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Love this movie. It's a classic, but.....

posted 13 years ago by MurdockATeam
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It still bothers me that the box and all who have promoted this movie always say this is an "Eric Roberts Film". What the *beep*?? Even though this movie has a lot of Eric Roberts in it, he still is clearly not the main character. The main character is Tommy Lee, NOT Alex Grady. This movie is about Tommy Lee getting his and leading the American team against Korea, NOT Alex's constant crying and woes.

Anyway I still feel they pushed Eric Roberts as the center actor cuz the entertainment industry is still racist and they figured the movie would sell more if Phillip Rhee wasn't on the front of the cover or poster. Tommy is also my favorite character.

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[–] grumpy_otter 13 years ago

I disagree with the "racist" claim. As jereonbererndsen said, it was simply done because Eric Roberts was better known. Plenty of movies have Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee as the lead.

[–] Howlin Wolf 12 years ago

It's not about who is more important to the story; it's who was the bigger name at the time of release...

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