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Kiss of the Dragon (Full Screen Edition)

Kiss of the Dragon (Full Screen Edition)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best gritty action flick
Review: Loved the pace of the movie, not a boring minute, convincing villain you would hate, tremendous odds against Jet( he's only 5'5 by estimate)Yet he kicks ass. Nice touch of having wrist band of Needles as his weapon. You can see a lot of his ideas in this film did i mention he wrote the story. Bruce Lee fans will love this film

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: bad ass
Review: It's rad to see Jet Li go up against almost every different style of hand to hand combat -- from boxing to knife fighting to European kick boxing. He kicks ass, and yet he doesn't pick up a gun throughout the whole movie!

'Course, it's not exactly family fare -- this one is considerably more gruesome than most of Li's other work. Still, the cinematography and action sequences are top notch...

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not too good and not too bad
Review: Reasons you should see this movie:

1. Jet Li fans will love the awesome fighting scenes that every Jet Li movie has to offer. There's even a scene where he fights about 50+ karate guys in a sort of Bruce Lee style.

2. The ending of the movie is pretty cool.

Resons not to see it:

1. There's a fairly graphic scene with prostitutes that is inappropriate for minors.

2. The film is very gory and violent.

Bottom Line: See this movie if you are a fan of Jet Li and his former movies. It's not all that much different from the rest of them.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Pitiful!
Review: Going to see this was one of the biggest wastes of my money. I am usually pretty forgiving when it comes to movies, Kiss of The Dragon really demostrated how bad of an actor Jet Li really is (in fact all of the acting in the movie was bad). It proved how much Romeo Must Die (an excellent movie) really depended on good actors (and actresses). The fight scenes were overly violent and made me cringe at times (and i usually don't mind excessive violence). The plot seemed like it was made in a matter of 15 minutes becuase there were so many holes that by the time I left the theater I was angry about wasting my time and my money.

I recommend that you save our time and money and leave this one on the shelves

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A must have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Is this type of movie that put martial arts in a place above all other types of action films. Jet Li is incredibly fast and exciting with Bridget Fonda providing a very good supporting role. The fight scene at the end between Jet LI and the two blonde brothers is one for the ages. I recommend this movie highly to everybody out there who enjoys a good martial arts action movie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: a vision from the past
Review: When i first watched the movie I thought is was alright. Then i thought to myself,hey they are doing all these fight scenes without ropes or explosives. You know the type of things that distract your attention away from the real fighting. Jet li reminded me of the Bruce Lee movies i use to watch. The speed at witch he calculated his moves was amazing. But more than that, it was a motivational film for myself,because i practice martial arts. So this is a must see for all movie buffs that are into a good fighting scenes. Five stars.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Fan-frikin-tastic!!!!!!!!
Review: I've never seen a movie 3 times in a theatre before. I'm not an action junky; I do enjoy intellectual pieces as well. However, to see Jet Li in all his splendor without wires and cgi fx was a real treat.

Don't judge this movie for what it isn't. This movie is basically a clothesline for the action sequences so in all fairness one should judge it on the quality of its action.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: What are these other people thinking?
Review: I went to see this movie looking for an average to good action film. The movie I saw barely rated 1 star. Poor plot, unbelievable action scenes, and characters that would be considered over the top in a comic book! Save your money on this one. Rental only!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Watch La Femme Nikita and KOD back to back
Review: Kiss of the Dragon is one of Li's best U.S. movies... but, then again, its not Once Upon a Time in China or Fist of Legend. BUT... watch Nikita and then Kiss of the Dragon afterwards. Its almost like watching a sequel :)

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: On track for better Asian movies in the West
Review: What's worse than having movies I watched in its original form, in Chinese, dubbed with English that doesn't make sense all the time (ie. Jackie Chan's "scum of the Earth" speech in Rumble in the Bronx)? It's watching Hollywood kill the talents of people like Jet Li and Chow Yun Fat (Replacement Killers was pathetic!!) with stereotypical chop sockey. Side note: *why is that whenever an Asian appears on the screen, some gongs clang or an off-pitch flute starts to bellow in the background? *sigh* Whenever a white person or a black person appears in a HK movie, I don't hear Yankee doodle or Roots music in the background, sheesh! Anywyays, in this case, Kiss of the Dragon was Jet Li true to form, without ridiculous wires, pathetic fortune cookie dialog and entertaining martial arts action. Li made this movie for his wife's cousins who complained about the [cruddy] Romeo Must Die action saying it contained unrealistic, ultra choreographed fight scenes. Li is a pleasure to watch, although the "acupunture spiderman wristwear" is a bit much but if anyone could pull it off, I think Li would be the man. If it was Segal, I would've walked out of the movie theater. Bridget Fonda had absolutely no purpose in this movie other than to make our male eyes widen a bit whenever there wasn't any action going on, and the anxious love tension between her and Li is a bit unrealistic (kiss her already God damn it, isn't this movie called Kiss of the Dragon?!?!!). So, if you want to watch what Jet Li is all about and what he can do...take a look at KOD. If you want to watch grasshopper X files, purchase the complete collection of Kung-Fu gift set.


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