Romeo Must Die   Less a movie, more a global marketing exercise,
Romeo Must Die attempts to please all races, all nations and all
levels of society by giving them all exactly what they want, all
the time. In doing so, you'll not be surprised to hear that it
comes across as mostly patchy and infrequently exciting. Try to
imagine a Hong Kong action movie remade by the people
responsible for all Britney Spears videos and Coca-Cola TV ads,
and you're on the right track.  As an American film inspired by
Asian cinema but aimed at Western audiences, it feels compelled
to stick within what they think we know about Orientals. So the
Chinese police brutally oppress Hong Kong and all the characters
are bound by honour and tradition to each other - - regardless
of the fact that Jet Li is an ex-policeman while the rest of his
family are a Triad gang. And, of course, they'reall great at
kung fu fighting.  And since it's also an American film hoping
to do well at the Asian box-office, it feels compelled to show a
version of