Sung Kang ruined this movie.
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StrayButlerStraysAgain — 12 years ago(June 16, 2013 07:45 AM)
He did the best he could with a weak character that was just there to flourish Stallone's ego!
Are you being serious?
Stallone and Walter Hill wanted Thomas Jane. They lobbied HARD for Thomas Jane. They did everything they could to keep him on the project. But Joel Silver pulled rank and fired him in favour of Kang.
And really, you think BTTH is an ego film for Sly? It's the furthest thing from an ego trip. If the film was fuelled by ego, Jimmy Bobo would continually do things right and would be the hero. But Bobo is an antihero, and the things he does are less than savoury. He's a bad guy with a messed up moral compass, and he has his weaknesses.
Sly may have done some rewriting, but the film is ultimately Walter Hill's, and Sly took his direction and became the role that Hill wanted him to be.
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Ray_Tango — 12 years ago(April 28, 2013 07:49 PM)
I'm not going to comment on Jane being a better choice, but Kang was dull as dishwater in this film. You can tell he was brought on board at the last second, and the weak script changes due to his ethnicity f_cked up the chemistry. It's still a good film, but Kang was a miscast. Nothing against the man. He just felt out of place.
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d3ei — 12 years ago(May 25, 2013 12:46 PM)
In my honest opinion, its not just the character that was wooden, but sungs acting as well. I seen alotta his movies like tokyo drift, fast 5, fast 6, better luck tomorrow, and he acts the same in all of them. He's lifeless and doesnt put any emotion in his words. He plays one character in all of them, the quiet, soft spoken 'cool guy' with the 'cool pose.' He gives off very little energy and screen presence and comes off very subdued onscreen. But on a deeper level thats something I notice from most asian actors I see in movies and tv. They are all one-dimensional and have a similar energy about them where its either too much and over the top like Bobby Lee, Jackie Chan, or the Hangover guy, or very subdued and wooden like sung kang and john cho.
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KingLongshanks — 12 years ago(May 28, 2013 10:40 PM)
I liked the movie a fair bit, and agree Sung Kang's performance/character was the weakest trait of the film.
I think it is the actor, as a good actor can usually make something out of a poor script. Perhaps, he was just the wrong choice for this role. I don't mind him in Fast and Furious movies, but he was nothing special over there I would not have chosen him to co-star in a Stallone actioner
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subase — 12 years ago(July 07, 2013 02:39 AM)
Very true nuances in emotion are lost unless you've grown up around asians.
Saying that the character he played was kind of a dick and unlikeable, that might have been intentional and was a poor choice in hindsight since Kang does cool and likeable well. -
JohnBonDon — 12 years ago(September 07, 2013 05:28 PM)
Are you some senior citizen who just discovered what the internet is? Your reply sounds like some racist simpleton from the 40s.
If Asians aren't able to convey emotions as you so stupidly claim, then how are Asians able to function at all in society and get by with one another?
Seriously, this is reply of yours is so stupid that I wonder if getting out the door to your house without causing a fire is like climbing Mt. Everest for the rest of us. That is, if you even leave the house at all which I doubt seeing as your comment on Asians sounds as if you never actually met one in real life and only get insight on Asians from those stupid Hangover movies. -
luckiest_strike — 12 years ago(June 10, 2013 06:22 PM)
taylor was annoying, stupid, humorless and untrustworthy. a complete douche. i really hated the guy.
so this was either brilliantly written and performed, badly written or both badly written and performed.
i'm going with c) but you are entitled to your own opinion. this is not to say that kang isn't able to do better. in this he simply blows imho. -
supercyberedu — 12 years ago(June 26, 2013 01:34 AM)
the guy saved his ass 2 times at least and this stupid cop character wants to put him in jail,
nonsense everywhere, stupid story, boriing.
Acting I don't know maybe it was good but he acted as a beep idiot so what's the point