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 Review: Romeo Must Die
By SKillBot on March 23, 2000 11:00 PM
In a world of vicious rivalries and violent betrayals only one thing is sure. Jet Li stars as Han Sing in the first major film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. He has a long line of cinematography experience, including work in US Marshalls, The Devil's Advocate, Falling Down, and Prizzi's Honor. It's definitely worth seeing. Read the full review.
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This movie used a technique that I hope to see a lot more in the future.
It is to chop-sakie what Bullet Time is to The Matrix. For lack of a
better term, I call this X-Ray Fu. If you like watching someone get
chopped and having their ulna pop out through their elbow (refer to Fong
Sai Yuk), you'll love this. The action zooms in, and the skin becomes
transparent. The outlines of the body parts that are about to break are
clearly visible, and then they change color as you hear the squishy sounds
of violence. It's simply amazing.
The plot was nothing special.
It's homies vs. the chinese to monopoloize waterfront property and build a
football stadium. Then the star's brother gets killed, so he has to break
out of prison and leave no ass unwhooped.
The action was great.
There was all that plot getting in the way, and the jar jar of the film
never died. But plenty of people get kicked in the head, and that's what
this movie is all about. Well, I suppose the plot had something to do with
it as well. The camera work was excellent. I especially noticed that
whenever an item needed to be examined, it was shown very clearly, but not
made so obvious that you were insulted at having to keep looking at it.
All in all, it was a pretty good movie. I'd see it again, but
I'll probably wait for the dvd to come out so I can skip over all the
crappy parts and watch the visual effects. The prison break scene was
especially cool, as were the opening titles.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 24, 2000 12:32 PM
What a fucking stupid review... do you go by ellis on geeknews?
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Posted by sKillBot (travis@pulley.org) on March 24, 2000 6:05 PM
Hey! Don't insult ellis like that! I mean, of course my reviews are stupid. I've never been to film school, I think apart from Roger Ebert's years of experience and book smarts, he's a dumbass, and I don't claim to be literate/coherent. But I saw it, and thought that the plot was crappy enough to complain about, but that it was made well enough to be excused, and all the kung-fu action made it fun to see. Go read your local paper for a more professional review.
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Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on March 24, 2000 6:14 PM
No Offense, But I have to agree with mister anonymous: that review straight up sucked. I mean consider the information we got after reading it:
1. You like violence
2. You like Kung Fu
3. The cinematography is good
4. A few random pieces of the plot that we don't need to know
5. You like violence.
6. You don't necessarily like the plot (but this is ambiguous)
7. You don't like Jar Jar
8. You like violence.
Your review lacks, and I doubt that it's just me an anony here that think so.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 24, 2000 6:50 PM
I'm usually the first to point a finger (it's healing well, thanks for asking), but I saw Romeo Must Die with the reviewer, and there's really not much more to it than that. A+ cinematography, A+ Fight choreography, and... nothing else. If you're looking for Howard's End, go see Howard's End. If you're seeing more in this flick than the aforementioned, you're probably seeing depth and meaning in the Bush Campaign. I can tell by your masterful command of prose and reason, Shemp, that you're a (insert appropriate lifeform here) that appreciates a well thought out and crafted analysis of popular culture. If you find a diatribe of that pedigree on Romeo Must Die, you'll know what it is to experience creative writing in the service of dreck. It's a bitchin' chop-socky. Do we really want , or need more? I like expensive wine, but I don't cook with it.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 24, 2000 1:51 PM
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Posted by Acheron (denny@dtheatre.com) on March 24, 2000 2:07 PM
Egor, you're entering a world of pain. A World Of Pain. Motherfucker if you don't stop all the fuckin' cussing. you're gone. Shit For Brains.
-The Asshole
:-)
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Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on March 24, 2000 2:22 PM
I didn't post that comment just added a few words here and there...
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