Movies Starring Tzi Ma
The Sensei
You have the right to defend yourself against hatred, and self hatred!
Keith David, Louis Mandylor, Tzi Ma, Sab Shimono, Emily Kuroda, Michael O'Laskey II, Mark McGraw, Michael Yama, Tim Lounibos, Bryan Frank, Michael Hake, Gina Scalzi, Jonathan Camp, Germaine De Leon
DIRECTOR:Diana Lee Inosanto
"The Sensei" takes place in the early 80's, during the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. After a five year absence, Karen O'Neil, haunted by the death of her husband-to-be, boxer Mark Corey, returns to her hometown to reunite with her family who are leaders within their church and operate a successful martial arts business. After a lonely gay teenager named McClain Evans, is severely beaten, his mother asks Karen to take Mcclain as her secret pupil and teach him the martial way. When the secret gets out that she's his teacher, this manifest a series of events that effect her and her family.
Battle in Seattle
The whole world is watching
Martin Henderson, Michelle Rodriguez, Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Carpenter, André Benjamin, Ray Liotta, Connie Nielsen, Channing Tatum, Isaach De Bankolé, Rade Serbedzija, Ivana Milicevic, Tzi Ma, Joshua Jackson, Christopher Jacot
DIRECTOR:Stuart Townsend
Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings.
Rush Hour 3
This summer they're kicking it in Paris
Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Vinnie Jones, Hiroyuki Sanada, Noémie Lenoir, Max von Sydow, Yvan Attal, Sun Ming Ming, Simon Rhee, Tzi Ma, Roman Polanski, Jean-Michel Richaud, Julie Depardieu, Youki Kudoh, Roselyn Sanchez
DIRECTOR:After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Lee and Carter head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders.
Red Doors
Red doors bring good luck. The Wongs need all they can get.
Tzi Ma, Jacqueline Kim, Elaine Kao, Freda Foh Shen, Kathy Shao-Lin Lee, Mia Riverton, Jayce Bartok, Rossif Sutherland, Sebastian Stan, Stephen Rowe, Cindy Cheung, Mao Zhao, Bridget White, Coati Mundi, Tyler Maynard
DIRECTOR:Georgia Lee
Red Doors tells the story of the Wongs, a bizarrely dysfunctional Chinese-American family living in the New York suburbs. Ed Wong has just retired and plots to escape his mundane life. However, the tumultuous, madcap lives of his three rebellious daughters change his plans. The eldest daughter, Samantha, is an ambitious businesswoman in Manhattan who suddenly gets cold feet about her upcoming marriage when she runs into an old high school flame. Julie, the shy middle sister, finds her life as a studious medical student turned upside down when she falls for a movie starlet visiting the hospital. Katie, the youngest sister, is a disaffected high school senior who engages in a continually escalating and dangerous prank war with her longtime neighbor and nemesis, Simon. Ultimately, Ed's disappearance compels each daughter to examine her own understanding of the role and connection she has to the family. At the same time, the Wongs learn to live their own lives outside the invisible fences of their home.
The Ladykillers
The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match.
Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma, Ryan Hurst, Diane Delano, George Wallace, John McConnell, Jason Weaver, Stephen Root, Lyne Odums, Walter K. Jordan, George Anthony Bell, Greg Grunberg
DIRECTOR:A remake of the 1955 comedy, the story revolves around a Southern professor who puts together a group of thieves to rob a casino. They rent a room in an old woman's house, but soon she discovers the plot and they must kill her, a task that is more difficult than it seems.
Rush Hour
The Fastest Hands In The East Meet The Biggest Mouth In The West.
Jackie Chan, Mark Rolston, Ken Leung, Elizabeth Peña, Tom Wilkinson, Tzi Ma, Robert Littman, Michael Chow, Julia Hsu, Chris Tucker, Chris Penn, Larry Sullivan, Yang Lin, Roger Fan, George Cheung, Lucy Lin
DIRECTOR:Realizing that the FBI and their by the book tactics may be unsuccessful, the Chinese consul recruits the aid of a loyal Hong Kong inspector to help rescue his kidnapped daughter. Outlawed by the FBI, the inspector must form an unlikely partnership with a cocky, street smart LAPD officer who prefers doing things his own way.
Red Corner
Severity for those who resist.
Richard Gere, Ling Bai, Bradley Whitford, Byron Mann, Peter Donat, Robert Stanton, Tsai Chin, James Hong, Tzi Ma, Ulrich Matschoss, Richard Venture, Jessey Meng, Roger Yuan, Chi Yu Li, Henry O
DIRECTOR:Jack Moore, a high-profile international lawyer, is in China for business. Moore sleeps with a young woman, and wakes up to find her dead in his bed. Falsely accused of murder, Moore's only chance is his Chinese advocate Yuelin. The rules and laws are different, and Moore must convince Yuelin of his innocence and unravel the chain of events that has entrapped him.
Dante's Peak
The pressure is building...
Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley, Elizabeth Hoffman, Grant Heslov, Kirk Trutner, Arabella Field, Tzi Ma, Brian Reddy, Lee Garlington, Bill Bolender, Carole Androsky, Peter Jason
DIRECTOR:Volcanologist Harry Dalton and mayor Rachel Wando of Dante's Peak try to convince the city council and the other volcanologists that the volcano right above Dante's peak is indeed dangerous. People's safety is being set against economical interests.
Rapid Fire
Unarmed and extremely dangerous.
Brandon Lee, Powers Boothe, Nick Mancuso, Raymond J. Barry, Kate Hodge, Tzi Ma, Tony Longo, Michael Paul Chan, Dustin Nguyen, Brigitta Stenberg, Basil Wallace, Al Leong, François Chau, Quentin O'Brien, D.J. Howard
DIRECTOR:When student Jake Lo witnesses a killing, he finds himself caught between two feuding drug lords. Betrayed and set up by the federal agents protecting him, the only one he can trust is Ryan, a single-minded Chicago cop who reminds Jake of his deceased father. To clear his name, Jake agrees to help Ryan bring down the drug lords.
