| Romeo Must Die (2000) Cast:Jet Li,Aaliyah,Russell Wong,Delroy Lindo,DMX Even Jet Li can't save this lame retelling of Romeo and Juliet (Martial Arts style of course)Jet Li and the late Aaliyah don't have much chemistry despite their adequate performances fail to inject much life in this mess.. Russell Wong is utterly wasted as the main bad guy and gives a terrible performance , not that the script gives him anything to work with and the movie remains a hideously dull excercise in empty filmmaking.. However all of this would be tolerable had Romeo Must Die exploited Jet Li's true talent "kicking ass" but it is matrixed (The producer of The Matrix, used the computer animation) therefore it looks fake. Indeed Jet Li performs stupid stunts that make the action too processed to be enjoyable. The drama is laughable as the leaden dialogue is said with a blank face. Worst of all though, RMD is very dull and well worth avoiding unless your a serious Jet Li fan. Indeed if Romeo Must Die consider him D.O.A..D.Andrzeji Bartkowiak *1/2 |