Romeo Must Die (2000)

August 14, 2022 7:02 PM

Two warring gang famlies, both alike in dignity, In fair Oakland, California, where we lay our scene. Starring Jet Li, Aaliyah, and bone-crunching X-ray vision.
posted by RobotHero (4 comments total)

The masking of the shoot location was very slapdash.

I thought that Jet Lee and Aaliyah had negative chemistry.
posted by porpoise at 5:46 PM on August 15, 2022

Oh yeah they had zero chemistry. I am wracking my brain, but has he ever played the romantic lead in a film? I think it just isn't in his wheelhouse.
posted by Julnyes at 2:11 PM on August 18, 2022

'The One' but that was very very chaste, even though his bad guy was very very bad.

I've not seen it in forever, but 'Swordsman II' is supposed to be romantic.
posted by porpoise at 5:59 PM on August 18, 2022

I vaguely remember the Behind-The-Scenes interview clips from the DVD and Jet Lee being pretty upfront about his discomfort with romantic scenes. The Hong Kong movie scene of the 90’s didn’t have the requirement for romantic subplots like American movies did/do.
posted by Eikonaut at 12:22 PM on August 26, 2022 [1 favorite]