romeo must die

jet li kicks ass- generally- but not as much in this film as i would have liked. i could have also done with less of the wire enabled flying that seems to be part of every martial arts film.

li is not as funny as jackie chan- but he does not even try to be. instead he is the angry young man- giving intense looks at the camera as he looks for his brothers killers among the chinese and the black mafia of the san francisco waterfront.

was that aaliyah that played the love interest and the black kingpins daughter? she sure looked like she was. there was also that scene where she lip synched while dancing in a club with jet. the action man dancing was supposed to be “cute”.

there was not as much action as i would have liked- too much time spent in developing the hackneyed plot. otherwise, it delivered what it promised- stereotypes, martial arts, racist clichés and a happy ending.