kiss of the dragon be one terrific slam bang and kick as kung fu action movie that remind me in some way of the great 1975 jimmy wang yu kickfest the man from hong kong take a it do the premise of a chinese cop use his awesome skill to survive in a foreign city and here paris a oppose to sydney in the wang yu movie . jet li in his third u movie again play credible and hard and do not compromise his great ability in the martial art by use of embarrass buffoonery a jackie chan have choose to do ( particularly in rush hour and it sequel ) . li engage in a long series of well choreograph fight scene against a variety of foe include a lone fight against a gymful of karate student ( another nod to the man from hong kong ) and face a particularly nasty villain in the form of the excellent tcheky karyo who be on peak form here . there be flaw in this movie however . the story be weak and derivative and the dialogue mostly suck and heroine bridget fonda be just there so jet can have a woman to protect . nevertheless this movie be an action lover wet dream and bodes well for future hollywood jet li project . hopefully his popularity will soar above that of the aging and easily studio manipulate jackie chan . one can not imagine li sell himself out in the way that chan have and i follow his career with interest .