YMMV / Romeo Must Die

• Awesome Music: Aaliyah's "Try Again", which proved so popular it became a Breakaway Pop Hit and got to number 1 on the Billboard 100 just through airplay, and is fondly remembered today as one of her signature songs.
• Funny Moments:
  • Maurice shouting "I'm gonna find your Aaliyah-looking ass!" at Trish after she runs away.
  • Han after beating up Maurice's gang and stealing his car. "I love this country. Free cars."
  • Han playing football for the first time. Mac tells him that the guy holding the ball gets hit, so he tosses the ball to other players and beats them up.
  • Han Wouldn't Hit a Girl so he guides Trish into beating up a female assassin.
  • Han putting on a backwards baseball cap and trying to act "hip hop" while getting into Silk's club.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Strangely popular in Brazil, at least popular enough for a local TV network to have shown it a whopping 16 times since 2002.
• Heartwarming Moments:
  • The final scene between Han and Trish. No Anguished Declaration of Love, no The Big Damn Kiss, no cliched ending. Just a hug, showing that these two are there for each other and they can at least try to help each other through the difficult times.
  • Isaak shaking Han's hand and pretty much giving him his blessing. It shows that - unlike Chu - Isaak cares for his children and just wants to see them happy.
• Narm Charm:
  • Kung Fu Football is just hilarious. It's supposed to make Han look badass and adaptable, but it's pure comedy.
  • The Designated Girl Fight where Han manipulates Trish's limbs so that she hits the female assassin - because he Wouldn't Hit a Girl. Silly? Of course. Hilarious? Sure. Awesome? Absolutely.
• She Realy Can Act: Played with. The movie was a surprise hit and Aaliyah got a lot of positive reaction, with some suggesting she could become a film star as well, praising her natural charisma and her excellent chemistry with Jet Li as well as her skill at both drama and comedy. She died before she could, but people do point to several moments in this film that show signs of potential she never got a chance to tap into.
• Special Effect Failure: Jet Li's Wire Fu is usually very elegant. In this film, it's a bit more exaggerated for a work in a realistic setting with Han sometimes reversing direction mid-kick, and a distinct lack of weight on attacks.
• Tear Jerker:
  • The final confrontation between Han and his father wherein it's revealed that Chu allowed Po to be killed. It's one of the few times Han's Dissonant Serenity slips and he wells up with Manly Tears. Even if he essentially disowns his father, he's still clearly shaken up when he hears the gunshot.
  • After Colin's death Trish tells Han a story of how she and Colin pranked their mother by pretending he had been hit by a car. Trish realized it was Dude, Not Funny! when she saw her mother's reaction.
    "I didn't get it then but I get it now."
• The Woobie: Trish and Han both have lost their mothers by the start of the film, and both lose their brothers in the Escalating War. Both of them really need that hug at the end.

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