that line a uttered by richard the baddie after jet li character tell him he have be kiss by the dragon be an instant classic . tcheky karyo be a brilliant over the top villain . now that out of the way and my thought on the movie . first the story and it be above average for an action film and but i wont dwell on that because let face it and no one go to an action or martial art film solely for the story . with that in mind and i will focus my comment on the action and martial art sequence . on the whole and the movie have a dark sort of feel toward it and thus not as upbeat a jet previous hollywood out and romeo must die . the fight scene be a welcome change to the wirefu see in romeo must die and crouch tiger hide dragon and be ground in reality and with jet use various martial art technique modify for street fighting . this movie in term of fight would have be first rate if it weren not for the shoddy camera work and edit during most of the fight . western director must learn to pull back the camera and stop use those fast cut mtv style edit when it come to shoot martial art fight sequence . the first rule of shoot a martial art scene and especially when the actor be also a talented martial artist and be to pull the camera back and shoot it with a wide angle with long take and not to do so many close ups with excessively fast cutting of scene to the point where the whole body can not be see and consequently the full power and grace and the execution of the technique be lose to the audience . but even with this flaw and the fight scene still manage to be very entertaining and my personal favourite be the dojo fight ( where jet utilise fillipino escrima stick fight ) and the fight with the 2 albino twin where jet outnumber and outsized by his opponent and use his environment and his speed to defeat them . those two fight in particular even though they be choreograph and look very real and be as hardcore a they come . overall and kiss of the dragon be a decent action film with good action set piece but due to the haphazard editing and the film can not be use a a true showcase of jet skill . one would have to go back to his early work in hong kong for that .