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Romeo Must Die

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Romeo Must Die

R

Released Mar 22, 2000

1h 55m

Action

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Two families, bound by tradition, are locked in a brutal war. Asian and African American gangs are vying for control of Oakland's waterfront. But when the first casualty is the Asian warlord's son, the gang war becomes more dangerous than either side ever imagined.

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Critics Consensus

In his second Hollywood movie, Jet Li impresses. Unfortunately, when he's not on screen, the movie slows to a crawl. Though there's some spark between Jet and Aaliyah, there isn't any threat of a fire. And as impressive as the action sequences are, some critics feel they are over-edited.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B-

Sep 7, 2011

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

This hip-hop Romeo and Juliet is awful.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 28, 2010

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

slick, Joel Silver-produced action movie with a borderline straight to video feel.

Feb 9, 2006

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...sporadically engaging yet predominantly tiresome...

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 14, 2023

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Tony Black

Cultural Conversation

Less star-crossed lovers, more impossible physics.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 16, 2021

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

When Jet leaps two metres in the air and unleashes 360 degrees worth of kicks to eight empty heads, the hi-tech fakery leaves him looking about as dangerous as Wreck-It Ralph.

Rated: 1.5/5

Apr 17, 2020

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Emily D

This movie was amazing and I love it.Somethings yall new generation don’t realize is back in the day 2000 this show was one of the best and the acting may not be good compared to now but back then it was great then the moves are unrealistic what do you think it’s the 2000 they ain’t have all these devices and cgi unlike some of y’all kids have these movie u see now came a long way because back in the day the movies were like Romeo must die. Children nowadays

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/30/25

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Matteo G

Predictable but not terrible

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/16/25

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Shane O

It’s a really awful movie , it’s not watchable. I though it might have some 00’s nostalgia but it’s all the worst bits of the 00s . Don’t bother with this one

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/25

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Alan S

Laughably bad. Bad acting. Bad dialogue. It’s so bad it’s almost cultishly good. But not quite.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/25

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Fabrícia F

Uma disputa entre as máfias asiática e afro-americana de Nova York serve como pano de fundo para o enredo de amor dos protagonistas interpretados por Jet Li e Aaliyah (in memoriam). É uma abordagem ousada e diferente do famoso conto de Shakespeare sobre um amor impossível. Absolutamente crível e cheio de emoções que envolvem o telespectador, é um clássico cult que certamente vale a pena conferir.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/22/24

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Laurie S

Too many cliches, too much use of wires, silly stunt times, all make this a 2 star. There's excellent directors, there's good diectors and there's mediocre ones, and this is one of the latter.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/10/23

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Synopsis

Two families, bound by tradition, are locked in a brutal war. Asian and African American gangs are vying for control of Oakland's waterfront. But when the first casualty is the Asian warlord's son, the gang war becomes more dangerous than either side ever imagined.

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Producer: Joel Silver, Jim Van Wyck
Screenwriter: Mitchell Kapner, Eric Bernt, John Jarrell
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Home Vídeo
Production Co: Silver Pictures, Warner Brothers
Rating: R (Language|Brief Nudity|Violence)
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 22, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $56.0M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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