Romeo Must Die (2000)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Writers (WGA):

Mitchell Kapner (story)
Eric Bernt (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

22 March 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

In A World Of Vicious Rivalries And Violent Betrayals Only One Thing Is Sure.

Plot:

An avenging cop seeks out his brother's killer and falls for the daughter of a businessman who is involved in a money-deal with his father.

Plot Keywords:

Brother | Hong Kong | Prison | Waterfront | Chinese Mafia

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Jet Li	...	Han Sing
Aaliyah	...	Trish O'Day
Isaiah Washington	...	Mac
Russell Wong	...	Kai
DMX	...	Silk
Delroy Lindo	...	Isaak O'Day
D.B. Woodside	...	Colin (as DB Woodside)
Henry O	...	Ch'u Sing
Jon Kit Lee	...	Po Sing
Edoardo Ballerini	...	Vincent Roth
Anthony Anderson	...	Maurice
Matthew Harrison	...	Dave
Terry Chen	...	Kung
Derek Lowe	...	Chinese Messenger
Ronin Wong	...	New Prisoner

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, some language and brief nudity.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:MA (TV rating) | Malaysia:18PL | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 (w) (nf) | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:M | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (cut) | USA:R | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Embarcadero Street, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Silver Pictures

Trivia:

While in the record store we see many posters of different artist (such as R. Kelly) after Trish leaves the store Maurice stays and when he realizes that Trish has left, it shows him running towards the door and there is a poster of Aaliyah (the actress/singer that plays the character Trish) by the window.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the car is being chased by the motorcyclists, one motorcyclist (BMW) accelerates and pulls up to the left side of the car multiple times with the gun in the throttle hand.

Quotes:

Isaak: He's a lot shorter than I thought.
Trish: [laughs] Oh, Daddy.
Isaak: He's just a little guy.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Judging Amy: Romeo and Juliet Must Die - Well, Maybe Just Juliet (#2.17)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Rollin Raw

The most violent "interpretation" of Shakespeare I`ve ever seen

"Romeo Must Die" is definetely the most violent "interpretation" of Shakespeare I`ve ever seen. Okay, interpretation is not the right word to use, but that is nevertheless what this movie at some point wants to be. I really liked Jet Li in this movie, and I`ve liked him since I first saw him in "Lethal Weapon 4" a couple of years ago. Fighting and betrayal is what "Romeo Must Die" is all about, and the fighting is very entertaining, although sometimes a bit cheesy, because some of the "Matrix-scenes", which is out of place outside the world of science-fiction. Still, "Romeo Must Die" is an actionflick you wouldn`t want to miss. It manages to be interesting enough, but the fighting is what makes it really good. 8/10