Two families, bound by tradition, are locked in a brutal war. But theyve got no chance when a streetfighting excop takes on both sides of a fierce turf war. Li is an excop investigating the murder of his brother, who had ties with the chinese mafia in america. Made in 2000, it is his first lead role in a hollywood film and his second english speaking film after his role in lethal weapon 4.
Moving on, the story was okay not bad, but as the same time not fantastic. This is not a film that will appeal to fans of the genre. A parody of top gun in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. In this modern day romeo and juliet, kung fu action star jet li plays romeo to hiphop singer, aaliyah haughtons juliet. Mar 22, 2000 two warring gang families one africanamerican, the other chinese maneuver for bragging rights to the oakland, california, docks. With jet li, aaliyah, isaiah washington, russell wong.
The director really made a good job directing the movie, i still would stay romeo must. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. 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. But when the first casualty is the asian warlords son, the gang war becomes more dangerous than either side ever imagined. In the city ruled by criminals, two families have forgotten their fear.
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. Two warring gang families one africanamerican, the other chinese maneuver for bragging rights to the oakland, california, docks. Jet li had been kickin arse and takin names long before he played the scary big bad in lethal weapon 4, but its exactly that gig that got him his first lead in a hollywood action picture. This flick has got one overriding flaw, but mostly its entertaining as heck. In this modern day, martial arts take on romeo and juliet hong kong action superstar jet li plays romeo to hiphop star aaliyahs juliet as an excop taking on the chinese mafia in the us. His whole entire film career jet li was always playing a good guy, until he come to america for the first time his film role was a bad guy in lethal weapon 4 1998 right after success of the last installment in. Asian and african american gangs are vying for control of oaklands waterfront. One one side youve got a criminal organization run and filled wit african americans while the other is run by chinese americans. The credits during the opening of the movie are first given in chinese characters and then are translated into english. He will make them remember two warring gang families one africanamerican, the other chinese maneuver for bragging rights to the oakland, california, docks.
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. In the film, a chinese former police officer travels to the united states in order to avenge his brothers death. A modern take on the classic romeo and juliet costarring hip hop star aaliyah haughton one of 1999. December 28, 2010 this hiphop romeo and juliet is awful. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Jet li, aaliyah, isaiah washington an avenging cop seeks out his brothers killer and falls for the daughter of. With charlie sheen, cary elwes, valeria golino, lloyd bridges. The film was released in the united states on march 22, 2000. Worldrenowned martial arts master and asian film sensation jet li stars as a. Firstly, it really exaggerates the whole asian thing, making it seem like we chinese all practice kung fu in our backyards while drinking. Despite the fact that this is an action film, i was pretty bored with it because the film was poorly done. Hang sing and trish oday uncover a trail of deceit that leaves most of the warring factions dead or worse. The story didnt appeal to me whatsoever, and i felt it was boring, uninspired and not.
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