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Kiss Of The Dragon aka Jet Li's Vengeance For Uncle Cato aka DeathKiss Of The Pink Panther (2001) Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Burt Kwouk, & Tchéky Karyo (with Trailer)
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Kiss of the Dragon ( French : Le Baiser mortel du dragon ) is a 2001 English-language French action film directed by Chris Nahon , written and produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson , and starring an international cast led by Jet Li , Bridget Fonda , and Tchéky Karyo . It follows a Chinese police officer who is sent to Paris to assist in the arrest of a Chinese mob boss. Framed for murder and hard pressed to prove his innocence, he teams up with a woman forced into prostitution. Li wanted to take a realistic approach to the fight scenes, and forgo the CGI and wire work that had been popularized by films such as Charlie's Angels and The Matrix . [ 4 ] Consequently, most of the action sequences did not use CGI or wire work ; only two scenes required CGI enhancement and only one scene involved wire work. [ 5 ] Plot Liu Jian, a Chinese police officer, is sent to Paris to help the French authorities apprehend Chinese mob boss Mr. Big, who is involved in heroin smuggling. He meets Inspector Jean-Pierre Richard, a corrupt and violent police detective, at a hotel. Richard tricks Liu into believing he is simply providing reconnaissance of a meet involving Mr. Big. During the operation, Mr.…
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Jet-Li