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The Warlords

Advantages: One of his better films
Disadvantages: none

In the 1860's the Qing Army of Chinese soldiers protected the smaller towns in Northern China against the Taiping Army that savage these towns for their food, money and women. After a bloody massacre where the only soldier to survive is Pang Qing Yun (Je ...

golferinfr 01.04.2011 · Read full review
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Flawless victory

Advantages: Orignal mandarin soundtrack
Disadvantages: Subtitles, a distraction

I found this an excellently executed film from beginning to end depicting the events in the life of the Chinese hero Huo Yuanjia the founder of a school of martial arts named Chin Woo Athletic Association . It has all the elements typical of Chinese s ...

Reconoistre 25.09.2010 · Read full review
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Hot Footed Action

Advantages: good story/acting, excellent soundtrack, bursting with special features
Disadvantages: *slight* predictability though not too much to put you off the movie itself. Game on PC enhancement not worth playing.

Romeo Must Die – action filled, stunt-tastic and special FX galore with a brilliant soundtrack – need anymore reasons to see this? The DVD itself comes cased in a regular DVD case and the artwork on the front is some nice black and white photography sh ...

Fiz_whiz 19.09.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Romeo Must Die (DVD)

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Shakespeare It Ain't

Advantages: Fun, loads of action, few good one-liners plus a couple of humorous moments and an interesting use of X-ray effects during fight scenes
Disadvantages: Poor plot, weak acting, scripting etc. and it's dumber than hell...but in this genre who cares? :oP~

..."Romeo, Romeo...wherefore art thou Romeo?" "Over here kickin' ass beeatch!" • The Movie • Romeo Must Die was Jet Li's breakthrough movie into mainstream Western cinema. Yes, I know before then he had appeared in Lethal Weapon 4 but let's ...

wampyrii 01.02.2003 · Read full review
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Disappointing addition to a tired genre

Advantages: The fight scenes are an excellent showpiece for Jet Li's awesome talents
Disadvantages: The poor plot and infrequent action land this firmly in the mediocre

Romeo Must Die is Shakespearean influenced martial art film set in a trendy hip-hop style backdrop that stars the unbelievably talented martial artist Jet Li and is, unfortunately, decidedly average. The plot is convoluted and almost nonsensical (as is o ...

Mercury 21.06.2001 · Read full review
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