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" The Oriental doesn’t put the same high price on life as the Westerner. Life is plentiful. Life is cheap in the Orient. And as the philosophy of the orient expresses it, life is not important. "
— General William Westmoreland, Hearts and Minds

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Operation Condor

Jackie Chan meets Indiana Jones —Andrea Birgers (review...)

Chan borrows from Raiders

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Brendan Fraser

  • Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

    Killers of the Flower Moon Review by Matt Anderson: Scorsese misses the mark with this one.

  • Extraordinary Measures (2010)

    Fraser goes to Extraordinary Measures with Ford Review by Matt Anderson: Inspirational story needs more innovation

    Review by Robert Denerstein: Business dances with science; Ford's character is born in a screenwriter's test tube

  • Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

    Fraser hangs on; it's a long way down to the Center of the Earth Review by Marty Mapes: If I were ten I'd go see this again and again and again

  • Crash (2005)

    Tate and Ludacris head for a Crash Review by Marty Mapes: As successful as Haggis is, the movie is still flawed. Worst of all, it is very contrived.

  • The Quiet American (2002)

    Brendand Fraser is The Quiet American to Caine's Briton Review by Risë Keller: Without drawing conclusions, the film explores many moral dimensions to people's need for the exotic

  • The Mummy Returns (2001)

    Fraser and Weisz flee because The Mummy Returns Review by Marty Mapes: Adventure/comedy is Raiders of the Lost Ark for Generation Z

  • Gods and Monsters (1998)

    Review by Marty Mapes