James Hong: Big Trouble in Little China

"Kurt Russell plays truck driver Jack Burton, who helps his friend Wang Chi (Dennis Dun) rescue Wang's green-eyed fiancee (Suzee Pai) from bandits in San Francisco's Chinatown. They go into the mysterious underworld beneath Chinatown, where they face an ancient sorcerer named David Lo Pan (James Hong)." - wiki

Not the best film I have ever seen nor should it really be considered "good". Its bizarre that it should be mostly about rescuing Wang Chi's fiancée but It felt like Dennis Dun didn't get a bigger role as it is Kurt Russell who steals the spotlight. The script is very bad, I wish all of the actors could have been made more important rather than just background people typical for an American movie with Asian culture heavily present. Though I don't think this was John Carpenter's idea for this movie but at least he made a movie with Asian actors playing Asians in a film heavily influenced by Asian films. He gave a lot of people a chance to work



David Lo Pan (James Hong) was a nice villain, he was entertaining to watch (to me he was the most entertaining thing about this film). James Hong did a good job, actually this might be the first movie that I have seen him have a lot of screen time. It was nice to see someone different even if I couldn't tell who he was. Villains that wear make up have a long history of success or cult like status like Beetlejuice, Heath Ledger's Joker, etc. So why does James Hong get forgotten in the mix? I think its mainly due to the poor special effects in the film. Its hard to take a villain serious if the effects are a complete waste. Sadly to say this villain is one most of us have forgotten but shouldn't we at least review James Hong's performance?

Mako: Samurai Jack

 

Samurai Jack a tale of a samurai from feudal Japan whose empire is destroyed by the dark creature known as Aku. He manages to escape through time and now travels in order to defeat his greatest enemy.

Samurai Jack was created by Genndy Tartakovsky and aired on Cartoon Network. Jack was voiced by Phil LaMarr while Aku was voiced by Mako.

 

 

Aku is a the main antagonist on the show as you can see but by no means is he a simple villain. His whole character is very interesting to watch and serves as the direct opposite of Jack. His deep voice helps with making this character excellent, this voice belongs to Mako. Mako was wonderful, he was able to project his voice well and even could act out his character. Without Aku there would be no Samurai Jack, so lets thank him for making Cartoon network a hit show and making our viewing habits a bit better.

There would be no other actor that I could envision for this role, Mako did a wonderful job and leaves us with an everlasting character known as Aku.