An avenging cop seeks out his brother's killer and falls for the daughter of a businessman who is involved in a money-deal with his father.An avenging cop seeks out his brother's killer and falls for the daughter of a businessman who is involved in a money-deal with his father.An avenging cop seeks out his brother's killer and falls for the daughter of a businessman who is involved in a money-deal with his father.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations
D.B. Woodside
- Colin
- (as DB Woodside)
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- TriviaJet Li came up with the idea to have Aaliyah fight the lady on the motorcyle during the chase scene.
- GoofsWhen Han leaves Trish's place and beats up Maurice and his gang, we see Maurice with a cut that is bleeding on the right side of his lip. Later, when Han is persuaded to play football with Mac and the rest, we see Maurice with a scar on the left side of his lip.
- Crazy creditsThe credits during the opening of the movie are first given in Chinese characters and then are translated into English.
- Alternate versionsThe UK release was cut, the distributor chose to cut scenes of violence in order to obtain a 15 classification. An uncut 18 classification was available.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Waking the Dead/Here on Earth/Romeo Must Die (2000)
- SoundtracksFirst I'm Gonna Crawl
Written by DMX (as Earl Simmons) and Anthony Fields
Performed by DMX
Courtesy of Ruff Ryders Entertainment/Def Jam Records
Featured review
Good action film with awesome martial arts sequences!
This is a pretty intriguing and action-packed movie starring Jet Li in one of his first Hollywood appearances. His plays former Chinese cop Han Sing who breaks out of prison after hearing of his brother's murder in Oakland. When he gets there, he gets entangled in a money scheme plot involving two rival families, where the daughter of a crime lord, Trish O'Day (Aaliyah), is also caught in the middle.
It's almost like a modern-day Romeo and Juliet, but with Han and Trish caught in the chaos and them helping each other to stop the war and bring the criminals to justice. What resulted were some awesome martial arts sequences courtesy of Jet Li; seeing him grapple with the gang members left and right were both great and funny, especially him throwing around Anthony Anderson. The humor in the movie was also pretty top-notch and gave me some chuckles, but the acting was a bit average to me and the hip-hop soundtrack was pretty awful. However, Jet Li and Aaliyah had some great chemistry together; in her first motion picture, Aaliyah delivered a pretty witty and dramatic performance.
Overall, it's a good action film with a well-paced plot.
Grade B
It's almost like a modern-day Romeo and Juliet, but with Han and Trish caught in the chaos and them helping each other to stop the war and bring the criminals to justice. What resulted were some awesome martial arts sequences courtesy of Jet Li; seeing him grapple with the gang members left and right were both great and funny, especially him throwing around Anthony Anderson. The humor in the movie was also pretty top-notch and gave me some chuckles, but the acting was a bit average to me and the hip-hop soundtrack was pretty awful. However, Jet Li and Aaliyah had some great chemistry together; in her first motion picture, Aaliyah delivered a pretty witty and dramatic performance.
Overall, it's a good action film with a well-paced plot.
Grade B
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $55,973,336
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,014,503
- Mar 26, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $91,036,760
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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