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Romeo Must Die (2000)

★ 6.3 · 1,329 ratings on TMDB

In a world of vicious rivalries and violent betrayals, only one thing is sure...

Romeo Must Die poster★ 6.3

Two warring gang families (one African-American, the other Chinese) maneuver for bragging rights to the Oakland, California, docks. Hang Sing and Trish O'Day uncover a trail of deceit that leaves most of the warring factions dead … or worse!

DirectorAndrzej Bartkowiak
CastAaliyah, Anthony Anderson, D. B. Woodside, Delroy Lindo, Edoardo Ballerini, Henry O
GenresAction, Crime, Thriller
The emergence reading

Romeo Must Die keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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