Romeo Must Die 2000

Critics score:
33 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

John Hartl, Seattle Times: The straight-to-video plot of Romeo Must Die may border on the ridiculous, but the fight scenes are knockouts. Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Jet Li is, quite simply, the Michael Jordan of martial arts. Read more

Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News: When there isn't a fight or a car chase going on, there's nothing worth watching to fill the time. Read more

Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: You catch Mr. Li in bite-size chunks instead of the family-style helpings in his other work. Read more

Dave Larsen, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: It's not Shakespeare, but Romeo Must Die is a major kick. Read more

Entertainment Weekly: Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Read more

Globe and Mail: Read more

Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: A charming (yes!) action movie in which a familiar gang-war scenario gets juiced up with innovative, wittily choreographed fight scenes. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: When the film sticks to action, it's on firm ground. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: [Li's] scenes are so clearly computer-aided that his moves are about as impressive as Bugs Bunny doing the same. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: It's effective enough. Read more

Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: Straight-ahead action would have been more than sufficient. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Slick, Joel Silver-produced action movie with a borderline straight to video feel. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: The film never stops moving, and it's always a pleasure to watch. Read more

Dennis Lim, Village Voice: The movie fills too much of its downtime with silly mawkishness. Read more