More Psychopathic, Murderous Asian Bad Guys

Rating: 5/10 (23 August 2014)

The biggest problem that I have with this movie is its portrayal of Asian people. Really, Mr. Besson, do you hate Asians this much? Every single movie that comes out of Hollywood these days seems to show evil, murderous Asian people. A white woman can be the good guy, an African American man can be the good guy, but other than Jackie Chan, Asians can never be kind and decent. Thank you, Hollywood, for your unerringly racist depictions of Asians since 1914. That is one thing we can always count on from Hollywood--its consistent manipulation of public opinion to support US foreign policy goals. The current one, if you haven't noticed, is to depose of the current North Korean leader. Isn't it interesting that while this film is shot in Taiwan the bad guys are Korean? Another upcoming film starring James Franco and Seth Rogan will feature the two actors attempting to assassinate the current North Korean dictator, Kim Jung Un. Is it mere coincidence or does Hollywood want to manipulate your opinions and turn them against Koreans? If they manage to convince you that all Asian people are bad, it makes selling the idea of invading North Korea to you much easier and it makes hating all Asian people easier. I guess that as an Asian American no matter how good I am at speaking my native language (English), no matter how many of my family members risk their lives to serve our country in the Navy, no matter how long my family has been here (since 1960s), no matter how many times I volunteer at local homeless shelters and soup kitchens I will always be seen as either a socially awkward geek or a crazed, gun-toting psychopathic gangster. Stop participating in the hate, Luc Besson. Whether you despise a foreign leader or not, whether you want him to step down or not, the United States does NOT get to decide who will run a country or who won't. Unless it wants a more powerful country to arrive on its shores one day and start attacking the nation's capital. Don't think it's OK to make a movie about a couple of nincompoops trying to assassinate a foreign leader and think the same won't be done back to you! Do unto others as you want them to do unto you.