Kiss of the Dragon is a
2001 action film,
directed by Chris Nahon and starring
Jet Li. The film was made in response to Li's fans requesting more realistic fight scenes,
and 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.
Wire work was also added to one of the last fight sequences between Li and
Cyril Raffaelli, only to add clarity to Raffaelli's kicks, as he was moving too fast for the camera. Nahon was also required to slow down this fight scene, as both Li and Raffaelli moved too quickly to be captured clearly at normal recording speed.
The film is actually based on a story by Li.
Plot
Liu Siu-jian, a
Chinese intelligence agent, is sent and assigned to
Paris to help apprehend a Chinese
mob boss, Mr. Big, involved in
heroin smuggling. He meets Inspector Jean-Pierre Richard, a corrupt and violent
French police detective, at a
hotel. Richard tricks Liu into believing he is simply providing reconnaissance of a meet involving Mr. Big. The plans are changed when Mr. Big is introduced to two prostitutes, one being Jessica Kamen, an
American woman, who take him to his room to service him. Mr. Big was so hungry for sexual pleasure that he would only allow his henchmen to check his room for one minute. Jessica was not comfortable but her co worker encourages her. The prostitute began to strip and played the song, "Shake Your Ass." She began to remove her silky red oriental dress and while Liu and the rest were watching through the surveillance camera, Mr. Big kicks everyone out except for the two prostitutes. The prostitute was revealed to be wearing a lacy black bra and thong with fishnet pantyhose and began to sniff cocaine. Jessica undresses and reveals to be wearing a dark turquoise dress with black pantyhose. While the prostitute was on top of Mr. Big, she attempts to murder him. Witnessing the events from a surveillance room, Liu rushes to stop the prostitute. Richard shortly enters, only to shoot Mr. Big and the prostitute with Liu's police-issue
handgun, framing Liu for the murders.
