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 The Accidental Spy $9.99 Jackie Chan returns to dazzling form! If you've watched Chan's Hollywood movies (Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon) and been unimpressed, The Accidental Spy is a good introduction to the astonishing fights and extraordinary stunts that make Chan's Hong Kong films such events. Chan plays an exercise-equipment salesman who turns out to be the missing son of a Korean double agent who's connected with drug lords in Turkey who have developed a super-addictive opium--got all that? The plot is largely nonsensical, a series of implausible escapades that frame the action; but what the movie lacks in logic, it makes up for in spectacle, ranging from a burning runaway truck cascading off a bridge to a stark-naked Chan pursued by thugs in a Turkish bazaar, defending himself with every implement in sight. This is why Jackie Chan is the biggest movie star in the world--check it out. --Bret Fetzer  Sunrise at the Mayan Temple (The Accidental Detectives Series #14) $5.99 A baffling invitation to an archaeological dig in Mexico defies all logic, but it is too good to pass up. Along with Joel and Old Lady Bugsby, Ricky and his friends head south and encounter a chilling mix of ancient legends and present-day mysteries. Their search for the truth leads to people they wouldn't have suspectedand places they'd prefer to avoid. Accidental Detectives book 14  Cronicas $24.99 In twisty thriller Crnicas, John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge) finally lands a lead role worthy of his talent. The Columbian-born actor is Manolo Bonilla, an ambitious Miami-based reporter for a Spanish-language news outlet. When a serial killer devastates a small town in Ecuador, he and his crew, Marisa (Leonor Watling, Talk to Her) and Ivn (Jos Mara Yazpik, Innocent Voices), fly down to cover the story. Shortly after their arrival, Bonilla saves the life of shifty-looking salesman Vinicio Cepeda (Damin Alczar). His intentions aren't as honorable as they seem. Cepeda claims to have information regarding the "Monster of Babahoyo" and Bonilla will do anything to keep him talking. Soon his star begins to rise as Cepeda provides him with more and more ratings-grabbing details. Then Bonilla discovers something even the authorities don't know about--another body. His decision to follow the lead on his own could make his career...or completely destroy it. Worse yet, another child may lose his life if Bonilla fails. Featuring Alfred Molina (Frida) as Marisa's TV host husband (seen only via monitor). Written and directed by Sebastin Cordero and produced by Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarn, Crnicas was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. --Kathleen C. Fennessy  Evidence of Murder (Onyx) $7.99 An account of the murder of Julie Post describes how Julie's husband, Ed, a successful real-estate dealer, abused both his wife and his children before murdering his wife in a hotel bathroom. |
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