In this modern day Romeo and Juliet, kung fu action star Jet Li plays Romeo to hip-hop singer, Aaliyah Haughton's Juliet. Li is an ex-cop investigating the murder of his brother, who had ties with the Chinese mafia in America. Aaliyah plays the daughter of the American mob boss. Neither side approves of their romance, so, obviously, kung fu action ensues, with a soundtrack by Aaliyah.
Han Sing is an ex-cop who went to prison in Hong Kong to let his father, a Chinese crime lord, and his brother escape to San Francisco. When his brother is killed, seemingly by a black gang headed by Isaak O'Day, Sing breaks out of prison and gets to America to discover his brother's killer and avenge his death.
Bottom line is I wanted to see fight scenes and what I saw I was mostly impressed by (didn&#39;t like the special effects too much, though; they should&#39;ve just let Li do his thing), but there weren&#39;t nearly enough of them. There was, instead, mostly a lot of talking and whispering and a story I found extremely hard to follow or care about.<br/><br/>One other note: one reviewer (James Bernardinelli) claims that Romeo Must Die is more entertaining than Jackie Chan&#39;s Rush Hour. Haw. Rush Hour is way more entertaining, more tightly paced, has better fight scenes and makes fewer (if any) pretentions, as far as story and, *ahem* character development.
First, for Jet Li&#39;s second U.S. movie and Aaliyah&#39;s first one, it wasn&#39;t TOO bad. Or at least, I&#39;ve seen worse from more established actors. That rationale is the only way I can describe the acting abilities (or deficiencies) of these two…<br/><br/>The movie started WAY TOO SLOW! I almost fell asleep on it! But it was a good thing that I stuck around and watched the rest. The only good part to me in the middle. Whether it was the martial arts or the comic relief that actually complemented the movie, the middle part was worth the $6.50 I paid for a ticket…<br/><br/>The ending was a completely different matter. Basically like the beginning, it was too slow and tried to tie into a what was supposed to be a plot. The plot never developed, though many moviegoers knew what the plot was SUPPOSED to be at the outset.<br/><br/>Aaliyah and Jet are made out in the commercials to be these two frisky and young lovers. Not! All Jet got was a hug at the end (though I&#39;d take a hug from Aaliyah any day!), and though I didn&#39;t expect that he would get some from Trish, I also expected a peck on the cheek or something!<br/><br/>This is a good video movie, so I&#39;d wait until it came out on video or DVD. BTW, go get the soundtrack; it&#39;s better than the movie!
This is not for the Merchant-Ivory crowd, but action fans will feel their pulses quicken.
Several action scenes were censored for the British BBFC 15 version: fighting scenes and shootouts.
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