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Romeo Must Die (2000) is an American film, an adaptation loosely based on Romeo and Juliet, directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. It stars Jet Li, Aaliyah, Delroy Lindo, Isaiah Washington, Russell Wong, Anthony Anderson, D.B. Woodside, and DMX.
Romeo Must Die
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| | Name | Romeo Must Die | | image |  | | Caption | DVD cover | | Director | Andrzej Bartkowiak | | Producer | Joel Silver
Jim Van Wyck | | Eproducer | Dan Cracchiolo | | Aproducer | Mitchell Kapner
Ilyse Reutlinger | | Writer | Mitchell Kapner (story)
Eric Bernt
John... | | Starring | Jet Li
Aaliyah | | Music | Stanley Clarke | | Cinematography | Glen MacPherson | | Editing | Derek G. Brechin | | Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures | | Released | 22 March 2000 | | Runtime | 115 min. | | Country | USA | | Language | English | | Budget | $25,000,000 USD | | Amg Id | 1:181895 |
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Synopsis
Han Sing (Li) has taken the fall for his father and brother and gone to prison in Hong Kong while his family escaped to the United States. When Sing hears his brother was killed by a rival mob, he escapes from the prison and makes his way to San Francisco to seek revenge. There he meets and falls in love with Trish (Aaliyah), the rival mob bosses' daughter.
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The film was originally slated to have a scene at the end where Jet Li and Aaliyah kiss, but was cut in the final release. Some fans were upset because they felt this meant that the production company was unwilling to strongly depict an interracial relationship, but the comments by Jet Li indicate that the scene was removed because in the film a bad situation happens to a family member, and it would be inappropriate for him to be kissing a girl immediately afterwards.
Romeo Must Die is Li's first lead role in English.
Apart from several establishing shots, the film was entirely shot in Vancouver, Canada.
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Box Office
In North America, Romeo Must Die was a box office success, earning a strong US $18,014,503 ($6,821 per screen) in its opening weekend. Its total North American gross is US $55,973,336, and remains Jet Li's highest-grossing star vehicle in North America.
The film's worldwide box office gross is US $91,036,760.
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