when Trish shoots and kills Mac first. Trish waits with her father for an ambulance while Han leaves to find Ch'u. At the Sing compound, Kai admits he personally killed Po for interfering with Ch'u's dealings with Roth. Han engages Kai in a fist fight, and eventually kills him. Han berates his father for killing Po out of greed, and declares that he will leave him to be punished by either the police or the other Triad families. As Han walks away, Ch'u picks up his gun and shoots himself. Han finds Trish waiting for him outside, and the two walk away together as the police arrive. Cast Jet Li as Han Sing Jonross Fong as Young Han Sing Aaliyah as Trish O'Day Isaiah Washington as Mac Russell Wong as Kai DMX as "Silk" Delroy Lindo as Isaak O'Day DB Woodside as Colin O'Day Henry O as Chu Sing Anthony Anderson as Maurice Edoardo Ballerini as Vince Roth Françoise Yip as Meriana Sing, Motorcycle Fighter Terry Chen as Kung Tseng Chang as Victor Ho Jon Kit Lee as Po Sing Ryan Jefferson Lowe as Young Po Sing Matthew Harrison as Dave Alvin Sanders as Calvin Manoj Sood as Akbar Production During the late 1990s, the producer Joel Silver became annoyed that he did not see anything fresh or original in American action films. For inspiration, he turned to Hong Kong action cinema, where Jet Li was an established movie star. In addition to the influence of Hong Kong martial arts films, the production team also introduced a new visual effect technique: the presentation of martial arts fighting in X-ray vision. They initially experimented with it for a single fight scene with Jet Li and tested it in front of an American audience, which gave an overwhelmingly positive response, before using it in more action scenes throughout the film. The film's setting is Oakland, California, but other than a few establishing shots, film production was entirely in Vancouver, British Columbia. Principal photography began on May 3, 1999 and ended on July 23, 1999. Filming locations included Gastown, Grandview–Woodland, Vanier Park, Chinatown, Versatile Pacific Shipyards, and the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. According to the documentary The Slanted Screen, Han and Trish were supposed to have a kissing scene, which explains the title of Romeo, but this did not test well with an urban audience. Jet Li stated on his personal