| Overall: | B- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C- |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | C+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 113 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 08 Sep 2008 |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
One character in this movie says martial arts are “based on deception.” How is this particularly true in the case of motion pictures? Can you differentiate between the real stunts and those generated by computer graphics?
This movie presents some well-entrenched stereotypes—for instance Oriental people who are warriors and a Caucasian who can’t fight. Do you think these depictions are accurate or not? How do they help the audience to quickly identify with the characters?
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
