I just received Jet Li's "Kiss Of The Dragon" on DVD from Amazon along with "Romeo Must Die" and have to say it f*cking rocks!
I only got around to seeing it but it was worth getting as it contains some really brilliant martial arts scenes. Li who I've saw in some earlier Hong Kong films is really watchable and find he has a cool screen persona as the quite guy who just beats the f*cking crap out of all the bad guys. You know the hardness of a guy who accidently walks into the training dojo of a police station (numbering around 30 members) and hands them all their asses. Bridget Fonda also did well in this film and is an actress who can convey both tough brashness with underlying vulnerability. It also contains one of the nastiest villains I've seen, played by that french guy who was also the baddie in "Bad Boys"(1995). The thing which may impress a lot of martial arts film fans is that it contains next to no fights on wires (unlike "Romeo Must Die") and is almost all traditional if very violent and improvisational (snooker table scene anyone?) hand to hand combat.
And finally it showcases one of the best, if unusual, villain death scenes I ever seen in a film of this type. Without giving much away, when blood starts to pour profusely out of the bad guys eyes, you know he has met with a satisfying demise.
Anyone else watched it?
Peace.
MMCK
I only got around to seeing it but it was worth getting as it contains some really brilliant martial arts scenes. Li who I've saw in some earlier Hong Kong films is really watchable and find he has a cool screen persona as the quite guy who just beats the f*cking crap out of all the bad guys. You know the hardness of a guy who accidently walks into the training dojo of a police station (numbering around 30 members) and hands them all their asses. Bridget Fonda also did well in this film and is an actress who can convey both tough brashness with underlying vulnerability. It also contains one of the nastiest villains I've seen, played by that french guy who was also the baddie in "Bad Boys"(1995). The thing which may impress a lot of martial arts film fans is that it contains next to no fights on wires (unlike "Romeo Must Die") and is almost all traditional if very violent and improvisational (snooker table scene anyone?) hand to hand combat.
And finally it showcases one of the best, if unusual, villain death scenes I ever seen in a film of this type. Without giving much away, when blood starts to pour profusely out of the bad guys eyes, you know he has met with a satisfying demise.
Anyone else watched it?
Peace.
MMCK