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Kiss of the Dragon

Kiss of the Dragon

2001Movie⏱️ 1h 38mR🏆 #3837 Top Rated
ActionCrimeThriller
6.6
IMDB Rating
69,225 votes

A betrayed intelligence officer enlists the aid of a prostitute to prove his innocence from a deadly conspiracy while returning a favor to her.

Director
Chris Nahon
Writers
Jet Li, Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Stars
Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tchéky Karyo
Release Date
July 6, 2001
Language
English, French, Mandarin
Country
France, United States
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 285
Reviews
📋 40.7K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Jet Li
Jet Li
as Liu Jian
Bridget Fonda
Bridget Fonda
as Jessica
Tchéky Karyo
Tchéky Karyo
as Richard
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Ric Young
as Mister Big
Burt Kwouk
Burt Kwouk
as Uncle Tai
Laurence Ashley
Laurence Ashley
as Aja
Cyril Raffaelli
Cyril Raffaelli
as Twin
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Didier Azoulay
as Twin
John Forgeham
John Forgeham
as Max
Paul Barrett
Paul Barrett
as Pilot

💰 Box Office

$64,437,847
Worldwide Gross
$36,845,124
Domestic Gross
$13,304,027
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
DTS
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Bateaux Mouches, Seine River, Paris, France
Production
Twentieth Century Fox, EuropaCorp, Quality Growth International Ltd.

🏷️ Keywords

action herotitle spoken by characterfrancechild in jeopardywoman on top

🎯 Categories

Conspiracy ThrillerMartial ArtsOne-Person Army ActionActionCrimeThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Average plot, a bit talky but the action is great and it is one of Li's best films outside of Hong Kong thus far
by bob the moo2004-09-26

"As part of an international case, Chinese police officer Liu Jian comes to France to assist his opposite number in a sting operation. However, Richard turns out to be on the wrong side of the law and frames Liu for the murder of several key people in the case. Liu goes on the run with evidence that he didn't commit the crimes, with only the word of an innocent prostitute to back him up. With even the Chinese embassy unable to bring Liu in, he is forced to try and expose the corruption and take the fight to them. With so many of Jet Li's American movies being pretty messy disappointm..."

💡 Did You Know?

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.

📖 Synopsis

A betrayed intelligence officer enlists the aid of a prostitute to prove his innocence from a deadly conspiracy while returning a favor to her.