Kiss of the Dragon
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: July 6, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
8
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
It is not merely a thriller but a shocker. It will separate hard-core Jet Li followers from the fair-weather fans. Read full review
90
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
The inventive, often comically horrible fight set pieces will have you standing on your seat cheering like a Viking, and the result is a supremely kinetic and amusing guilty pleasure. Read full review
80
Village VoiceJessica Winter
A veteran of commercials and music videos, director Chris Nahon crowds out too much of the sprawling combat gymnastics, but his film doesn't lack for luxuriously seedy ambience --his Paris is a retro-futurist sewer. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldCharles Savage
The Hollywood action genre, sliding into a lazy dependence on computer-generated fakery, needs this authentic kick to the head delivered by Jet Li. Read full review
75
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Jet Li and Bridget Fonda form a terrific bond in this action film. And the choreography adds a nice kick, too. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
This is all grimy, guy on guy fun, right down to the fevered, bad English dialogue. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Kiss of the Dragon is a straight-ahead star vehicle for the trim and terse Li, whose steady gaze and fist-flying ways are tempered by a gentlemanly mien. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I like the movie on a simple physical level. There is no deeper meaning and no higher skill involved; just professional action, well-staged and filmed with a certain stylistic elegance. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
The non-fighting parts of Kiss of the Dragon are, despite the presence of co-star Bridget Fonda, completely non-compelling. It's a proud convention in films like this for fans to mark time during exposition, waiting patiently for the action to start up again, and Kiss is very much in that tradition. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe Leydon
Slick, straight-ahead action-thriller that marks a small step back and two bounding leaps forward for toplined Jet Li. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Mr. Li will come out of Kiss of the Dragon smelling like a rose; the combat couldn't be better. But next time around, he should leave the script to more capable hands. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
This is a garish, rocket-fueled slice of popcorn mayhem, and the perfect antidote to this summer's limp action lineup. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
The action scenes, including one on that tourist sightseeing staple, the Bateau Mouche, were directed by Cory Yuen with some creative touches, including a hail of chopsticks during a fight in a restaurant kitchen. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
What goes on when Li isn't fighting the bad guys isn't worth discussing; it's that stupid.
63
USA TodayMike Clark
Seeing this movie won't get you into MIT, but it's passable fun. Read full review
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