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The reason that classical music is so revered in Western society is that we only really hear the good stuff. Think about it--there was probably as much or more crap music produced back in the heady days of <b>Mozart</b> and <b>Rachmaninoff</b> as there was today, but the bad stuff just didn't make it down through the ages. This also is why many Americans have a fetish for Hong Kong as a movie capital, because, until recently, all we've seen is the best stuff: the signature pieces of people like <b>John Woo</b>, <b>Jet Li</b>, and <b>Jackie Chan</b>.</p>
<p>But now Tai Seng Video is bringing in Hong Kong Films by the literal boatload, we're starting to see the crap along with all the good stuff they've imported, and, what's more, in the grand tradition of cynical distributors anywhere, they're pushing the bad stuff like all hell. <i>Kickboxer's Tears</i> is the first of Tai Seng's "Les Femmes Fatales" three pack marketing ploy, and, while I'm glad they got the French grammar in the title right, I wish they could have utilized the linguistics on better movies, because having seen <i>Tears</i>, I have absolutely no desire to either of the other two. </p>
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