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* BreakawayPopHit: Music/PharrellWilliams' band N*E*R*D's "Lapdance" became a hit after its inclusion in the film and would later appear on their debut album ''In Search Of...''
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* EnforcedMethodActing: In the scene were Creator/JetLi attacks Max Ryan "Lupo", they were supposed to film the dialog scene separately from the fight that follows. However, after the dialog, the director didn't say "cut", and so Jet attacked Max. The take is in the final film - along with Max Ryan's very realistic frightened expression.
* PlayingAgainstType: In a sense. Jet Li's most famous movies were known for their heavy use of wirework for the action and fight scenes. In this movie wires are only used for three moves and only once on him, and the rest is all straight choreographed combat. Also doubles as DoingItForTheArt.
* PlayingAgainstType: In a sense. Jet Li's most famous movies were known for their heavy use of wirework for the action and fight scenes. In this movie wires are only used for three moves and only once on him, and the rest is all straight choreographed combat. Also doubles as DoingItForTheArt.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: In the scene were Creator/JetLi in which Creator/JetLi's character Liu Jian attacks Max Ryan "Lupo", Ryan's character Lupo, they were supposed to film the dialog scene separately from the fight that follows. However, after the dialog, the director didn't say "cut", and so Jet Li attacked Max. Ryan. The take is in the final film - along with Max Ryan's very realistic frightened expression.
* PlayingAgainstType: In a sense.Jet Li's most famous movies were known for their heavy use of wirework for the action and fight scenes. In this movie wires are only used for three moves and only once on him, and the rest is all straight choreographed combat. Also doubles as DoingItForTheArt.DoingItForTheArt since he also came up with the film's story that was developed into the screenplay written by Creator/LucBesson and Robert Mark Kamen.
* PlayingAgainstType: In a sense.
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* WrittenByCastMember: Jet Li came up with the film's story.
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* WrittenByCastMember: Jet Li came up with the film's story.
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* PlayingAgainstType: In a sense. Jet Li's most famous movies were known for their heavy use of wirework for the action and fight scenes. In this movie wires are only used for 3 moves and only once on him, and the rest is all straight choreographed combat.
* StarDerailingRole: Following this movie and ''Film/{{Monkeybone}}'' earlier that year in 2001, Creator/BridgetFonda pretty much retired from acting to become a full-time wife and mother.
* StarDerailingRole: Following this movie and ''Film/{{Monkeybone}}'' earlier that year in 2001, Creator/BridgetFonda pretty much retired from acting to become a full-time wife and mother.
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* PlayingAgainstType: In a sense. Jet Li's most famous movies were known for their heavy use of wirework for the action and fight scenes. In this movie wires are only used for 3 three moves and only once on him, and the rest is all straight choreographed combat.
combat. Also doubles as DoingItForTheArt.
* StarDerailingRole: Following thismovie movie, which managed to recoup its $25 million budget domestically by grossing $36.8 million in North America, and the box office failure of ''Film/{{Monkeybone}}'' earlier that year in 2001, Creator/BridgetFonda pretty much retired from acting to become a full-time wife and mother.mother.
* WrittenByCastMember: Jet Li came up with the film's story.
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* WrittenByCastMember: Jet Li came up with the film's story.
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* StarDerailingRole: Following this movie and ''Film/KissOfTheDragon'' later that year in 2001, Creator/BridgetFonda pretty much retired from acting to become a full-time wife and mother.
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* StarDerailingRole: Following this movie and ''Film/KissOfTheDragon'' later ''Film/{{Monkeybone}}'' earlier that year in 2001, Creator/BridgetFonda pretty much retired from acting to become a full-time wife and mother.
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* StarDerailingRole: Following this movie and ''Film/KissOfTheDragon'' later that year in 2001, Creator/BridgetFonda pretty much retired from acting to become a full-time wife and mother.
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* CastingGag: This is not the first time Burt Kwouk has been assisting [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther a martial-arts practicing policeman in Paris]].
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* CastingGag: This is not BannedInChina: Due to its violence, the first time Burt Kwouk has been assisting [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther a martial-arts practicing policeman film was banned in Paris]].China. Creator/JetLi spoke out about this censorship.
* TheCastShowoff: Cyril Raffaelli knows how to perform the one-and-a-quarter backwards somersault-kick he does in the final fight scene without the aid of wires. There were at least two takes without the wire, but supposedly Cyril was moving too fast for the camera. Wires were added in for "clarity".
* EnforcedMethodActing: In the scene were Creator/JetLi attacks Max Ryan "Lupo", they were supposed to film the dialog scene separately from the fight that follows. However, after the dialog, the director didn't say "cut", and so Jet attacked Max. The take is in the final film - along with Max Ryan's very realistic frightened expression.
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* TheCastShowoff: Cyril Raffaelli knows how to perform the one-and-a-quarter backwards somersault-kick he does in the final fight scene without the aid of wires. There were at least two takes without the wire, but supposedly Cyril was moving too fast for the camera. Wires were added in for "clarity".
* EnforcedMethodActing: In the scene were Creator/JetLi attacks Max Ryan "Lupo", they were supposed to film the dialog scene separately from the fight that follows. However, after the dialog, the director didn't say "cut", and so Jet attacked Max. The take is in the final film - along with Max Ryan's very realistic frightened expression.
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* CastingGag: This is not the first time Burt Kwouk has been assisting [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther a martial-arts practicing policeman in Paris]].
