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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   23,275 votes
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Director:
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Writers (WGA):
Mitchell Kapner (story)
Eric Bernt (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
22 March 2000 (USA) more
Tagline:
In A World Of Vicious Rivalries And Violent Betrayals Only One Thing Is Sure. more
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(32 articles)
Li Finished With Hollywood, for Now
 (From CinemaSpy. 25 August 2009, 9:30 PM, PDT)

Li Returns To Chinese Film
 (From WENN. 25 August 2009, 12:11 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Superior Gangster Film; Mediocre Kung Fu Film more (351 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

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 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
A similar scene where Han is using a fire hose as a weapon of choice is used again by Jason Statham's character Frank Martin in Transporter 2 (2005). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the explosion of the barge. Kai's face is fully illuminated on the both sides of his face which is not possible. more
Quotes:
Silk: Guns don't kill people, people kill people. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "HBO First Look: Making 'Romeo Must Die' (#7.3)" (2000) more
Soundtrack:
Perfect Man more

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Superior Gangster Film; Mediocre Kung Fu Film, 21 May 2000
7/10
Author: Bob-45 from Savannah, GA

ROMEO MUST DIE is one of those rare films which, while not particularly good for its genre, is surprisingly good for other reasons. Most of the black characters, even the villians, are sympathetically portrayed, even though the hero is Asian. Aaliyah is wholesomely sexy and quite beautiful. Russell Wong is phenomenal is a very short role. This guy has the looks, style, and presence of Russell Crowe. Jet Li, however, is very humane and appealing, though his character is underwritten. Most of the asian characters are shortchanged dramatically. However the white (primarily Jewish) characters are shortchanged the most. They receive the brunt of the ugly stereotyping. The kung-fu sequences are nothing special. They are too fast and too confusing to be completely effective. Though neat, the Xray effect detracted from the "realism," sort of like the old split screen and slo-mo effects of the 1960s films. Bone-crunching is far more effective; and, would someone please dispense with this "flying" nonsense? I don't want to see anything up there or the screen that is not physically possible. Special note must be made of Francoise Yip, the Female bike / fighter. If Ms. Yip did all her own stunts, she's not only stunningly beautiful, she is also awesome. One quibble, which I feel follows a disturbing pattern in motion pictures. Though Jet Li and Aaliyah are quite obviously in love at the close of the film, they never kiss. In a film which shows two beautiful asian dances french kiss, and one bares the other's breast and kisses her erect nipple,would it have been too much to ask to have to people of different races who are obviously in love share a romantic kiss?

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