Kiss of the Dragon (DVD)

A Chinese intelligence officer, Liu Jian, is sent to France to work with the French police on a case. However, on arrival, he is betrayed by Inspector Richard, the man in charge of the case, who frames him for a series of murders. Trying to avoid being caught and charged, Liu Jian becomes involved with Jessica, a prostitute, who just happens to have been part of the attempt to frame him. In return for her testimony to his innocence, he agrees to rescue her daughter from Richard's clutches. Can one man fight the French authorities and win? And will he be able to rescue Jessica's daughter at the same time? Following an appearance in the fourth Lethal Weapon film ...  Read the complete review

Jet Li stars in this film, playing cop Liu Jiuan who has come to Paris to assist in a major drugs operation. Here he meets Richard (Tchéky Karyo) who turns out to be a corrupt Inspector. He frames Liu for the murder of a Chinese gangster and a prostitute. Fortunately it is not known where he is staying until he comes to the aid of prostitute Jessica (Bridget Fonda) the shop he is staying at ends up a mess after a gruelling fight. 'Uncle' Tai is caught in crossfire when Max (John Forgeham) tries to stop Lie. Liu angered by the death of the man who took him in finds out that Jessica is working for Richard and was one of the other prostitutes at the hotel the ...  Read the complete review

Chow Yun Fat, Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow, Donnie Yen, Bruce Lee. All names instantly associated with asian cinema. Add to that list one Jet Li, a small perfectly formed man who just happens to be capable of kicking your ass very quickly and efficiently. Li decided to enter the american market with an appearance in Lethal Weapon 4, not the most ideal of introductions but hey it's a start. Next was a starring role in the film Romeo Must Die, an action film with some good action but a story that really didn't make much sense when all was said and done. Now comes Kiss of the Dragon. All the elements are here for a good time. You have a script collaborated on ...  Read the complete review

This is an action packed almost Bruce lee style thriller, with a centre on corruption at government level. Powerful barons, pimps and drugs set in the seedy underworld of Paris (which makes a change from the backdrop of America), make up a surprisingly complicated but realistic theme, even despite the showcase agent fighting sequences! It sure is a hard and evil world portrayed here by the brutal ruling stronghold of police chief mafia's and the ring cocktail of narcotics, prostitution, vice and sheer dog eat dog murder! Forget all that though. Sit back and enjoy the sheer feel of vengeance as our hero (Liu Jian, who plays a Criminal intelligence ...  Read the complete review

Few Hollywood action films seem complete without a scene in which some martial arts supremo leaps into the air, turns somersaults, kills forty seven people, mixes a Harvey Wallbanger and solves a particularly difficult Rubik’s Cube, all in mid-air, before finally landing on both feet, and then shooting someone. I blame ‘The Matrix’, although producers of subsequent movies seem not to have understood that the amazing feats of flying seen in that film were dramatically possible because the protagonists were effectively superheroes. ‘Crouching Tiger’ works in a similar way, taking place in a world where magical powers are commonplace. ...  Read the complete review