It debuted at number three on the billboard 200, selling 203,000 copies in its first week. Theres also a brief appearance from dmx, and its always nice to see delroy lindo who plays aaliyahs father in. Hang sing and trish oday uncover a trail of deceit that leaves most of the warring factions dead or worse. Records who helped cofinanced the soundtrack on march 28, 2000. Aaliyah plays the daughter of the american mob boss. In the film, li stars as han, a former police officer who escapes from a chinese prison in order to investigate the murder of his little brother in oakland, california.
This flick has got one overriding flaw, but mostly its entertaining as heck. Hang sing discovers that his brother had become involved in a turf battle. William shakespeares streak as the hottest storyteller in hollywood continues with this moderndress variation on romeo and juliet. In this modern day romeo and juliet, kung fu action star jet li plays romeo to hiphop singer, aaliyah haughtons juliet. Sons of their loins, and sons of their own spirits. High octane thriller featuring the new star of the hong kong action films, jet li. In the film, a chinese former police officer travels to the united states in order to avenge his brother. Its a mystery, a morality tale, and a family parable all rolled together. The album was released by blackground records and virgin records in association with warner bros. On i dont wanna, aaliyah whos also the films star pillowtalks her way through the new jack ballad as if she were snuggled in the soothing splendors of a hot bubble bath. Despite the fact that this is an action film, i was pretty bored with it because the film was poorly done. Remember when aaliyah and jet li fell in love in romeo must. Posted on may 14th, 2008 posted on may 14th, 2008 romeo and juliet has to be one of the most used formulas ever within and without of the hollywood system. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone.
Remember when aaliyah and jet li fell in love in romeo. Disclaimer i dont own the characters the story is mine and mine alone. Two warring gang families one africanamerican, the other chinese maneuver for bragging rights to the oakland, california, docks. Worldrenowned martial arts master and asian film sensation jet li stars as a oneman arsenal who escapes from a hong kong jail to avenge. This is a test written by rapture stewart, eric seats, chante moore and stephen garrett. Two warring families, one chinese, one african american, are fightingfor control of oakland waterfront. Plus, watch over 4,500 free movies on vudu movies on us.
The film was released in the united states on march 22, 2000. In this loose adaptation, hang sing is a former police officer from hong kong who comes to the united states following the death of his brother, the leader of an asian crime ring. Not necessarily movie clips but videos you will like. Something we will be seeing a lot more of this year, including hong kong directed mission impossible 2 and crouching tiger, hidden dragon due out later this year. In the city ruled by criminals, two families have forgotten their fear. An avenging cop seeks out his brothers killer and falls for the daughter of a businessman who is involved in a moneydeal with his father. Fans of martial arts will do well to wait for it to come out on video, so they can fastforward through all the meaningless exposition and endless shots of people giving mean and meaningful looks at each other and get to the good stuff. While investigating his brothers murder, an excop gets roped into a turf war between two factions. Theres also a brief appearance from dmx, and its always nice to see delroy lindo who plays aaliyahs father in stuff. First im gonna crawl written by dmx as earl simmons and anthony fields performed by dmx courtesy of ruff ryders entertainment def jam records. Han sing, played by the actor jet li, resembles romeo, where as trish oday, played by the actress aaliyah, resembles juliet. When his daughter is kidnapped and held in exchange for diamonds, the leader of a crew of highly skilled thieves forges an unlikely alliance with a.
When i saw the movie, i was hoping to see aaliyah in more movies just like that one. The death of han sings jet li little brother catapults him out of a hong kong jail to the oaklandsan francisco waterfront, where he vows to find his brothers killers. Watch online or on your favorite connected device with the vudu app. Li is an excop investigating the murder of his brother, who had ties with the chinese mafia in america. Essentially the tale of a man on quest to exact revenge for the death of his brother, the story casts li as han sing, a former police officer rotting away in a hong kong jail.