Film

Romeo Must Die 2000

Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak

  • Action, Crime, Thriller
  • 115 min
  • R

In a world of vicious rivalries and violent betrayals, only one thing is sure...

Two warring gang families (one African-American, the other Chinese) maneuver for bragging rights to the Oakland, California docks. Hang Sing and Trish O'Day uncover a trail of deceit that leaves most of the warring factions dead... or worse!

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Contemporary, unpretentious, earnest and classical in form.

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  • unpretentiousprestige
  • earnestironic
  • classical in formformally daring
  • gravecomic

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