James Hong’s Typical Vibe
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James Hong has 34 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Recurring themes

Nothing to Lose
1997
Comedy · Crime

Running Scared
1986
Comedy · Crime

Half a Chance
1998
Action · Adventure

Puss in Boots
2011
Action · Adventure

Date Night
2010
Comedy · Action

The Do-Over
2016
Action · Adventure

The Hard Way
1991
Action · Comedy

Money Train
1995
Action · Comedy

Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Max · Included

Kung Fu Panda
2008 · Movie · Voice
Top 3%Hulu · Included

Mulan
1998 · Movie · Voice
Top 6%Disney+ · Included

Abominable
2019 · Movie · Voice
Top 8%Peacock · Included

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 · Movie · Voice
Top 11%Prime Video · Included

Turning Red
2022 · Movie · Voice
Top 38%Disney+ · Included

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
Dir. Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan · With Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan

Chosen by prophecy but doubted by all, Po is an unlikely choice for the mystical title of the Dragon Warrior—a clumsy panda thrust into the world of kung fu as a deadly enemy threatens the Valley of Peace. Under reluctant guidance by Master Shifu and the Furious Five, Po must embrace who he is to unlock the power that no scroll can teach.
Dir. Mark Osborne, John Stevenson · With Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie

When Imperial China calls one man from every family to defend the empire from invading Huns, a young woman disguises herself as a soldier to take her ailing father’s place. Facing ruthless invaders, brutal training, and the risk of execution if discovered, she must decide who she truly is— and what she’s willing to fight for.
Dir. Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook · With Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong

Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
Dir. John Carpenter · With Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun

A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.
Dir. Jill Culton · With Chloe Bennet, Albert Tsai, Suzy Eddie Izzard

Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will train a new kung fu practitioner for the spot and will encounter a villain called the Chameleon who conjures villains from the past.
Dir. Mike Mitchell · With Jack Black, Awkwafina, Viola Davis

as The High Lama (voice) · Voice
The gang's vacation to Paris takes a wrong turn when Scooby and Shaggy miss their flight and end up on a skydiving expedition in the Himalayas. To make matters worse, upon arrival they must outrun the Abominable Snowmonster.
Dir. Joe Sichta · With Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Grey DeLisle

In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.
Dir. Arthur Hiller · With Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Dir. Boaz Yakin · With Jason Statham, Chris Sarandon, James Hong

Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.
Dir. Domee Shi · With Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse

Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income they have caused him, plots an elaborate revenge against them.
Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky · With Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher

Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old friend, but is too late to prevent Kim's death at the hands of an unknown hitman. Vowing revenge, Jeff takes on all of the families, using his martial arts skills to find the man who killed his friend.
Dir. Mark DiSalle · With Jeff Speakman, John Dye, Mako

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.
Dir. Bob Rafelson · With Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey
An aerobics instructor becomes a ruthless assassin after being possessed by a slain ninja's spirit, leading to a showdown with a martial arts expert.
Dir. Sam Firstenberg · With Sho Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett

as Mr. Ping (voice) · Voice
The Winter Feast is Po's favorite holiday. Every year he and his father hang decorations, cook together, and serve noodle soup to the villagers. But this year Shifu informs Po that as Dragon Warrior, it is his duty to host the formal Winter Feast at the Jade Palace. Po is caught between his obligations as the Dragon Warrior and his family traditions: between Shifu and Mr. Ping.
Dir. Tim Johnson · With Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie

Po is finally living the dream as the Dragon Warrior—until a shadow from his past comes roaring back. When the ruthless peacock Lord Shen unleashes a devastating new weapon used to wipe out kung fu masters across the land, Po and the Furious Five race across China to put an end to his plans. But if Po is to have any hope of stopping him, he must first confront the truth of his origins—and find inner peace before his past tears him apart.
Dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson · With Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman

as Mr. Ping (voice) · Voice
As Po looks for his lost action figures, the story of how the panda inadvertently helped create the Furious Five is told.
Dir. Rodolphe Guenoden · With Jack Black, James Hong, Dustin Hoffman

A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations, Wayne frets that a record producer is putting the moves on his girlfriend, Cassandra, while Garth handles the advances of mega-babe Honey Hornée.
Dir. Stephen Surjik · With Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken

Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.
Dir. Russell Mulcahy · With Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller

An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
Dir. Jon Avnet · With Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."
Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, Charlotte Lewis

American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs.
Dir. Joseph Zito · With Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh, David Tress

Follow the adventures of Po, who partners up with a no-nonsense English knight named Wandering Blade to find a collection of four powerful weapons before a mysterious pair of weasels do, and save the world from destruction.
Dir. Mitch Watson, Peter Hastings · With Jack Black, Rita Ora, Chris Geere

Bruce Wayne faces a deadly menace from his past, with the help of three former classmates: world-renowned martial artists Richard Dragon, Ben Turner and Lady Shiva.
Dir. Sam Liu · With David Giuntoli, Mark Dacascos, Kelly Hu
Bloodsport III brings us back to the world of Alex Cardo. This time he must battle in a fight to end all fights - The Kumite, the most vicious warrior alive - Beast. He must not only battle for his own honor, but also avenge the death of Sun, his mentor, teacher, and spiritual "father", when Sun is spitefully killed by crime boss Duvalier. In order to defeat Beast, destroy Duvalier, and avenge Sun's death, Alex turns to Leung to whom he was indebted in Bloodsport II. Leung directs him to the great shaman, Makato "the Judge", to whom Alex must turn for guidance. The judge teaches him to fully channel the energy in his mind and body in order to rout the Beast in the Kumite...
Dir. Alan Mehrez · With Daniel Bernhardt, John Rhys-Davies, James Hong

Neil Shaw is both agent and weapon - a critical line of defense for the Secretary General of the United Nations. He does not even officially exist. As an international security expert, he must uncover an international plot in which ruthless terrorists threatened to bring down the United Nations on the eve of an historic summit with China. A mysterious chain of events leads to the murder of the Chinese U.N. Ambassador, and the terrorists frame Neil Shaw, the one man they believe can stop them. Accused of the crime, Shaw goes underground — in effect, vanishing from his own life — as he tries to stop what could become World War III.
Dir. Christian Duguay · With Wesley Snipes, Donald Sutherland, Anne Archer

Two scheming demons strike a deal with a punk rock-loving teen so they can leave the Underworld and live out their dreams in the Land of the Living.
Dir. Henry Selick · With Lyric Ross, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele
Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student. Stealing a car and accidentally killing a highway patrolman, he becomes the most wanted fugitive in L.A.
Dir. Jim McBride · With Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano

Now living in his permanent home at the Jade Palace with the rest of the Furious Five, Po the Panda trains, battles, learns, teaches, stumbles, gabs and "geeks out" as the newest hero in the Valley of Peace.
With Mick Wingert, Kari Wahlgren, James Sie
After thief Alex Cardo gets caught while stealing an ancient katana in East Asia, he soon finds himself imprisoned and beaten up by the crowd there. One of the guards, Demon, feels upset by Alex appearance and tortures him as often as he gets the opportunity. Alex finds a friend and mentor in the jailhouse, Master Sun, who teaches him a superior fighting style called Iron Hand. When a 'best of the best kumite' is to take place, Demon gets an invitation. Now Master Sun and Alex need to find a way to let Alex take part in the kumite too.
Dir. Alan Mehrez · With Daniel Bernhardt, Pat Morita, Donald Gibb
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