The movie romeo must die

Two families, bound by tradition, are locked in a brutal war. But when the first casualty is the asian warlords son, the gang war becomes more dangerous than either side ever imagined. Shakespeares classic tragedy is given that urban flavor and that martial arts twist. In the film, a chinese former police officer travels to the united states in order to avenge his brother. With jet li, aaliyah, isaiah washington, russell wong. This flick has got one overriding flaw, but mostly its entertaining as heck. When his daughter is kidnapped and held in exchange for diamonds, the leader of a crew of highly skilled thieves forges an unlikely alliance with a. Despite the fact that this is an action film, i was pretty bored with it because the film was poorly done. Two warring gang families one africanamerican, the other chinese maneuver for bragging rights to the oakland, california, docks. Fans of martial arts will do well to wait for it to come out on video, so they can fastforward through all the meaningless exposition and endless shots of people giving mean and meaningful looks at each other and get to the good stuff. International actionstar jet li lethal weapon 4 stars in this hioctane thriller from the producer of blockbusters the matrix and the lethal weapon franchise. Aaliyah lights up the screen in her film debut, and i still get sad whenever i think of that plane crash. But you watch her in this movie and you can tell shes got what. Unfortunately, when hes not on screen, the movie slows to a crawl.

Some of the fight scenes are computerised, but impresses big time. Worldrenowned martial arts master and asian film sensation jet li stars as a oneman arsenal who escapes from a hong kong jail to avenge. An avenging cop seeks out his brothers killer and falls for the daughter of a businessman who is involved in a moneydeal with his father. An avenging cop seeks out his brothers killer and falls for the daughter. An avenging cop seeks out his brothers killer and falls for the. It is packed with amazing fight scenes, plenty of jokes and a great atmosphere sorrounding the movie. International actionstar jet li lethal weapon 4 stars in this hioctane thriller from the producer of blockbusters the matrix and the lethal. The film was released in the united states on march 22, 2000. This is jet lis second hollyood movie after the hit lethal weapon 4. In this modern day romeo and juliet, kung fu action star jet li plays romeo to hiphop singer, aaliyah haughtons juliet. While hunting down his brothers murderer, he falls in love with the daughter of a rival crime boss who is his prime suspect. Asian and african american gangs are vying for control of oaklands waterfront. Two warring families, one chinese, one african american, are fightingfor control of oakland waterfront.