Movie romeo must die

Li is an excop investigating the murder of his brother, who had ties with the chinese mafia in america. When i watch a movie like this, i want it to look like people are really fighting each other. Aaliyah plays the daughter of the american mob boss. But when the first casualty is the asian warlords son, the gang war becomes more dangerous than either side ever imagined. Battlestar galactica remake star grace park dancing with jennifer wong in a club, the girls briefly lesbian kissing each other and jennifer showing some pokey nipples through her red dress before grace lowers it to reveal her right breast. Disclaimer i dont own the characters the story is mine and mine alone.

Asian and african american gangs are vying for control of oaklands waterfront. Po sing jon kit lee is waiting for someone in a club in a predominantly african american neighborhood when a group of angry patrons try to start a fight with him. In this modern day romeo and juliet, kung fu action star jet li plays romeo to hiphop singer, aaliyah haughtons juliet. Two families, bound by tradition, are locked in a brutal war. The disc has much of what youd expect from a hiphopdriven movie soundtrack fairly good production, with a beatsdujour tunesmith like missy elliotts tim timbaland mosley at the helm. Shakespeares classic tragedy is given that urban flavor and that martial arts twist. The films setting is oakland, california, but other than a few establishing shots, film production was entirely in vancouver, british columbia. But you watch her in this movie and you can tell shes got what. This is jet lis second hollyood movie after the hit lethal weapon 4. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 6. The new try again echoes the combo of heartfelt vocals and braingrabbing production that marked her earlier triumph are you that somebody. No movie ever has filled me with so much strange energy and gotten me so immersed in it. It is packed with amazing fight scenes, plenty of jokes and a great atmosphere sorrounding the movie. A modern take on the classic romeo and juliet costarring hip hop star aaliyah haughton one of 1999 teen people magazines 21 hottest stars.

This is my favourite jet li movie, others include kiss. Theres also a brief appearance from dmx, and its always nice to see delroy lindo who plays aaliyahs father in stuff. Two warring gang families one africanamerican, the other chinese maneuver for bragging rights to the oakland, california, docks. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. To a degree, though, it has been tinctured with sadness, because its essentially the beginning and end of the promising career of aaliyah. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to finish it. Han sing, played by the actor jet li, resembles romeo, where as trish oday, played by. Some of the fight scenes are computerised, but impresses big time. 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, 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. R 1h 55min action, crime, thriller 22 march 2000 usa 2. Unfortunately, when hes not on screen, the movie slows to a crawl. Neither side approves of their romance, so, obviously, kung fu action. His fathers righthand man kai russell wong and his henchmen pull po out and, after a brief fight with the bouncers, are ejected by silk dmx, the clubs owner, before the meeting can take place. Despite the fact that this is an action film, i was pretty bored with it because the film was poorly done. With jet li, aaliyah, isaiah washington, russell wong. The romeo and juliet template may help in laying out the plot, but the updating with chineseafrican americans is cool and rings clear in todays urban centers although koreanafrican american would have been even more interesting but not korean jet li at this time. This rivalry culminates in the death of po sing, chus. I also felt that jet li and aaliyah lacked in the chemistry department. Joel silverproduced action movie with a borderline straight to video feel.