Jet Li in his works
At the beginning of the 2000s, action cinema was doing well and could mainly count on the Chinese star Jet Li, martial arts specialist and wushu champion, as well as the great Hong Kong choreographer and director Corey Yuen. The two men are longtime collaborators and have starred together in four American films: Lethal weapon 4 (1998), Romeo must die (2000), The only one (2001) e On borrowed time (2003).
On borrowed timedirected by Andrzej Bartkowiak, Polish cinematographer turned director and also at the helm of Romeo must diearrived on Netflix on November, 1st and discreetly but securely installed itself in The 10 best films.
Solid casting and free-wheeling plot for On borrowed time
On borrowed time cares little about the coherence of his scenario, incredibly incredible, and prefers to focus on action sequences. For this reason, in addition to Jet Li, it also includes the rapper in its cast DMX. The martial artist and the rapper come together to form an unexpected duo. The first is Su Duncan, a Taiwanese policeman on the trail of black diamonds that the second, Anthony Fait, a high-level thief, stole despite Su’s warning.
When Fait’s partner gets black diamonds stolen and more Fait’s daughter is kidnapped by the mysterious gangster Lingto whom the stolen diamonds belonged, the cop and the thief will have to team up to resolve this chaotic situation.
In addition to Jet Li and DMX, we find in On borrowed time another famous cinema fighter, in the role of Ling: Mark Dacascos. There are other familiar faces such as Tom Arnold, Anthony Anderson and Gabrielle Union.
When it hit theaters in 2003, the film was well received negatively by critics, compared to other Jet Li films of the same period, such as The dragon’s kiss of death or above all Danny the dog, more appreciated. But twenty years later, it would seem soOn borrowed time has a second wind on Netflix…
Source: Cine Serie
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