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  • 2000
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2000
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 55 m

Summary Loosely based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," this crime plot features Jet Li as an emprisoned son of a Chinese crime family who escapes his Hong Kong prison and flees to Oakland to avenge the death of his brother who is killed by the rival black crime family. Both families become involved in competing corrupt schemes to finance th...

Directed By: Andrzej Bartkowiak

Written By: Mitchell Kapner, Eric Bernt, John Jarrell

  • 2000
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2000
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 55 m

Romeo Must Die

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 27 Critic Reviews
52
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 69 User Ratings
7.1
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Summary Loosely based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," this crime plot features Jet Li as an emprisoned son of a Chinese crime family who escapes his Hong Kong prison and flees to Oakland to avenge the death of his brother who is killed by the rival black crime family. Both families become involved in competing corrupt schemes to finance th...

Directed By: Andrzej Bartkowiak

Written By: Mitchell Kapner, Eric Bernt, John Jarrell

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 27 Critic Reviews
52
41% Positive
11 Reviews
44% Mixed
12 Reviews
15% Negative
4 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 27 Critic Reviews
52
41% Positive
11 Reviews
44% Mixed
12 Reviews
15% Negative
4 Reviews

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80
Has a great look and an edgy feel, along with some broad swaths of humor.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
70
Who needs iambic pentameter when you have Jet Li around?
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 69 User Ratings
7.1
65% Positive
45 Ratings
25% Mixed
17 Ratings
10% Negative
7 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 69 User Ratings
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65% Positive
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25% Mixed
17 Ratings
10% Negative
7 Ratings

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63
The reason to sit through its uninspired, formulaic moves, however, is its half-dozen spectacular fight sequences.
By Jay Carr FULL REVIEW
58
In fact, when not kicking butt, (Li)'s kind of a blank spot in the center of the screen.
By William Arnold FULL REVIEW
50
Aspires to rise above the conventional drugs-and-action genre and succeeds about half the time.
By Lawrence Toppman FULL REVIEW
40
The fight scenes are splendidly choreographed...but they're shot in that grating, thoroughly American flashcut style that leaves you wondering just who the hell is hitting who.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
25
So needlessly convoluted, so crammed with subplots within subplots, it simply forgets about its gangland "Romeo & Juliet" premise.
By Rene Rodriguez FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Warner Bros., Silver Pictures
Release Date Mar 22, 2000
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating R
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Tagline In A World Of Vicious Rivalries And Violent Betrayals Only One Thing Is Sure.
Website https://www.filmymen.us/2022/11/romeo-must-die-movie-romeo-must-die.html
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Awards

MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 3 Nominations
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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