There's nothing more bisexual, so it seems, than a buddy action comedy. The two action heroes-often very macho-always seem to have some kind of joke where they may be gay, whether it's being in the bathtub together, a too-friendly pat on the butt, or a moment of sentimentality.

And superstar action hero Jackie Chan teamed with comic Chris Tucker do the same in "Rush Hour 3." The two Los Angeles police officers this time head to Paris to help the daughter of an ambassador. When Tucker's character, named Carter, is told by a sensual French lady-of-the-evening that "I've never been with an American man before," he quickly responds, "Well, neither have I!" But then, when it may appear that this lady may be no lady at all, he freaks out with the appropriate pop-culture bisexual references by saying, "It's 'The Crying Game,' it's 'Brokeback Carter' " while the song "The Closer I Get to You" is played over and over again in the background. By the end of the movie, when the buddy-buddy team seems so close, Carter thinks nothing of saying, "If you kiss me you have to buy me dinner."

Jackie Chan & Chris Tucker in "Rush Hour 3"

Chan is no stranger to funny and seemingly playful gay or bi references with Owen Wilson in both "Shanghai Noon" and "Shanghai Knights" as well as the ill-fated remake of "Around the World in 80 Days." And in the last "Rush Hour," there's a funny exchange when a gay Versace salesman seems over-friendly to the buddy cops and Chan turns to Tucker and says, "I think he likes you." Rather than the expected "Ewww!" Tucker shrugs and says, "I'm not going shopping with you anymore."

Another subtle bi guy may be "coming out" in the form of a rough and rugged sky pirate played by Robert De Niro in "Stardust." A terrible fantasy movie that can't tell if it's for children or adults, and tries desperately to be as clever a "The Princess Bride," this has De Niro running a ship filled with macho thugs who kidnap a young cute couple played by British cutie Charlie Cox ("Merchant of Venice") and luminescent Claire Danes ("Stage Beauty") who both have credits that have bi themes. But in "Stardust," it looks like De Niro is taking the young couple into his private quarters to kill the lad and rape the girl, yet when he closes the door he becomes totally flamboyant and asks about the London nightlife. Then, his character turns into a cross-dresser and seems as interested in the guy as he does the girl (or at least her clothes). The whole thing is really as awful as it sounds.

Claire Danes, Robert De Niro & Charlie Cox in "Stardust"

"Stardust" has seven brothers, one of them played by Rupert Everett (who plays a randy bi guy in an obscure crime thriller called "B. Monkey"), who all have so much testosterone they just try to kill each other until they become ghosts. On the other side is an evil threesome of sisters led by Michelle Pfeiffer who are so vain they just want to drink the blood of a virgin star that has fallen (Danes). They would all be much happier if the sisters and brothers simply met each other and got together.

One of the best movies of the summer is the story that talks about the beginning of salsa music being brought to the United States by singer Hector Lavoe. Portrayed by Mark Anthony, the story is told from Lavoe's wife played by real-life wife Jennifer Lopez. "El Cantante" has the painful possibility of being a "passion project" for the superstar couple, but after some severe editing (when past film festival screenings bombed) the movie turns out to be rather good-a kind of peppy version of "Walk the Line," but much better.

Jennifer Lopez & Mark Anthony in "El Cantante"

When Lavoe and his wife are depicted in their partying mode in the mid-1970s, Lopez's character is shown in a three-way with another girl, and is being egged on by her husband. "You like her, don't you? You want her, don't you," he says, encouraging the triad. In a voiceover, Lopez's character says, "It just seemed normal to us at the time. At the time it was normal for everyone." Hmm, those were the days?!

Nothing in history shows that Lavoe was bi, nor his wife, but it's a nice scene to show that maybe they were open to it at one time. The biopic is supposedly very truthful and realistic in the tragic life of Lavoe, who ended up dying of AIDS after an uncontrollable drug addiction. As much of a downer as it sounds, it's truly one of the biggest surprises of the summer for me.