Right-Hand-Cat: Richard has a pet turtle that he keeps in a drawer in his desk.He asks her to take him there, in no frame of mind to notice just how long and sharp the hairpins she's holding are. Out with a Bang: A killer prostitute (specifically an assassin targeting a specific victim) asks her victim things like "Do you want to go to heaven?" and "Are you ready to go to heaven?" as she's riding him to (his) orgasm.One-Man Army: Jian plows through an entire police station, which happens to have a hand-to-hand combat course in session.When Jian firsts meet him, you knew he was the Big Bad. Improvised Weapon: Among other things, Jian beats up mooks with a scooter, a broom, and with dual irons.Richard instead elects to shoot Jian, which goes even worse (if he had shot the girl, he'd at least have spite to his name, all he managed instead was a minor wound). Jian points out that in the time it takes Richard to kill the girl, Jian will kill him. Hostage Situation: Richard tries to play the card again face to face, and it's still defied.Jian has already turned the tapes in, and is now going to get the daughter. Richard tries to trade Jessica's daughter for the tapes of a murder. Hostage for Macguffin: Defied by Jian.The larger of the two brothers at the police station also qualifies. Giant Mook: A Scary Black Man henchman tries to smush Jian after he attacks a pimp who was abusing Jessica.Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Right there in the name.The result could be subtitled "Bring it!" "No, you bring it!" "No, you!" Bring It: Played with, when a fight scene grinds to a halt as both fighters realise they're better off where they are.And those he doesn't kill, he blackmails, and he sets up murders. He gets his own people killed to protect himself. No need to make a long list what he's done, so here's a short version: Other than being the head of local Interpol branch, and running a prostitution ring, he makes sure to keep them addicted and keeps the daughter of one in an orphanage to prevent her from leaving. He is the kind of guy who can clear out a whole room of black belts and make it look easy. Tropes used in Kiss of the Dragon include: Critics considered it lukewarm (51% on Rotten Tomatoes), and it was a moderate box office success. Consequently, only two scenes required CGI enhancement and only one scene involved wire work. Li made the film as a result of fans requesting more realistic fight scenes following Romeo Must Die. Jian sets off to do it, evading Richard's mooks and seeking to slay him at the same time. Alas, Richard also has Jessica's daughter under his thumb in an orphanage, and she refuses to help until Jian gets her. Just when it seems he has nowhere to turn, he meets Jessica, a Hooker with a Heart of Gold 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. Jian is able to escape with a tape that proves his innocence, but he loses it soon after. When Jian discovers, tries and fails to stop this, Richard frames him for the murder. Alas, it turns out that Richard is Big's connection, and that Richard is planning to murder Big. He joins forces with French police official Jean-Pierre Richard (Tchéky Karyo) in order to do it. Liu Jian (Li), a Chinese intelligence officer, comes to Paris to help the vice squad apprehend Chinese drug lord Mr. Kiss of the Dragon is a 2001 martial arts action film directed by Chris Nahon starring Jet Li. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. All new trope pages will be made with the "Trope Workshop" found on the "Troper Tools" menu and worked on until they have at least three examples.Pages that don't do this will be subject to deletion, with or without explanation. All new pages should use the preloadable templates feature on the edit page to add the appropriate basic page markup. All images MUST now have proper attribution, those who neglect to assign at least the "fair use" licensing to an image may have it deleted. Failure to do so may result in deletion of contributions and blocks of users who refuse to learn to do so.
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