From the producer of the blockbuster franchises the matrix and lethal weapon, worldrenowned martial arts master and asian film sensation jet li stars in this hioctane thriller as a oneman arsenal who escapes from a hong kong jail to. 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. Some of the fight scenes are computerised, but impresses big time. Despite the fact that this is an action film, i was pretty bored with it because the film was poorly done. Asian and african american gangs are vying for control of oaklands waterfront. In the film, li stars as han, a former police officer who escapes from a chinese prison in order to investigate the murder of his little brother in oakland, california. While investigating his brothers murder, an excop gets roped into a turf war between two factions involving the daughter of his familys rival. An avenging cop seeks out his brothers killer and falls for the daughter. Worldrenowned martial arts master and asian film sensation jet li stars as a oneman arsenal who escapes from a hong kong jail to avenge. Two warring gang families one africanamerican, the other chinese maneuver for bragging rights to. Two warring gang families one africanamerican, the other chinese maneuver for bragging rights to the oakland, california, docks. This is jet lis second hollyood movie after the hit lethal weapon 4. But you watch her in this movie and you can tell shes got what. But when the first casualty is the asian warlords son, the gang war becomes more dangerous than either side ever imagined.
This flick has got one overriding flaw, but mostly its entertaining as heck. But theyve got no chance when a streetfighting excop takes on both sides of a fierce turf war. From the producer of the blockbuster franchises the matrix and lethal weapon, worldrenowned martial arts master and asian film sensation jet li stars in this. 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.
An avenging cop seeks out his brothers killer and falls for the. Two families, bound by tradition, are locked in a brutal war. Its a hiphop kungfu film thats light on the surface and made for easy watching. In the film, a chinese former police officer travels to the united states in order to avenge his brother. While hunting down his brothers murderer, he falls in love with the daughter of a rival crime boss who is his prime suspect. Unfortunately, when hes not on screen, the movie slows to a crawl. International actionstar jet li lethal weapon 4 stars in this hioctane thriller from the producer of blockbusters the matrix and the lethal weapon franchise. 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. The film was released in the united states on march 22, 2000. Aaliyah lights up the screen in her film debut, and i still get sad whenever i think of that plane crash.
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