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