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ROMEO MUST DIE

(orig. ROMEO MUST DIE)

  • ROMEO MUST DIE

USA 2000
Language: German
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Camera: Glen MacPherson
Script: Mitchell Kapner, Eric Bernt, John Jarrell
Editor: Derek Brechin
Cast: Jet Li, Aaliyah, Isaiah Washington
Producer: Joel Silver, Jim Van Wyck
Music: Stanley Clarke
Distributer: Warner Bros.
Lenght: 115 Min.
Format: 35 mm
Color: Farbe
Age Limit: <

The good thing about ”The Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet” is that it can be used for every conflict on earth. In this case, the Montagues and Capulets are a Chinese and Black gangster family; San Francisco is Verona, while American Football and Rap serves as a shorthand for USA`s own brand of pop-culture. For the People`s Republic`s own martial arts and Wǔshù master Jert Lǐ Liánjié, the film signalled the start of a spectacular Hollywood career, while it remained the only film appearance for the young R & B singer Aaliyah who died tragically in a plane crash. Finally, cameraman Andrzej Bartkowiak found his calling in his director debut: pure action!

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