History Film / KissOfTheDragon

* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: In [[HateSink yet another]] of his many [[KickTheDo loathful actions]] through the film, when Jessica (who has been forced into prostituion by Richard) tries to make a stand at one point and ask him to let her go and give her back her daughter, Richard wrestles her to his desk, holds her down, injects her with a fresh dose of cocaine, and tosses her out onto the street to continue her rounds.

%% * EliteMooks: The twins.

%% * GunsAkimbo

* OhCrap:
%% ** "Now I know where you are. I'm coming up."
** Jian gets a minor one when he barricades a door in the police station and turns around to see he has sealed himself inside a dojo full of karate black belts with tonfas.

* AssholeVictim: Mr. Big is an extremely nasty Triad leader and in a different film he would be BigBad material. Instead, the plot quickly establishes Inspector Richard [[EvilerThanThou as the more dangerous criminal]] and Jian doesn't cares about how Richard murdered the criminal he had been pursuing for a long time beyond the fact that [[ClearMyName Jian got framed for it]].

%% * AssholeVictim: Mr. Big.

%% * DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Right there in the name...

%% * ObviouslyEvil: Inspector Richard. When Jian first meets him, you knew he was the BigBad.

%% * TrivialTitle

%% * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Inspector Richard.

* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Apparently in Richard's world, the appropriate response to getting your nose broken is to throw a grenade at the one responsible.

In April 2022, ''Kiss of the Dragon'' was going to become the first R-rated film to stream on Creator/DisneyPlus in the United States, but the decision was reversed; instead it will be streaming on Disney+ in Canada.

* AssholeVictim: Mr. Big.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Right there in the name...

* EliteMooks: The twins.

* GayParee

* GunsAkimbo

* ObviouslyEvil: Inspector Richard. When Jian first meets him, you knew he was the BigBad.

** "Now I know where you are. I'm coming up."

* TrivialTitle

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Inspector Richard.

In April 2022, ''Kiss of the Dragon'' became the first R-rated film to stream on Creator/DisneyPlus in the United States, which had previously strictly forbade movies with that rating from streaming on the service.

In April 2022, ''Kiss of the Dragon'' became the first R-rated film to stream on Creator/DisneyPlus, which had previously strictly forbade movies with that rating from streaming on the service.

''Kiss of the Dragon'' is a 2001 [[MartialArtsMovie martial arts action film]] starring Creator/JetLi, written by Creator/LucBesson and directed by Creator/ChrisNahon.

Liu Jian (Li), a Chinese intelligence officer, comes to [[GayParee Paris]] to help the vice squad apprehend Chinese drug lord Mr. Big (Ric Young) and his unknown French connection. He joins forces with French police official Jean-Pierre Richard (Tchéky Karyo) in order to do it. Alas, it turns out that Richard is Big's connection, and that Richard is planning to murder Big. When Jian discovers, tries and fails to stop this, Richard frames him for the murder. Jian is able to escape with a tape that proves his innocence, but he loses it soon after. Just when it seems he has nowhere to turn, he meets Jessica (Creator/BridgetFonda), a HookerWithAHeartOfGold whom Richard has forced into prostitution and heroin-addiction, and who was present at the site of Big's murder and thus can prove Jian's innocence. Alas, [[IHaveYourWife Richard also has Jessica's daughter under his thumb in an orphanage]], and she refuses to help until Jian gets her. Jian sets off to do it, evading Richard's mooks and seeking to slay him at the same time.

Liu Jian (Li), a Chinese intelligence officer, comes to [[GayParee Paris]] to help the vice squad apprehend Chinese drug lord Mr. Big (Ric Young) and his unknown French connection. He joins forces with French police official Jean-Pierre Richard (Tchéky Karyo) in order to do it. Alas, it turns out that Richard is Big's connection, and that Richard is planning to murder Big. When Jian discovers, tries and fails to stop this, Richard frames him for the murder. Jian is able to escape with a tape that proves his innocence, but he loses it soon after. Just when it seems he has nowhere to turn, he meets Jessica (Bridget Fonda), a HookerWithAHeartOfGold whom Richard has forced into prostitution and heroin-addiction, and who was present at the site of Big's murder and thus can prove Jian's innocence. Alas, [[IHaveYourWife Richard also has Jessica's daughter under his thumb in an orphanage]], and she refuses to help until Jian gets her. Jian sets off to do it, evading Richard's mooks and seeking to slay him at the same time.

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** The smaller brother's attempt to kick Jian with a backflip ends up being his death sentence, as Jian catches his legs and causes a NeckSnap, killing him.

* MajorInjuryReaction: Jian suffers two major wounds; once his arm is sliced open and once he is shot in the shoulder. He doesn't really show much of a reaction in either case.

* BlatantLies: After Richard killed the drug boss and the prostitute that stabbed the drug boss, he tries to a [[FrameUp frame Jian]] by using Jian's own gun (with his fingerprints) and setting it up like Jian was a DirtyCop. Jian's boss doesn't believe it for a second.

* CelibateHero: Jian, to the point that Jessica wonders if he is gay, much to his annoyance.

* CombatPragmatist: As Jian can't use his gun in most fights, he resorts to his fists and anything else he can find, from an iron to a billiard ball to the head.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Among other things, Jian beats up mooks with a scooter, a broom, and with [[DualWielding dual]] ''irons''.

* KarmicDeath: The NeckSnap-happy brothers both die by the same.

* NeckSnap: The brothers are fond of this, with the bigger one {{Neck Lift}}ing the victim so the smaller one can jump up and break their neck with a hook kick. Unsurprisingly, both die this way.

* GroinAttack: Blond [[GiantMook Giant Mook]]. Twice.

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Jessica

* NoNameGiven: According to promotional materials, the twins's names are Victor (the smaller) and Igor (the bigger), but only the latter's gets mentioned on the film, and only once.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Averted. The twin brothers are incredibly lookalike, but one of them is slim and lean while the other is much taller and bigger. Actually, aside from the credits and casting names, they are never stated to be ''twin'' brothers, but in case they are not, they have a StrongFamilyResemblance.

* ItOnlyWorksOnce: During their fight, Jian grabs the smaller brother's foot and tries to throw him onto his back. The smaller brother instead backflips and kicks Jian in the chest. When they wind up in the same position, Jian rushes forward and grabs the brother's legs, snapping his neck when he hits the ground.

** Jian gets a minor one when he barricades a door in the police station and turns around to see he has sealed himself inside a dojo full of black belts with tonfas.

''Kiss of the Dragon'' is a 2001 [[MartialArtsMovie martial arts action film]] starring JetLi, written by Creator/LucBesson and directed by Creator/ChrisNahon.

* HairTriggerTemper / JerkAss: Inspector Richard screams profanities at people in practically every scene, so much so that one wonders how he never blows his cover.

* OhCrap: "Now I know where you are. I'm coming up."

* TouchOfDeath / YouAreAlreadyDead: The [[TitleDrop film's title refers to]] a technique in which an acupuncture needle is stabbed into a PressurePoint in someone's neck, causing all the blood to flow to the head thus causing aneurysm. Jian does it to Richard in the climax.

Liu Jian (Li), a Chinese intelligence officer, comes to [[GayParee Paris]] to help the vice squad apprehend Chinese drug lord Mr. Big and his unknown French connection. He joins forces with French police official Jean-Pierre Richard (Tchéky Karyo) in order to do it. Alas, it turns out that Richard is Big's connection, and that Richard is planning to murder Big. When Jian discovers, tries and fails to stop this, Richard frames him for the murder. Jian is able to escape with a tape that proves his innocence, but he loses it soon after. Just when it seems he has nowhere to turn, he meets Jessica, a HookerWithAHeartOfGold whom Richard has forced into prostitution and heroin-addiction, and who was present at the site of Big's murder and thus can prove Jian's innocence. Alas, [[IHaveYourWife Richard also has Jessica's daughter under his thumb in an orphanage]], and she refuses to help until Jian gets her. Jian sets off to do it, evading Richard's mooks and seeking to slay him at the same time.