11.   Hong Kong action star Chow Yun-Fat plays a professional hitman who renegs on an assignment, then must protect his family against a vengeful mob.

12.   In addition to providing his usual emotional and moral weight to the production, he also makes a credible action star as the aging Zorro.

13.   Long before Bond, Ms. Yeoh played opposite Jackie Chan, the comedy action star who became the box office king of Asia.

14.   Now, it seems, the main job is not to get pigeonholed as an action star.

15.   Payday is a lot bigger for action stars than for talented character actors.

16.   Perhaps Arnold, who failed on ABC and CBS before becoming somewhat of a theatrical action star, has possibly found his television level.

17.   Seagal also shines in a cameo, sending up his image as a macho, petulant, dimwit action star.

18.   Stallone and Seagal, and B-grade action stars like Jean Claude Van Damme, are probably content for a paycheck of any size.

19.   Stallone, the archetypal action star whose career has recently stumbled, said in an interview that he was seeking a new direction.

20.   The biggest kick is the addition of Hong Kong action star Michelle Yeoh, who plays a Chinese agent.