A betrayed intelligence officer enlists the aid of a prostitute to prove his innocence from a deadly conspiracy while returning a favor to her.A betrayed intelligence officer enlists the aid of a prostitute to prove his innocence from a deadly conspiracy while returning a favor to her.A betrayed intelligence officer enlists the aid of a prostitute to prove his innocence from a deadly conspiracy while returning a favor to her.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Stefan Nelet
- Tang's Assistant
- (as Stefan Sao Nelet)
Peter Sakon Lee
- Tang's Assistant
- (as Peter Lee)
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- TriviaDirector Chris Nahon had to slow down the fight scene between Jet Li and Cyril Raffaelli because they were moving too fast for the camera.
- GoofsWhen Liu escapes the boat and jump under the bridge, he quickly join a metro platform. The name that can be seen on the wall is "Invalides". When Liu enters the metro train the name can still be seen, but when the metro train leaves the station, the other station name boards on the wall display "Porte des Lilas". (The scene was actually shot in the former "Porte des Lilas" metro station that is now dedicated for the shooting of films. The Director forgot to ask the staff to change all the station name boards to "Invalides".)
- Alternate versionsGerman theatrical version was edited for violence to secure a more commercial "Not under 16" rating. The "Not under 18" version, labeled 'uncut version', is still modified in one scene: when Richard shoots one of his men in the head you could originally see the blood splashing. However, in the German version the blood splash is out of frame.
- SoundtracksAs If You Said Nothing
Composed and produced by Craig Armstrong for Melankolic Records
Arranged by Craig Armstrong
Strings Recorded at Digital Factory by Geoff Foster
Programming and Keyboards by Richard Norris
Orchestra: players from Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris
Conducted by Craig Armstrong
Vocals recorded by David Donaldson
Vocals by Lawrence Ashley and Lesley l'Anson
Guitar by Ali MacLeod
Featured review
I just watched Kiss Of The Dragon after not watching this for decades. I have a slightly better opinion of it than I had originally. Granted for story or character development, Kiss Of The Dragon falls a bit flat. However, this gets an A+ for action and it still is a step up and a better movie than Romeo Must Die. Jet Li is in top form here and he showcases his fighting skills well to western audiences with Kiss Of The Dragon. Corey Yuen does a fantastic job at putting together these elaborate and highly entertaining fight sequences together that are mostly devoid of wirework or CGI. The movie as a whole is fairly predictable with some pretty lame villains and heavies. However, the tone of the film is very serious and Jet has great screen presence and charisma to carry this. To say this pales to measure up to most of his (until more recent work) in Chinese cinema may be true. But this is far from his worst. The fights and action are worth the price of admission and make it easy to overlook the film's flaws.
- dworldeater
- Sep 11, 2020
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- KOD: Kiss of the Dragon
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $36,845,124
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,304,027
- Jul 8, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $64,437,847
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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