Too bad the filmmakers didnt contact the oakland film commission who would have provided a lot of tax credits and incentives for them to instead shoot in the east bay. When jet beats up four prison guards while handcuffed and hanging. But despite the title, li and aaliyah were far from a romeo and juliet pairing. Now, producer joel silver has decided to take this story and modernize it yet again. Essentially the tale of a man on quest to exact revenge for the death of his brother, the story casts li as han sing, a. In the city ruled by criminals, two families have forgotten their fear. Posted on may 14th, 2008 posted on may 14th, 2008 romeo and juliet has to be one of the most used formulas ever within and without of the hollywood system. In the film, li stars as han, a former police officer who escapes from a chinese prison in order to investigate the murder of his little brother in oakland, california. Beats, hooks, and background tracks by professional producers. Fans of martial arts will do well to wait for it to come out on video, so they can fastforward through all the meaningless exposition and endless shots of people giving mean and meaningful looks at each other and get to the good stuff. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at.
Despite the fact that this is an action film, i was pretty bored with it because the film was poorly done. Remember when aaliyah and jet li fell in love in romeo must. This flick has got one overriding flaw, but mostly its entertaining as heck. In the film, a chinese former police officer travels to the united states in order to avenge his brother. Two warring gang families one africanamerican, the other chinese maneuver for bragging rights to the oakland, california, docks. Two warring families, one chinese, one african american, are fightingfor control of oakland waterfront. He will make them remember two warring gang families one africanamerican, the other chinese maneuver for bragging rights to the oakland, california, docks. Remember when aaliyah and jet li fell in love in romeo. With jet li, aaliyah, isaiah washington, russell wong. An avenging cop seeks out his brothers killer and falls for the daughter of a businessman who is involved in a moneydeal with his father. In the film, a chinese former police officer travels to the united states in order to avenge his brothers death. Disclaimer i dont own the characters the story is mine and mine alone.
Shakespeares classic tragedy is given that urban flavor and that martial arts twist. Along with queen of the damned 2002, this is one of the two films aaliyah made before her tragic and untimely death in. Despite most of the movie being set in oakland, they did not actually film there, but used vancouver, bc, instead. The film was released in the united states on march 22, 2000. As one would expect from a brandnew movie, the picture generally looks terrific. When i saw the movie, i was hoping to see aaliyah in more movies just like that one.
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