In this episode of Retrospect Reviews, Ricardo and I discuss the 2000 martial-arts action film "Romeo must Die", best known for the first lead performance by action movie icon Jet Li in a Hollywood movie and the first of two movie performances by the late, great R&B songstress Aaliyah. 




02:00 - PRE-RAMBLE (Influence of martial-arts films on black culture, Jet Li's impact in the 90s, "Romeo + Juliet", hip-hop in the late 90s and "Queen of the Damned")  


25:35 - MOVIE REVIEW  


1:00:40 - CLOSING THOUGHTS AND RATING




AUDIO CLIPS COURTESY OF 


(c) Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2000 All Rights Reserved




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