Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
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Kiss of the Dragon rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.6/10· 69K votes
Rotten Tomatoes52%
Metacritic58%
TMDb6.929/10· 1K votesWith 52% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 58/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Kiss of the Dragon
Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
Cast of Kiss of the Dragon
Jet Li
as Liu Jian
Bridget Fonda
as Jessica
Tchéky Karyo
as Richard
Ric Young
as Mister Big
Burt Kwouk
as Uncle Taï
Laurence Ashley
as Aja
Cyril Raffaelli
as Twin
Didier Azoulay
as Twin
John Forgeham
as Max
Paul Barrett
as Pilot
Max Ryan
as Lupo
- C
Colin Prince
as Lupo's assistant
Kiss of the Dragon facts
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $64.4M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Action thriller delivers kinetic fight choreography throughout
- •Crime plot explores corrupt police conspiracy with intensity
- •Lead protagonist carries dramatic weight through morally complex story
What the audience disliked
- •Tonal shifts between action and dark subject matter feel jarring
- •Character backstories lack sufficient development for depth
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Where to watch Kiss of the Dragon(US)
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