Romeo!
... Li, stars as Han Sing, a former Hong Kong policeman who took a fall for his triad family in Hong Kong and wound up in jail. From here on in, the plot goes from bad to worse when his brother Po Sing, (John Lee 1) is killed in a nightclub brawl started by black gangsters. The Sings are part owners of some exclusive waterfront properties with the O’Days owning the other half. I found it hard to stomach that these two gangs could ruthlessly butcher helpless shop owners in their bid to buy up the waterfront and no one notices? I know that murder is commonplace in America but shouldn’t there at least be a news bulletin? A hard-nosed cop? Something? Han breaks out of prison and smuggles himself into the US in order to find his brother’s killer and runs smack bang into Isaak O’Day’s daughter, Trish (Aaliyah). The sexual chemistry between these two is abysmal; I’ve seen slugs with more sex drive. When Trish’s brother is pushed from a penthouse window the two form an alliance and set out to stop the waterfront from exploding, let’s face it, the cops aren’t doing much. As a former licensed gun owner, I know how hard it is to dodge flying bullets but Han seems to do it again and again with monotonous regularity, it almost looks easy! Trish shows enough cleavage to keep the more refined male members of the audience from falling asleep and I wish the producers hadn’t decided to use rap music for the score, although it did distract me from the hi...