With the mentality of hitting anything, I watched this movie on Heilongjiang Channel, which was released to the public in 2000. Perhaps it was to pay tribute to Shakespeare, or it was to create a gimmick, and even American film critics praised the starring Jet Li-"The most vivid Romeo ever."
Laughed.
Hong Kong police officer Han Xing (played by Jet Li), was jailed for the crime of his father, the leader of a Chinese gang in the United States. After learning that his brother was killed, he escaped from prison and headed to Oakland.
Both my father and friends said: it was the fault of opposing the black gang. Fortunately, he did not trust anyone easily, but insisted on investigating himself. Here, he met a beautiful girl, Therese, who happened to be the daughter of the "enemy" boss. Soon, her brother also died. So, they work together to find the truth, men for revenge, women to avoid more bloodshed.
After breaking through a series of crises, Han Xing discovered that it was his father who had killed his younger brother, and Terace's elder brother died at the hands of her father's Ma Tsai. It turned out that it was all caused by greed-his father was instigating troubles with an intent to monopolize all Chinese gangs; Terace's father, Ma Zai, was bent on seeking power to usurp the throne and coveted the position of the leader.
In the end, the exposed father Han committed suicide, and Terace's father Ma Zi also received the punishment he deserved. However, Romeo is not dead, he still has love.
That's it-a more typical American commercial film with a relatively simple storyline. Of course, the picture is not bad. After all, the director changed his career from photography, and he had filmed "Speed of Life and Death" before. As for Jet Li, I did not see progress, but felt that it was inferior to the times of "Bodyguard of Zhongnanhai" and "Once Upon a Time". However, those actions are enough to fool foreigners.
In any case, Chinese filmmakers should be encouraged to go out to earn US dollars, and it is better than those idiots who spend a lot of money to get South Korean idols to make junk TV series.
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