| Bilgi :In this modern day Romeo and Juliet, kung fu action star Jet Li plays Romeo to hip-hop singer, Aaliyah Haughtons Juliet. Li is an ex-cop investigating the murder of his brother, who had ties with the Chinese mafia in America. Aaliyah plays the daughter of the American mob boss. Neither side approves of their romance, so, obviously, kung fu action ensues, with a soundtrack by Aaliyah.The death of Han Sings (Jet Li) little brother catapults him out of a Hong Kong jail to the Oakland-San Francisco waterfront, where he vows to find his brothers killers. His quest lands him in the middle of a three-way deal between Chinese, Black and White "businessmen" who will stop at nothing to create a new money-making stadium. Han finds help from Trish, a woman with close connections to the Black mob, and together they work to find their brothers killers.Li is an ex-cop who went to prison in Hong Kong to let his father, a Chinese crime lord, and his brother escape to San Francisco. When his brother is killed, seemingly by a black gang headed by Delroy Lindo (of Get Shorty fame), Li breaks out of prison and gets to America to discover his brothers killer and avenge his death.When a Chinese ganglords son is murdered in Oakland, his brother, Han (Jet Li), breaks out of a Hong Kong prison to find out how it happened and to avenge his death. He arrives on controlled turf, a waterfront run by the rival gang-lords Chu Sing (Hans father) and Isaak ODay, and their respective Chinese and African-American crime organizations. When it is clear that something bigger is involved, Han teams up with ODays daughter Trish (Aaliyah) to continue the hunt for justice. |
