Watch the master at work (Kiss of the Dragon (DVD))

Member Name: richy77

Product:	Kiss of the Dragon (DVD)
Date:	12/11/01 (59 review reads)
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Advantages: Jet Li, Great Action , Good Story

Disadvantages: Some gross scenes

After the lack of action movies at the box office I was looking forward to this action thriller by action legend Jet Li. I have seen many of his previous movies so I knew what to expect with his latest effort.

Kiss of The Dragon is set in Paris and Jet Li plays Chinese cop, Liu Jian who has been assigned to look help French police with the arrest of a chinese criminal. Upon his arrival Liu realises that police officers in France are not as honest as they should be. Liu takes an instance dislike to Inspector Richard. The surveillance of the chinese criminal takes an interesting twist and Liu turns into the prime suspect for the murder of the chinese criminal. On the run in Paris Liu doesn't know who he can turn to. Everywhere he goes he seems to be in trouble and chased by the corrupt Inspector Richard.
On his travels he meets a prostitute(Bridget Fonda) who has to work on the streets so that she can get her daughter back. The two troubled characters bond and help each other.

Before seeing Kiss of The Dragon I had read lots of reviews from America. Most of them were complimentary but most of them said that the violence in the film was a little over the top. To be honest there is a lot of graphic violence in the film but not more than your average action movie. The end scene is a little gross but apart from that I thought it was ok.

Well with a Jet Li film you are guaranteed lots of action and Kiss of the Dragon is no different. The opening scenes is amazing and is matched by the final twenty minutes. Fans of Romeo Must Die (another Jet Li movie) will have seen glimpses of what Li can do. Kiss of the Dragon takes the action another level higher and must be seen.

If you are after an alternative to all the comedies and romantic films currently playing at your local cinema then Kiss of the Dragon is the film for you. It has great action scenes and a good storyline.

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