He travels to Oakland to investigate, where Ch'u is engaged in a joint business venture with Isaak O'Day, a black real estate developer and gang leader. Han Sing, a skilled martial artist and former police officer who has been imprisoned in Hong Kong, learns of his brother's death and escapes. Po leaves the club, but is found murdered the next day. He is rescued and then admonished by Kai, Ch'u's chief lieutenant. Po Sing, the youngest son of Chinese Triad boss Ch'u Sing, is accosted by African-Americans in a nightclub in Oakland, California. Retroactively, the film has also received attention for the pairing of an Asian-American and African-American in the lead roles. It was also the only film of hers to be released during her lifetime her only other film Queen of the Damned (2002) was released after her death in August 2001. The film was also considered Li's American film breakthrough and Aaliyah's acting breakthrough. Despite negative critical reviews, it was a box office success, grossing $91 million against a production budget of $25 million. Pictures in the United States on March 22, 2000. Romeo Must Die was released by Warner Bros. R&B singer Aaliyah was cast, and sung the soundtrack's lead single " Try Again" which topped the US Billboard Hot 100. He cast established Hong Kong film actor Jet Li, following his role in Lethal Weapon 4. The film's plot is loosely related to William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet but transplanted to contemporary Oakland, California, with the feuding families becoming African-American and Chinese-American gangs.įrustrated about the lack of originality in Hollywood action films, producer Joel Silver built the film around Hong Kong action films. He also falls in love with a rival mobster's beautiful daughter as they struggle together against both the Chinese and the American mobs. It follows a Chinese former police officer travelling to the United States in order to avenge his brother's death. Romeo Must Die is a 2000 American action film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak in his directorial debut, featuring fight choreography by Corey Yuen, and starring Jet Li and Aaliyah in her film debut.
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