- "King of Killers"
"The King of Killers" is directed by Dong Wei, written by Chen Qingjia and Zheng Jinfu, and starring Jet Li, Zeng Zhiwei, Yam Dahua, Leung Yongqi and other action movies. The film was released in Hong Kong, China on April 3, 1998.
The film tells the story of an old man who hired the king of killers to assassinate the Japanese chaebol, who broke the old man's family in the war of aggression against China, and the price paid by the old man to the king of killers was just a box of military tickets. A few days later, the Japanese chaebol died under the guns of the killer king under strict security. The revenge fund set up by the chaebol before his death was launched, offering a reward of 100 million yuan to hunt down the king of killers and the mastermind behind the scenes. The world's most famous killers signed up through proxies, eyeing this huge bounty.
Even the grandson of the chaebol, Sakamoto, led a powerful killer group to join, and he was backed by the world's second killer, the gray wolf. The king of killers does not receive remuneration, but kills the powerful people who should be killed, and it is rumored that he calls himself "Blazing Angel", but the killer world respects him as the "king of killers". In order to obtain this huge bounty, the little-known killer Xiaofu and his manager Crocodile also joined the ranks of the search for someone. Finally, they find the "Blazing Angel", which turns out to be a police officer who specializes in killing bad guys.
- Lethal Weapon 4
"Lethal Weapon 4" is the fourth film in the Lethal Weapon series. The film cost $140 million and was directed by Richard Donner, co-starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and Chinese actor Jet Li. The film was released in the United States on July 10, 1998.
The film tells the story of Martin and Roger who have known each other for many years as old friends and colleagues, both of whom are police officers. Once on the way to sea with their mutual friend Gates (Joe Percy), the three came across an illegal smuggling boat. As a police officer, Martin knew that he could not sit idly by, so he began a fierce battle against the underworld.
Among the smugglers, there is a man named Ah Hong, the kind Roger took him and his family who had nowhere to go, but he did not expect that it was this action that angered the dangerous gang leader Gu, in order to snatch Hong from Roger's hands, Gu did not hesitate to do many harmful things. What kind of secret is hidden in Akhong's body? What is Gu trying in every possible way to get Ah Hong for?
The martial arts scenes are not only small in quantity, but also of average quality. Jet Li's first few moves were edited extremely abruptly, which could not be compared with the scheduling in Hong Kong films.
- "Deadly Romeo"
"Deadly Romeo" is an action film directed by Andrei Bakovia, starring Jet Li, Arya, Isaiah Washington, Wang Shengde, Dellie Lindo, etc. The film was released in the United States on March 22, 2000.
The film tells the story of Han Xing who was originally a police officer in Hong Kong, but his family is in charge of a Chinese criminal group in the United States and has a huge power. Once Han Xing lost his job in order to apologize for his father's crime and entered a prison in Hong Kong to serve his sentence. While serving his sentence, Han Xing suddenly learned of the death of his biological brother, and he successfully escaped from prison and went to the United States to find the truth about his brother's death. Everyone told Han Xing that his brother's death was caused by a black gang opposed to their family, but Han Xing faintly felt that there was something else, so he launched an investigation.
During this period, Han Xing met the beautiful girl Tracy, who turned out to be the daughter of the boss of the opposing gang. Soon, Tracy's brother was also murdered, and Tracy, who also did not believe the words of everyone around him, and Han Xing launched an investigation together. Eventually, they discovered that the truth turned out to be cruel.
The film is the first work officially played by Jet Li, the ancient Shakespeare drama has been moved to modern New Orleans, and the Chinese gang members are locked in a life-and-death love affair with the daughter of the gang rival.
- "Dragon's Kiss"
"Dragon's Kiss" is an action movie directed by Chris Nahan, written by Luc Besson, starring Jet Li, Brigitte Fonda, Cheki Caillo and so on. The film was released in the United States on July 6, 2001.
The film tells the story of Liu Jian, a Chinese agent assigned to Paris to help the police station detect local drug smuggling rings. Due to the extremely sensitive task, the superior did not inform Liu Jian of the specific details of the task. After arriving in Paris, he smoothly connected with the contact and, accompanied by the contact, went to meet Richard, the senior detective of the police department with whom he was instructed to cooperate. After a series of twists and turns, Liu Jian first came face to face with Richard and witnessed him beat a suspect to death.
Richard is actually a member of a drug cartel who premeditated the murder and framed Liu Jian. So the first martial arts scene of the film was staged in the hotel and laundry. Liu Jian, who is skilled and resourceful, repels the pursuit of dozens of Richard's thugs alone, successfully escapes, and befriends the American Jessica. Jessica's daughter was held hostage by Richard, and Jessica herself was coerced by Richard to become a prostitute because of drug use.
Because of Richard's false accusation, Liu Jian was charged with murder. He and Jessica are forced by the situation and have to join forces to deal with insidious and cunning opponents, hoping to break free from the trap and regain a new life.
"Dragon's Kiss" not only has a very wonderful and beautiful martial arts design, but also has unique ingenuity everywhere, showing Jet Li's real kung fu of hard fists and hard horses and bare hand fighting, but also Jet Li's acting skills have become more mature, and the star charm has also overshadowed Jackie Chan. With a clear and positive theme of the film, Jet Li successfully created a screen image of a Chinese hero.