| Kiss of the Dragon | |
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 Theatrical teaser poster | |
| Directed by | Chris Nahon |
| Screenplay by | Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen |
| Story by | Jet Li |
| Produced by | Luc Besson Jet Li Steve Chasman Happy Walters |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
| Edited by | Marco Cave |
| Music by | Craig Armstrong |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | EuropaCorp Distribution (France)[1] 20th Century Fox (select territories) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | France United States |
| Languages | English French Mandarin |
| Budget | $25 million[2] |
| Box office | $64.4 million[2] |
Kiss of the Dragon (Le Baiser mortel du dragon in French) is a 2001 French-American action film directed by Chris Nahon, written and produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson, and starring an international cast of Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, and Tchéky Karyo. It follows a Chinese intelligence agent who is sent to Paris to apprehend a Chinese mob boss; framed for murder, he enlists a prostitute to help him prove his innocence.
Li purposefully wanted to take a realistic approach to the fight scenes, and forgo the CGI and wire work that had been popularized by films such as Charlie’s Angels and The Matrix.[3] It is notable as most of the action sequences did not use CGI or wire work; only two scenes required CGI enhancement and only one scene involved wire work.[4]
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