Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
2001 film directed by Chris Nahon
- Released
- 25 October 2001
- Country
- France, United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Chris Nahon
- Screenplay
- Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
- Producer
- Luc Besson
- Music
- Craig Armstrong
- Cinematography
- Thierry Arbogast
- Starring
- Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tchéky Karyo, Cyril Raffaelli, Alain de Catuelan, Burt Kwouk, Claude Brécourt, Alain David
- Running time
- 98 minutes
- Production company
- StudioCanal, 20th Century Studios, Canal+
- Distributor
- 20th Century Studios, Netflix, Disney+
- Set in
- Paris
Kiss of the Dragon (French: Le Baiser mortel du dragon) is a 2001 English-language French action film directed by Chris Nahon, written and produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson and starring an international cast led by Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, and Tchéky Karyo. It follows a Chinese police officer who is sent to Paris to assist in the arrest of a Chinese mob boss. Framed for murder and hard pressed to prove his innocence, he teams up with a woman who has been forced into prostitution.
Li wanted to take a realistic approach to the fight scenes and forgo the CGI and wire work that had been popularized by films such as Charlie's Angels and The Matrix. Consequently, most of the action sequences did not use CGI or wire work; only two scenes required CGI enhancement, and only one scene involved wire work.
Cast
- Jet Li
- Bridget Fonda
- Tchéky Karyo
- Cyril Raffaelli
- Alain de Catuelan
- Burt Kwouk
- Claude Brécourt
- Alain David
- Didier Azoulay
- Éric Averlant
- Jean-Georges Vongerichten
- Ludovic Berthillot
- Max Ryan
- Paul Barrett
- Ric Young
- John Forgeham
- Vincent Wong
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q471913 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.