Hollywood Adventures
Xiaoming is dumped by his girlfriend. He hastily joins a package tour called “Hollywood Adventures” as the quickest means of going to L.A. to get her back. On the flight, he’s saddled with fellow tour member Dawei, a film buff who wears him out with his encyclopedic knowledge. Upon landing, Xiaoming is detained at customs and narrowly escapes unendurable probing thanks to tour guide Weiwei, who manages to dupe federal officers with a bluff so implausible it couldn’t fool a 3-year-old. This marks the first of a succession of blanket representations of Americans as racist, thuggish, loud-mouthed, pea-brained egomaniacs, while the Chinese leads are indulgently portrayed as innocents with hearts of gold, a choice that’s sure to alienate more objective audiences.
13 May 1977, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
17 September 1939, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 October 1981, Williston, North Dakota, USA
21 February 1985, Olivia, Minnesota, USA
5 March 1957, Miami, Florida, USA
9 December 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 November 1972, Houston, Texas, USA
22 December 1975, Decatur, Georgia, USA
30 January 1989, Santa Monica, California, USA
21 January 1963, San Francisco, California, USA
July 09, 2015
A madcap adventure that is quite a ride.
June 29, 2015
The catchphrase "In Hollywood, nothing is impossible" is repeated so many times that it begins to sound like an excuse for the film's farfetched plotting and inconsistent human behavior.
