Romeo Must Die (2000)
Romeo Must Die (2000)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Jet Li
Han Sing
Aaliyah
Trish O'Day
Isaiah Washington
Mac
Russell Wong
Kai
DMX
Silk
Delroy Lindo
Isaak O'Day
D.B. Woodside
Colin O'Day
Jon Kit Lee
Po Sing
Edoardo Ballerini
Vincent Roth
Anthony Anderson
Maurice
Grace Park
Asian Dancer
Kandyse McClure
Store Clerk
Matthew Harrison
Dave
Terry Chen
Kuang
Henry O
Ch'u Sing
Gaston Morrison
Maurice's Crew
Colin Foo
Overlord
Françoise Yip
Motorcycle Fighter
Jessica J. Immanuel
Kid in Boutique
Larry Lam
Asian Badass (uncredited)
Derek Lowe
Chinese Messenger
Ronin Wong
New Prisoner
Taayla Markell
Po Girlfriend
Jennifer Wong
Asian Dancer
Kendall Saunders
Colin's Girlfriend
Stanley Clarke
Original Music Composer
Derek Brechin
Editor
Lora Kennedy
Casting
Glen MacPherson
Director of Photography
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Director
John Jarrell
Screenplay
Eric Bernt
Screenplay
Jim Van Wyck
Producer
Dan Cracchiolo
Executive Producer
Mitchell Kapner
Associate Producer / Story
Warren Carr
Co-Producer
Joel Silver
Producer
Ilyse A. Reutlinger
Associate Producer
Yuka Kobayashi
Stunt Double
Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunt Coordinator / Second Unit Director
Dane A. Davis
Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor
Joe Milner
Sound Designer / Sound Effects Editor
Jeremy Peirson
Assistant Sound Designer
John T. Reitz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David E. Campbell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Rudloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael S. Bolton
Production Design
Melissa R. Stubbs
Stunt Coordinator
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 22, 2000
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Content RatingR
Budget$25,000,000
Box Office$91,036,760
Filming LocationsCalifornia · San Francisco, United States · Vancouver · Coquitlam, Canada
Genres
Wiki.
Romeo Must Die is a 2000 American action film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak in his directorial debut and features fight choreography by Corey Yuen. The film stars Jet Li, Aaliyah (in her film debut), Isaiah Washington, Russell Wong, DMX and Delroy Lindo. The film marks Aaliyah's only film that was released during her lifetime before she was killed in a plane crash a year later. The plot is loosely related to William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, transplanted to contemporary Oakland with Black-American and Chinese-American gangs representing the feuding families.
Frustrated by the lack of originality in Hollywood action films, producer Joel Silver built the film around Hong Kong action films. He cast established Hong Kong actor Jet Li following his role in Lethal Weapon 4. R&B singer Aaliyah was cast and sung the soundtrack's lead single "Try Again" which topped the US Billboard Hot 100.
Romeo Must Die was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on March 24, 2000, where it received mixed reviews from critics, but was a box office success, grossing $91 million against a production budget of $25 million. The film was considered Li and Aaliyah's breakthrough in Hollywood.