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Eric Koyanagi (writer)
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A Comedy with a Slightly Different Slant
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Three Asian men live in L.A. Isaac is a romantic coffee shop worker, who waits for the woman of his dreams...
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(Credited cast) | Darion Basco | ... | Slim Kim |
 | Dustin Nguyen | ... | Isaac |
 | Garrett Wang | ... | Troy Tashima |
| Tamlyn Tomita | ... | Thaise |
| Adam Collis | ... | Crankshaft |
| Keiko Agena | ... | Casey |
 | Lindsay Price | ... | Cleveland |
| François Giroday | ... | Jean-Jacques Baudelaire |
 | Stan Egi | ... | Mingus |
| Jean Speegle Howard | ||
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| Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter | ... | Rastafarian |
 | Sage Kirkpatrick | ... | Tanya Rhodes |
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100% (USA) (alternative spelling)
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103 min
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"Hundred Percent" aims high and, overall, reasonably achieves its goal. Eric Koyanagi's central theme - that Asian Americans are fighting an uphill battle against stereotypes in cinema and the media - is expressed through Garrett Wang's character, a struggling actor who, through grit and determination, finally lands his first lead role... as a martial arts cop. The first scene with Wang auditioning for an infomercial was hilarious, as was his other audition scene ("I'm Troy Tashima!") The relationship between Wang and Ms. Price (more beautiful than ever!) was well-written and wonderfully acted.
Tamlyn Tomita as femme fatale? Can we say perfect casting? The comical kung fu fight scene at the end between Dustin Nguyen (superb, as usual) and Tomita's husband was great fun to watch.
Kudos to Mr. Koyanagi for attempting to break down barriers in the portrayal of Asian Americans in cinema, but unfortunately his third sub-plot falls short with the rastafarian asian dude. His character was less developed and not very compelling, as was his sidekick friend. I feel that much of that screen time would have been better spent on more scenes with Wang and Price. After the hundredth "Jahhh" I'd had enough already.
Overall, "Hundred Percent" was a valliant pioneering effort for second-time writer-director Koyanagi. I hope to see more films from him in the future as well as more films with Asian principals!
7 out of 10.