The dramatic post-1997 surge of Chinese visibility in Hollywood has been spurred by leading talents such as Ang Lee, John Woo, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Chow Yun-fat, Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Yimou, Gong Li, and Michelle Yeoh. Analyzing well-known films by Chinese stars and crew, as well as the broad influence they have had on Hollywood directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, Kenneth Chan describes how notions of Chinese identity, culture, and popular film genres have been reinvented and repackaged by major US studios. In highlighting numerous contradictions and cultural anxieties evident in transnational Hollywood films, Chan suggests than that many Chinese stars and directors have made painful compromises to get their films successfully launched into the global capitalist stream of cultural commodities.