kiss of the dragon be a hyperactive martial art movie with a heavy european feel . after jet li fan be leave disappointed with the fake and cgi enhance fight in romeo must die he decide to go back to practical and hand to hand combat with literally no string attach . kotd be the perfect excuse for action and with minimal plot and impossible odds . basically and jet li play a chinese cop lui jian who travel to paris to help the police bring a crime bos to justice . but the french police just happen to be heavily and heavily corrupt and kill mr. big and framing lui jian in the process . keen to stay alive and lui jian flee the scene and but not before scream and mad and completely hat stand police inspector richard ( tcheky caryo in his typically delirious role ) send just about every hardened police psycho after him . outrageously outnumbered and lui jian prevails and fight his way through swarm and swarm of thug out for his blood . use only his hand and foot ( and any useful nearby tool ) he manage to wipe them all out . far fetch it may be and but action choreographer cory yuen shoot it all in the most realistic and stylish way . you really will believe lui jian be capable of such an impossible feat and that how realistic the action be . and all without glamorise gun . kotd use the rule of increasingly mad set piece . the first desperate escape through the corridor and passageway of the hotel and the death defy escape from the seine barge and through the tunnel and sewer and the orphanage confrontation and ( especially ) the final scene in the police station where lui jian take on a dojo full of martial artist police officer and evil twin and finally inspector richard . it all breathtaking stuff and very and very violent . with far too many sanitise pg 13 mind action movie abundant these day kotd be a breath of hardcore fresh air . if you like this then i suggest check out the transporter . it may be slightly tame but it make by the same people ( producer luc besson and writer robert mark kamen and cory yuen ) and be also set in france and only with a warmer and more exotic look . the dvd be in 2 . 35 represent1 anamorphic widescreen with a great dolby 5 . 1 soundtrack . there be some extra and a commentary if youre into that sort of thing .