Bob Strauss May 4, 2021Updated: May 5, 2021, 5:34 pm
Alain Uy plays a divorced dad in the martial arts action comedy “The Paper Tigers.” Photo: Well Go USA
“The Paper Tigers” is a likable example of grit and determination, both onscreen and behind the scenes. Writer-director Tran Quoc Bao said he turned to Kickstarter to help finance his first feature film rather than give in to Hollywood’s suggestions that he cast white actors to play the lead roles he wrote as Asian Americans.
It took nearly a decade, but now Tran’s kung fu comedy/drama is out Friday, May 7, in the way he envisioned it. Any similarities to “Cobra Kai” are superficial.