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Cast
 | Jeremy Renner | ||
 | Ernie Reyes Jr. | ||
 | Leticia Robles | ... | Street Girl |
 | Michael Shamus Wiles | ... | Detective |
 | Victor Wong |
Directed by | |||
| Adolfo Swaya | |||
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| T.L. Lankford | (as Roger Wade) | |
Produced by | |||
| Frankan Baker | .... | co-producer | |
| Gary M. Bettman | .... | co-executive producer | |
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| Michael E. Polakow | |||
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| Susan Peck | |||
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| Ron Althoff | .... | second unit director | |
| Chris Chanowski | .... | first assistant director | |
| Patrick Marsh | .... | second second assistant director | |
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| Ken Skoglund | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
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| Larry Lam | .... | stunts | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Tom Fox | .... | gaffer | |
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| Ilene 'RC' Arciaga | .... | music supervisor | |
| Christopher Holden | .... | composer: additional music | |
| Scott Schirle | .... | music editor | |
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| Richard Murken | .... | location manager | |
| Luther Trotter | .... | production assistant | |
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Rated R for violence, language, drug content and some sexuality
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A Russian immigrant, Paul Marcos, becomes a drug dealer to survive. After a heist he joins goes bad, he recovers from his wounds at a Buddhist Temple. There he is taught Mantis style martial arts. But the abbots at the monastery have a hidden agenda, one which forces Marcos into confrontation with the mob that ruined the heist....
Here's the bad news - this is not an action movie.
It is a drama about one young man's spiritual journey through a world of corruption. Not a martial arts film but a film about martial arts, and how rigorous self-discipline and strict ethics comprise what kung fu is really all about.
Here's the good news - despite a crash budget, Adolfo Swaya turns in a remarkably good film. Strong script, surprisingly effective visuals, excellent editing, rock solid acting despite some stereotyping, good sound quality for a cheapie independent. And that's is what this is, really - an independent film (a personal film, very carefully crafted), not a 'kung fu' film. But I found it easy to watch and with a lesson to learn. Rewards the patient viewer who can release genre expectations and enjoy it for what it is