Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
"Kiss Fear Goodbye"
Top Billed Cast
Jet Li
Liu Jian
Bridget Fonda
Jessica
Tchéky Karyo
Richard
Ric Young
Mister Big
Burt Kwouk
Uncle Taï
Laurence Ashley
Aja
Cyril Raffaelli
Twin
Didier Azoulay
Twin
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
W WuchakVerified TMDB Critic
2021-05-20
_**Jet Li flick in Paris with Bridget Fonda**_
An expert Chinese intelligence agent (Jet Li) is sent to Paris to help the head inspector (Tchéky Karyo) in apprehending a Chinese mob boss at a ritzy hotel, unaware that it’s a set-up. Bridget Fonda plays an American prostitute that “Johnny” (Li) develops a relationship with during the misadventure.
"Kiss of the Dragon" (2001) is a big city crime thriller with the expected overdone martial arts action due to Li. It’s a modern mixing of “From Russia with Love” (1963) with the preposterous action of “The Gauntlet” (1977) and ...
J JPRetanaVerified TMDB Critic
2026-06-08
Kiss of the Dragon (2001) is set and was shot on location in Paris. It features Chinese and French characters, some of them played by Chinese and French actors. What are the odds that no one in the movie speaks either Chinese or French? Some of these characters are diplomats, yet they have apparently never heard of an interpreter. It’s like they all learned English just so they could talk to each other and, even more strangely, among themselves.
This linguistic oddity is but the tip of the stupid iceberg. The film opens with Liu Jian (Jet Li) arriving in Paris, ostensibly for “pleasure....
