When I first saw the adverts for "Kiss of the Dragon" I thought that Luc Besson had truly run out of ideas. What was this supposed to be, the third film in the "La Femme Nikita"/"Point of No Return" box set, with Jet Li thrown in to take advantage of the public's fascination with "Matrix" and "Crouching Tiger..." style gravity-defying martial arts? And although as far as I'm concerned the jury is still out with regard to Besson as a cutting edge writer/director (I sincerely hope that his best work is not behind him--it seems all he's been doing these last half-dozen years is producing), "Kiss..." is still worth owning just for the scene at the police academy: No strings attached--just a couple of (night) sticks. Gotta love it.