ha Noi, those young guys join army to protest their country. They left behind their family, love, youth and carried hopes, faith and dreams. Van is poem. May (means Lucky) always smiles. Manh is just a kid. Lam is secret agent in city. Their own stories are told by a lot of people who survive after Vietnamese War, from both of sides.

Keywords: saigon
Genres: ,

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)

Actors: George Wallace (actor), Lauren Tom (actress), Ava DuVernay (miscellaneous crew), Paul Winfield (actor), Andre Rosey Brown (actor), Sanaa Lathan (actress), Tzi Ma (actor), Kieu Chinh (actress), Pamela Gordon (actress), Mary Alice (actress), Thomas Ryan (actor), Chi Muoi Lo (producer), William Thomas (actor), Chi Muoi Lo (actor), Chi Muoi Lo (writer),

Plot: Dwayne and his older sister Mai are adults: Mai is married to Vinh, Dwayne is about to propose to Nina. Twenty-two years ago, when Mai was 10, she and Dwayne were refugees in Vietnam, adopted by Harold and Dee Williams, African-Americans from Los Angeles. Now, they remain close, especially Dwayne and his parents. Mai drops a bomb: she's located their birth mother, Thahn, and she's flying her to LA. Dee takes the news hard: she sees herself being replaced. Harold is more sanguine, and Dwayne pretends to be indifferent. When Thahn arrives, tensions reach the breaking point between Mai and Dee, between Nina and Dwayne, and even between Dee and Harold. Can we all get along?

Keywords: 1970s, adoption, adoptive-father, african-american, airplane, airport, ambulance, animal-in-title, asian-american, asian-pretending-to-be-black
Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: ...raised by an African American couple, a Vietnamese brother and sister are reunited with their birth mother. ...watch for bones

Romper Stomper (1992)

Actors: Bill Murphy (editor), Russell Crowe (actor), John Fox (miscellaneous crew), Don Bridges (actor), John Brumpton (actor), Stephen Hall (actor), Jacqueline McKenzie (actress), Dan Wyllie (actor), Ian Anderson (miscellaneous crew), Oliver Streeton (miscellaneous crew), Neil Foster (actor), Victoria Sullivan (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Brett (miscellaneous crew), Alex Scott (actor), Michael Ienna (actor),

Plot: Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?

Keywords: apology, arson, attempted-drowning, australia, axe, bar, bare-chested-male, bartender, bathroom, beach
Genres: Crime, Drama,
Taglines: You've never seen anything like it.

Quotes:

Hando: [from behind Martin] Haaa! [Martin spins around startled] Nice place you got here.::Martin: Who the hell are you?::Sonny Jim: We came to wreck everything, and ruin your life. God sent us.

Hando: What'd you run into me for?::Tiger: I didn't mean it, mate, that guy pushed me.::Hando: What'd you run into me for? What are you doing here? *What* are you doing here? [grabs Tiger by the shoulder]::Hando: I'm gonna tell you something.::Hando: I want you to listen to me now, OK? This... is... not... your... country. [proceeds to beat him up]

Magoo: [after Jacqui drops a case of beer] What are you doin'? Why don't you keep your fuckin' mind on the fuckin' job, woman?

Gabe: [referring to the NAZI paraphernalia that adores Hando's room] Why do you have all this stuff?::Hando: Because I don't want to be a white cooly in my own country. 'Cause it's not our country anymore. 'Cause rich people, and powerful people brought in boat loads of human trash. Cheap labour, gooks mainly, and there's gonna be more. I want people to know I'm proud of my white history and white blood. One day it might be all I have. I don't want to go the same way as the fuckin' Abo. See that map?::[map on the wall has areas coloured in red]::Hando: That's all the gook properties on Barkley Street. A few years ago it was a white area.::[picks up a book]::Hando: Mein Kampf. Do you know it?::Gabe: It's about war isn't it?::Hando: This book was written by Adolf Hitler. It turned into a joke by other people who don't want to know Hitler's view of the world. It's simply about, the ongoing struggle of the white race and the enemies it faces. You don't know who the enemy is, you can't win the war. Listen. "All the noble cultures of the past declined, because the purity and vigour of the originally created race faded out. They were compromised by the seed of lesser races that were attracted to the works of the superior men. The undeniable reason for their decline was then due to a kind of racial blood poisoning. Racial blood must be perserved in its purity at all costs."

Champ: [while Hando has Nguyen in a headlock on the ground] We hate you gook, we'll never let you go.::Hando: This is our place gook boy, our place. What are you going here? Hey? The only thing for you here is pain.::Champ: We don't love you. [Kisses Nguyen on the cheek and then punches him]::Hando: [while shaking Nguyen] Understand? Understand? I hope you do mate because I don't speak monkey talk.

Sonny Jim: [while Davey holds Nguyen down, Sonny grabs his hand] Let's break some fingers.

Nguyen's Eldest Son: Tiger! Fuckin' skinheads! They got my brothers!::Tiger: [yelling at Vietnamese factory workers] Get the guys! Get the guys! Skinheads!

Magoo: [Jacqui shows up at the Railway hotel, after been told to stay away] What are you doing here? And why don't you bloody well do what you're told woman?

Hando: [knock at bedroom door] What?::Davey: Hando, ah, Magoo.::Hando: [door flies open, and Magoo walks in] Magoo!::Magoo: Way to go! [clasps hands with Hando]::Hando: Fuckin' Magoo! What are you doing here?::Magoo: Didn't have time to tell you we were coming, mate. Didn't know we were coming actually, just keep on driving forgot to fuckin' stop! Check this out. [pulls Flea who's wearing a navy uniform into the room]::Flea: Joined up a couple months ago.::Hando: What for?::Flea: Needed a job, didn't I? Put you through school. At least you get to keep the hair short, bud.::Hando: You look like a fuckin' hippie with hair that long.::Sonny Jim: [enters the room and after wrestling with Flea and McGoo] I thought you wanted to shoot guns, mate.::Flea: I gonna get in a fuckin' sub, fire torpedos.

Magoo: [notices Jacqui eating a sandwitch] What are you eatin' that rubbish for? [scoffs] Jes... I'm not living with no fat bitch!

Missing in Action (1984)

Actors: Ken Metcalfe (producer), Oli Laperal Jr. (miscellaneous crew), Yoram Globus (producer), Menahem Golan (producer), M. Emmet Walsh (actor), Larry Levinson (writer), Jean-Claude Van Damme (actor), Chuck Norris (actor), Augusto Victa (actor), Ernie Ortega (actor), Joonee Gamboa (actor), James Hong (actor), Bella Flores (actress), Daniel Loewenthal (editor), Lance Hool (writer),

Plot: Colonel James Braddock is an American officer who spent seven years in a North Vietnamese POW camp, then escaped 10 years ago. After the bloodiest war, Braddock accompanies a government investigation team that goes to Ho Chi Minh City to check out reports of Americans still held prisoner. Braddock gets the evidence then travels to Thailand, where he meets Tuck, an old Army buddy turned black market kingpin. Together, they launch a mission deep into the jungle to free the American POWs from General Trau.

Keywords: action-hero, ak-47, ambush, army-colonel, axe, axe-murder, bar-brawl, bar-fight, battle, beretta
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War,
Taglines: The war's not over until the last man comes home. 2 Døgn i Helvede

Quotes:

Col. James Braddock: The misfortunes of war!

Col. James Braddock: [to Ann while undressing] Do you mind?... I'm a bit shy.

Tuck: Do we run or fight?::Col. James Braddock: We don't have a choice now.

Col. James Braddock: Damn right!

Col. James Braddock: Let's go.