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Kiss of the Dragon

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6.9/10 • 1.2K

2001-07-061h 38m

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Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.

Directors
Chris Nahon
Editors
Marco Cavé

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Jet Li

    Jet Li

    Liu Jian

  2. Bridget Fonda

    Bridget Fonda

    Jessica

  3. Tchéky Karyo

    Tchéky Karyo

    Richard

  4. Ric Young

    Ric Young

    Mister Big

  5. Burt Kwouk

    Burt Kwouk

    Uncle Taï

  6. Laurence Ashley

    Laurence Ashley

    Aja

  7. Cyril Raffaelli

    Cyril Raffaelli

    Twin

  8. Didier Azoulay

    Didier Azoulay

    Twin

  9. John Forgeham

    John Forgeham

    Max

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Wuchak

May 20, 2021

6/10

Jet Li flick in Paris with Bridget Fonda An expert Chinese intelligence agent (Jet Li) is sent to Paris to help the head inspector (Tchéky Karyo) in apprehending a Chinese mob boss at a ritzy hotel, unaware that it’s a set-up. Bridget Fonda plays an American prostitute that “Johnny” (Li) develops a relationship with during the misadventure. "Kiss of the Dragon" (2001) is a big city crime thriller with the expected overdone martial arts action due to Li. It’s a modern mixing of “From Russia with Love” (1963) with the preposterous action of “The Gauntlet” (1977) and the martial arts of “Enter the Dragon” (1973). It was Bridget’s second to last theatrical movie before calling it a day (although she also did some TV work in 2001-2002, like her final piece “Snow Queen”). I like the fact that the protagonist, Liu Jian (Li), is confident and an expert fighter, but also very human, even meek, as a stranger in a strange land (being his first visit to Paris). The action is thrilling with a sense of style counterbalanced by some quality drama with Fonda’s character and her situation. If I were to nitpick, some eye-rolling elements bring down the film’s quality. For instance, Liu Jian storms a police building, opens a door and suddenly enters a dojo full of martial arts guys ready to take him down. Why Sure! Earlier, a British pilot grabs not one, but two Uzis to kill Liu Jian in the swank lobby, shooting up the entire place. Did he really need to cause mass devastation to kill one Chinese man? I'm sure the corrupt Inspector (Tchéky Karyo) wouldn't enjoy explaining the wholesale desolation to the mayor. Moreover, there are too many hip-hop songs on the soundtrack. I could see one or two (at the most), but they overdid it. It smacked of trying to be too ‘hip.’ The film runs 1 hour, 38 minutes and was shot entirely in Paris & nearby Seine-Saint-Denis, France. GRADE: B-

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$25,000,000.00
Revenue
$64,437,847.00
Keywords
martial artsprostituteparis, francedrug smugglinggangsterconspiracypolice corruptiondrugsframed for murderaction hero