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Summary: A Perfect Mix
Review: This movie is perfect for what it tried and succeeded to achieve: Kung Fu Hip Hop. It doens't pretend to be more than what it is. It's loaded with well cheograped fight scenes curtesy of Cory Yuen, that's both inventive and unique. Imagine, kung fu touch football, a flying firehose, Jet Li puppeteering Aliyah to kick Francois Yip's rear end, and a whole lot of stuff thrown in. Although the plot can be virtually ignored like background music for the martial arts, it is essential in keeping the movie flowing. And the supporting cast is very A list, like Delroy Lindo, Russell Wong and Anthony Anderson who provides the comic relief. Ofcourse everyone will agree that the pairing of Li and Aliyah is impecable. They share such a sweet and innocent chemistry that it shows thru each time they are on screen together. The DVD extras does show evidence that they got along very well off screen and shared mutual admiration. Li even did a cameo on Aliyah music video. The DVD is really worth owning because it is the kind of movie that you can watch again and again when you are in the mood for it. All along you can't help but feel terrible about Aliyah's sudden death. How sad! Buy the DVD and consider it an homage to a pretty girl who could have had a really great acting career.
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Summary: The type of movie u don't remember much about (2.5/5 stars)
Review: This movie is nothing special, a week after u seen it u don't remember anything about the movie except for a lot of Kung-Fu kicks and that DMX was hardly in the movie...U can watch RUMBLE IN THE BRONX (Jackie Chan) if u want a kung-fu movie... The movie isn't bad but it isn't good either
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Summary: The worst Jet Li movie, yet it's still good
Review: Most of you are wondering why I give this 4 stars, yet I stated that it is Jet Li's worst movie. B/c Jet Li has never starred in a bad movie, But if I had to rate his American flicks from best to worst, this one would be the worst. However, it is still a very enjoyable kung-fu flick to watch. This movie has some of the best martial arts fighting scenes I had ever scene. Jet Li is way better then Jackie Chan, but I still like Chan too. Its combines high flyin fighting with hip hop music. It delivers a great lesson about who you should trust and who you shouldn't because betrayal is one of the themes in this movie. Anyway here is the plot.
Han Sing is a former hong kong cop who is now a prisoner. Then one day he learns that his little brother Po, who lives in America, has been killed. Han escapes from jail and travels to America in search of his brothers killer. He comes to America at the same time his Father Chu'ing, and his buisness partner Isaac O'day (Delroy Lindo) who are also both rivals(inclding their families and friends), are fighting to own some piece of land. Upon his coming to merica, Han meets Isaac O'day's daughter, Trish (Aaliyah) whom he falls inlove with but also contributes problems betwwen the families. Then we also learn Han's backround about why he was an ex-cop who became a prisoner. It turns out that years before, his father, Ch'u Sing was a gangster in China and was gonna be put for trial. Chu knew he would recieve the death penalty, so Han managed to let him escape so his father would be able to get away and provide a better life for him and his little brother Po. His father fled to america w/ his brother, and Han was stripped from his badge and thrown in Jail for doing what he did. And back to what's going on right now, Later Trish's own Brother, Colin is later killed. Who is killing all these people. Why are so many loved being killed. Soon Han learns he is in a place where he may not be able to trust anybody.
That is them plot. Thee isn't much more to say about this movie. All actors and actreeses do tremendous jobs. The chemestry between Li and Aaliyah is very convincing. It is a must see movie for all Martial arts fans.
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Summary: Pretty fun
Review: Jet Li Rocks. This movie is awesome. filled with lots of great fighting scenes. Better then Kiss of the dragon
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Summary: Hip-hop meets kung fu in a wild mix of genres
Review: I'm a big fan of Jet Li, but I held off watching Romeo Must Die for a while in fear that a strong romantic plot a la Shakespeare would take away from the martial arts action I crave. I needn't have worried. This movie is many things, but a love story it is not. The two main characters do come together despite their families' undeclared war on each other, but it is more an act of survival and friendship than romance. This is primarily an action movie sprinkled with both kung fu fights and gunfights; unofficially, Romeo Must Die is a hip-hop kung fu film. Of course, there has to be some comedy thrown in to lighten things up, and a rather nebulous plot that leaves one feeling a step behind the story at all times gives it that classic martial arts flavor. One thing this movie has is a great cast, including the two new-comers of sorts. For Jet Li, this was his first English-language leading role (although it was his 26th film overall), and for Aaliyah, it was her first of what should have been many more movies were it not for her untimely death a couple of years ago. The supporting players are great, particularly Delroy Lindo as African-American crime boss Isaak O'Day, a man who is trying to go legit only to see a turf war erupt between his posse and that of a neighboring Chinese crime family. Anthony Anderson steals the show, though, as O'Day's hilarious goon Maurice, shucking and jiving his way throughout the entire film, always rising to the comic occasion no matter how many times he loses a fight. Jet Li is Han Sing, a former Hong Kong cop who went to jail to allow his crooked father and brother to flee the island for America; when he learns that his little brother has been rubbed out, he makes a most interesting and enjoyable prison break in order to find his brother's killer. Aaliyah plays Trish O'Day, an independent woman who is ashamed of her family's illicit business dealings. Han ends up seeking her out as the best lead for finding his brother's killer, and they eventually form a certain bond and work together as the killings not only continue, they hit ever closer to home. The story as it plays out is a little bit confusing and hard to predict, with an ending that turns out to be quite good indeed, but there's a good bit of entertainment to be had alongside all the senseless killing. Jet Li on the dance floor is a perfect example of what I'm talking about here. Han can pretend to know hip-hop, but his moves on the dance floor are significantly less impressive than his moves in a fight. Another great scene involves Han being attacked by a female martial artist; while he refuses to hit a woman, he comes up with a pretty handy dandy way of kicking her to the curb like she deserves. Then there is Jet Li's football scene, wherein his character takes the thoroughly American game to a whole new level. This leads me into one problem I have with the film, though. Romeo Must Die, from the producer of The Matrix, suffers from The Matrix Syndrome, using wires to orchestrate acrobatic stunts for no reason whatsoever. Things go so far here as to introduce "ultra pain mode" shots where we suddenly zoom inside a person's body to see the reaction to a punch. There's just no need for Jet Li to fly through the air; the fact that he can take out every man in a large room without ever setting foot on the ground might sound cool, but it really takes something away from the otherwise gritty feel of the film. Romeo Must Die is really an odd mix of martial arts, hip-hop flavor, comedy, action, you name it. The soundtrack gives it a driving pulse you won't find in many films of this type, making this a movie that fans of several genres can enjoy. There is plenty of action, although Jet Li's martial arts skills aren't put to good use nearly as much as I would have preferred. The DVD is absolutely loaded with extra features: theatrical trailers, 3 music videos, 13 behind-the-scenes featurettes and interviews, and even more goodies for DVD-ROM owners. It's a very enjoyable film, but its mix-and-match genre outfit leaves it unable to wholly satisfy fans of any one genre.
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Summary: Watch The Transporter instead.
Review: Funny enough, even though The Transporter doesn't feature the likes of Jet Li, Jackie Chan, or Donnie Yen in the lead role (the titular character is played by the delightfully cool Jason Statham, who could act circles around these guys), it's more of a true Hong Kong action film than anything those aforementioned actors have done in the U.S. You see, that movie didn't rely on quick cuts, wirework, computer generated images, or flashy camerawork, just good old and often innovative bone-crunching combat. And much of Romeo Must Die lacks just that. I can think of five action sequences in the film involving Jet Li, and two of them are too silly to even mention (the hilariously bad football segment and the firehose fight) and one of them is overdone by too much flash (the prison escape). So what we get are two decent action sequences with Li and even they're not perfect, particularly the final fight with Russell Wong, which ends with hideous ten-foot, gravity-defying leaps. The plot's also a mess, never compelling enough to work in-between the fights and director Bartkowiak completely fails to build up any sort of momentum. The fight scenes come at irregular periods with an ebb and flow feel.
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Summary: FIGHTING ACTION FLICK
Review: out of the counteless martial arts wannabee movies, i think thta this 1 stood out to be in the catagory of karate flicks that people actually enjoy. altho flawed some, it was still a fairly decent movie. as always, the stunts are spectacular, but everything was fairly predictible, my advice is to rent it, and see where you will go with this movie from there
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Summary: Excellent Movie
Review: This movie was great. It combined two vast worlds of hip hop and Martial Arts together...with the help of Aaliyah, Jet Li, DMX. The chemistry between Aaliyah and Jet is remarkable. The movie had a great story line and an ending which left the audience predicting... Overall, this movie is excellent. For this to be Aaliyah's first big screne acting primere, you would think that she has been in the movies for years. She becomes Trisha O'Day.
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Summary: A true Romeo!
Review: This video was pretty good, but Jet Li and Aaliyah wasn't quite the Romeo and Juliet type. The emotional feelings between them, were not as convincing as I would have expected. But the fact that Jet Li was labeled romeo, fit the character he portrays. He was a perfect gentleman with Aaliyah. Both Aaliyah and Jet Li had only one thing in common, and that was finding out who killed each of their brothers. Jet Li became a one man army against the thugs who killed his brother and Aaliyah's brother. The Action of Jet Li's martial art is a must see.
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Summary: A good entry for Li...
Review: Jet Li's film "Romeo Must Die" is not a translation of "Romeo and Juliet," it just mirrors the story a little. That's fine with me, as long as I get my fight scenes. There are tons of fight scenes in this movie and therefore, reasons to be pleased. My big complaint, though, is that not for one minute do we doubt that Li can't handle the black gangsta bad guys in this movie. They're too easy to beat up and provide no challenge for him. But his chemistry with Aaliyah works well as she was a good actress and had a nice screen presence. Li's acting isn't that good, but what do you expect? Oscar-winning performances? The guy whispers half his lines, for crying out loud! Overall, "Romeo Must Die" is a treat for the martial-arts fan in all of us.
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