Kiss of the Dragon
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Theatrical teaser poster
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| Directed by | Chris Nahon |
| Produced by |
Luc Besson Jet Li Steve Chasman Happy Walters |
| Screenplay by |
Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen |
| Story by | Jet Li |
| Starring |
Jet Li Bridget Fonda Tchéky Karyo |
| Music by |
Craig Armstrong Chino XL |
| Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
| Edited by | Marco Cave |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Release date
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July 6, 2001 (United States) August 1, 2001 (France) |
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Running time
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98 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | English French Mandarin |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $64.4 million |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | July 3, 2001 |
| Recorded | 2000–2001 |
| Genre | Hip hop, Electronic |
| Label | Virgin |
| Producer | Bink, The Neptunes, Daft Punk, Slum Village, DJ Clue, DJ Ev, Nick Wiz, Larry "Rock" Campbell |
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Kiss of the Dragon (Le Baiser mortel du dragon in French) is a 2001 English-language French action thriller 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. The film is based on a story by Li.
The film was made to satisfy Li's fans, who requested more realistic fight scenes. 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.
Liu Siu-jian (Jet Li), a Chinese intelligence agent, is sent to Paris to help apprehend Chinese mob boss Mr. Big (Ric Young), who is involved in heroin smuggling. He meets Inspector Jean-Pierre Richard (Tchéky Karyo), a corrupt and violent French police detective, at a hotel. Richard tricks Liu into believing he is simply providing reconnaissance of a meet involving Mr. Big. The plans are changed when Mr. Big is introduced to two prostitutes, one being Jessica Kamen (Bridget Fonda), an American woman, who takes him to his room to service him. While Liu and the rest are watching through the surveillance camera, Mr. Big kicks everyone out except for the two prostitutes. After pretending to seduce him, one of the prostitutes then stabs Mr. Big. Overseeing the events from a surveillance room, Liu rushes to stop the killing, but Richard enters shortly later to shoot Mr. Big and the prostitute with Liu's police-issued handgun, framing Liu for the murders.
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