Kiss of the Dragon | |
---|---|
![]() Theatrical teaser poster | |
Directed by | Chris Nahon |
Screenplay by | Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen |
Story by | Jet Li |
Produced by | Luc Besson Jet Li Steve Chasman Happy Walters |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
Edited by | Marco Cave |
Music by | Craig Armstrong |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | EuropaCorp Distribution (France)[1] 20th Century Fox (select territories) |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 98 minutes |
Countries | France United States |
Languages | English French Mandarin |
Budget | $25 million[2] |
Box office | $64.4 million[2] |
Kiss of the Dragon (Le Baiser mortel du dragon in French) is a 2001 French-American action film directed by Chris Nahon, written and produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson, and starring an international cast of Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, and Tchéky Karyo. It follows a Chinese intelligence agent who is sent to Paris to apprehend a Chinese mob boss, only to be framed of murders and enlists a prostitute to help him prove his innocence.
Li purposefully 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.[3] It is notable as 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.[4]
dvdtown
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).