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- 2001
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 38 m
- 2001
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 38 m
Summary Jet Li plays Liu Jiuan, China's top government agent, who arrives in Paris from Shanghai to carry out a sensitive, top-secret mission. (Twentieth Century Fox)
Directed By: Chris Nahon
Written By: Jet Li, Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
- 2001
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 38 m
- 2001
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 38 m
Kiss of the Dragon
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8.2
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Summary Jet Li plays Liu Jiuan, China's top government agent, who arrives in Paris from Shanghai to carry out a sensitive, top-secret mission. (Twentieth Century Fox)
Directed By: Chris Nahon
Written By: Jet Li, Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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58% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
31% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
12% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
58
58% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
31% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
12% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
It is not merely a thriller but a shocker. It will separate hard-core Jet Li followers from the fair-weather fans.
Kiss of the Dragon is a straight-ahead star vehicle for the trim and terse Li, whose steady gaze and fist-flying ways are tempered by a gentlemanly mien.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 97 User Ratings
8.2
87% Positive
84 Ratings
84 Ratings
6% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
7% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 97 User Ratings
8.2
87% Positive
84 Ratings
84 Ratings
6% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
7% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Kiss of the dragon has plenty of action, the plot isn't original but it didn't have to be. The movie isn't his best
movie, but the movie comes close to Unleashed on the action level.
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Mr. Li will come out of Kiss of the Dragon smelling like a rose; the combat couldn't be better. But next time around, he should leave the script to more capable hands.
What goes on when Li isn't fighting the bad guys isn't worth discussing; it's that stupid.
The new sexism -- the old sexism plus the idea that everything is ironic -- is getting old.
Too bad the filmmakers -- and here's where the American part comes in -- decided the movie had to have some heart, too.
As though fatalistically compelled, all three leads self-destruct: Li is as flat, colorless, and stiff as a panel of Sheetrock, Karyo plays his every syllable in overdrive, and Fonda seems trapped in the midst of a failed screen test for Pretty Woman II.
If you're into action packed films with lots of fighting and a weak plot then this is the film for you.
I wasn't to keen on this film but I know many men who like it so I'm thinking it might be something to do with it being full of fighting which I'm not too keen of. It's also something for 'Jet Li' fans as he is the main character in this film so appears in it throughout the whole film. I'm giving it a five due to my opinion of that type of film not the film itself. So others are bound to disagree with me.
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Ceci est une production... euh une déjection de la boîte de Luc Besson, Europa Corp. Et là normalement on a tout dit et d'ailleurs tout est dit.
On peut préciser néanmoins qu'il s'agit du sympathique Jet Li qui joue un Chinois invité en France et accessoirement un super flic ou agent -ou un super quelque chose tout du moins- venu distribuer des coups de tatane pour la gamelle.
Peut-être qu'on ne l'avait pas prévenu qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'Hollywood et que cette infâme bessonnerie ne servirait à rien pour son image, bien au contraire... Le non moins sympathique Tchéky Karyo joue pour sa part le méchant de service, caricature ambulante et reflet de l'ensemble du film, lui-même caricature ambulante ou plutôt déambulant dans le ridicule permanent.
La petite Gadget Fonda est de la partie mais ne reste qu'un gadget, elle aussi à l'image de ce film écrit avec le fion, un "film" qu'on oublie au fur et à mesure qu'on le regarde ou qu'on tente de le regarder parce que franchement, c'est trop dur de regarder "ça".
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Awards
Teen Choice Awards
• 2 Nominations
