Kiss of the Dragon 2001 123movies

Watch: Kiss of the Dragon 2001 123movies, Full Movie Online – Liu Jian, a police officer from China, comes to Paris to help the vice squad apprehend a Chinese drug lord and his unknown French connection. The French connection is Richard, the head of the vice squad, who intends to kill the drug lord then frame Jian. Jian ducks a bullet and escapes with a tape of what really happened. By chance, Jian turns to Jessica – a US farm girl who is one of Richard’s hookers – for help. She has her own problems, including the fact that Richard has her daughter locked in an orphanage to keep Jessica on the streets and silent about his activities. Can Jian protect Jessica, rescue her daughter, and give Richard the kiss of the dragon?.
Plot: Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 64,236
	52% | RottenTomatoes
	58/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 971 Popularity: 16.206 | TMDB

Reviews:

Breathtaking as well as interesting art martial movie with violent combats , thrills and professionally shot
The picture is full of tumultuous sequences with frenetic action , surprises , fierce combats and groundbreaking struggles . Classic as well as impressive Chop-Socky in which wild fighting scenes provide an overwhelming view of Jet Li skills . It has lots of fights , as well staged as Jet Li’s Hong Kong films . It is set in Paris where a betrayed intelligence officer (Jet Li) enlists the aid of a prostitute (Bridget Fonda) to prove his innocence from a deadly conspiracy while returning a favor to her . Li against time to clear his name and rescue a junkie whore and her daughter . When the secret mission goes wrong he is framed for murder by a nasty as well and amusing villain officer , Insp. Richard (Tchéky Karyo) ; as the Chinese agent will face off a bunch of heinous henchmen across threatening streets of Paris . Then Li has to go on the run pursued by corrupt cops , being his only ally the mistreated call-girl and an old Chinese shopkeeper (Bur Kwouk) .

This moving Chop-Socky displays drama , action-packed , thrills , and wild fighting images . It is an action-filled and violent film , being utterly filmed in Paris . Li shows awesome skills , as he hits , punches and kicks most of Paris hoodlums into tiny pieces . The battle scenes are sliced up by means of flashy quick cuts that sometimes reduce Jet Li’s extraordinary athleticism to a little more than the backdrop to a video clip . An exciting art martial movie in which , once again , an oriental Chinesse super cop is sent loan to tackle crime in the West . The style of action in this movie was heavily influenced by comments made during series of messages posted by fans on the Jet Li website forum , immediately after the release of Romeo must die (2000) in the United States , the fans wanted more realistic fighting as in Jet Li’s movie Jet Li’s Fist of Legend (1994) . The rousing fights include deadly use of fists , feet and palms ; being perfectly staged by expert Corey Yeun . Fights , attacks and exciting combats very well staged by great fighters , in fact , here are only seven wires used in the entire movie, the only scenes involving wire work were when Jet Li had to jump up to kick the pool ball and when Cyril Raffaelli performs his one-and-a-quarter backwards somersault-kick ; the result is a strong entry for art martial buffs . Actors made their owns stunts ; some of the players got injured and to had to be hospitalized during the shooting , some of them suffered mild concussions during filming, after being struck several times during fighting scenes . The only scenes that used CGI are when Jet Li falls down the laundry drop with CG flames surrounding him and in the hotel scene when Jet Li kicks the ball from the pool table . Amid the glamour and grandeur of the scenarios , including luxury hotel , is developed an intrigue about women exploitation and dealing with a Chinese agent who attempts to restore his name .

Colorful and luxurious cinematography by Thierry Arbogast . Adequate musical score fitting to action by Craig Armstrong . This moving film was lavishly co-produced and written by the great producer/director Luc Besson and well realized by Chris Nahon . Director Chris Nahon had to slow down the fight scene between Jet Li and Cyril Raffaelli because they were moving too fast for the camera. Filmmaker Nahon establishes his signature style of kinetically-paced story-telling through sumptuous imagery , leading to international critical acclaim . Chris Nahon was born in France , he is a good director and writer, known for Empire of the wolves (2005) , Blood: the last vampire (2009) and Kiss of the dragon (2001) . Rating : Better than average art martial movie . Worthwhile watching .

Jon Monsarrat review: great, a little too violent
“Kiss of the Dragon” is another Jet Li film. At least in the USA, Jet Li and Jackie Chan are the two popular martial arts stars. Jet Li films have a bit more of an “edge”… more violence & gore, some comedy but mostly serious & deadly. Jackie Chan films have a lot more comedy and if anyone gets hurt it’s cartoony or off-screen. Finally, the stunts in Jet Li films are a little wilder, but come across less naturally because of the wires and maybe they are trying a little too hard. (Still, it’s impressive.)

Personally, I prefer Jackie. “Kiss of the Dragon” is well-worth seeing for action fans. There was a little too much violence / blood for me. And the ending wasn’t satisfying. But the fight scenes are competitive with modern classics and overall I was very impressed.

Who should see this film:

— Action movie buffs, a must-see, but don’t bring your non-action

loving SO.

— I can’t think of anyone else

I’ll give “Kiss of the Dragon” a 9 out of 10.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 38 min (98 min)
Budget 25000000
Revenue 64437847
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
Director Chris Nahon
Writer Jet Li, Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Actors Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tchéky Karyo
Country France, United States
Awards 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Aaton 35-III, Technovision/Cooke Lenses, Arriflex 35-III, Technovision/Cooke Lenses, Arriflex 435, Technovision/Cooke Lenses, Arriflex 535B, Technovision/Cooke Lenses
Laboratory Laboratoires Éclair, Paris, France
Film Length 2,691 m (Sweden), 2,737 m (Spain)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak)
Cinematographic Process Technovision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Fuji F-CP 3519D)