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Po Sing, the youngest son of the Chinese crime boss Ch'u Sing, is set upon by African-American men at Silk's nightclub in Oakland, California, and is found murdered the next day. His older brother Han, a former police officer jailed in Hong Kong, hears of the death and escapes to Oakland to look into it. Ch'u is in business with Isaak O'Day, a gang leader and real estate developer; together they are collecting deeds for waterfront land that Vincent Roth wants. Isaak fears reprisals and puts guards on his children Colin and Trish, who stays away from her father's illegal dealings. Han helps Trish lose the bodyguard Maurice and learns that Po had phoned her clothing store shortly before he died.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Romeo Must Die (2000)
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Han and Trish were supposed to have a kissing scene, which explains the Romeo of the title, but it did not test well with an urban audience; Jet Li said both versions were filmed and the one without the kiss was used because it would be strange for Han to kiss someone after witnessing his father's suicide.- The production team introduced a new visual effect, presenting martial arts fighting in X-ray vision. They first experimented with it on a single fight scene with Jet Li and tested it before an American audience, whose overwhelmingly positive response led them to use it throughout the film.
