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 Why, indeed?  The idea intensified from there to an internet service that would deliver anything, from a video to a double decaf, skim latte, by bicycle messenger to busy urbanites whose most basic and unfailing skills are clicking and dialing.  Director Wonsuk Chin's camera follows Kang and Park in their enthusiastic frenzy to raise venture capital, find offices, hire people and move on as quickly as possible to an IPO.</div> <bR> <div> This story is very similar to last year's <I><B>Start up .com</B></I> about another .com, although Kozmo got farther along the line.  They were actually delivering the product, even if the employees were not getting regular paychecks, before crashing and burning in 2000.  The stakes were higher as a $150 million deal was struck with Starbucks and another large pact with Amazon.  The company grew from a few employees in 1998 to 4,000 in the spring of 2000.  Park is on camera much of the time and his tenacity and energy cannot be doubted.  </div> <bR> <div> The son of Korean immigrants, the hope to make good in the land of opportunity was learned in childhood.  In the end though, it feels like these guys played too many video games as children and were confused about the difference between scoring the highest points with play money and running a viable company.  Chin's view is a little too cool and distant to make us much care.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="592" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="588"><div> Shelley Cameron <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Symbol" >Ó</FONT> 2002</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="588"><div> <A HREF="mailto:shlcameron@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:shlcameron@aol.com"><U><U>Shelley@reelmoviecritic.com</U></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>