Jet Li: Rise to Honor

Jet Li: Rise to Honor is an action-adventure game for the PlayStation 2, built and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It came out in 2003 (February 2004 in some regions). The game uses the face, voice, and movements of martial arts film star Jet Li, with fight sequences arranged by Corey Yuen. It was developed at Sony Computer Entertainment America's Foster City studio, which still manages North American releases.

The game is built like a movie, with no loading screens and sections called "scenes." A chapter select menu, similar to a DVD, lets players revisit any cleared scene. Played from a third-person view, most of the game is a beat 'em up where the right analog stick controls punches and kicks, much like the Xbox game Star Wars: Obi-Wan. Some levels let the player use guns with unlimited ammo. During play, the player builds up adrenaline, which can be released for powerful hand-to-hand attacks. When using guns, the player can enter a slow-motion bullet time mode, similar to Max Payne, and take cover behind objects like garbage cans or walls.

The story follows Kit Yun, an undercover Hong Kong police officer played by Jet Li. He is assigned as a bodyguard to Boss Chiang, a friend of Kit's father. After a year, Chiang decides to leave organized crime, angering his associate Kwan. Gang members try to kill Chiang, and a sniper succeeds. Before dying, Chiang asks Kit to deliver an envelope about the crime syndicate to his daughter Michelle, Kit's childhood friend. Kit goes to San Francisco to find her. There, he meets Chi, another friend. They are chased by thugs working for local boss Billy Soon, who captures them. Kit learns Kwan hired Billy to find the envelope and ordered their execution. Kit and Chi escape, defeat Billy, and free Michelle. Billy tries to shoot Michelle, but Chi takes the bullet and dies. Michelle decides to return to Hong Kong to stop Kwan. Back in Hong Kong, Michelle is wounded by a sniper, Won Jang, whom Kit kills. Michelle is then kidnapped by Kwan's men. Kit fights through a skyscraper to reach Kwan, defeats him in hand-to-hand combat, and tries to arrest him. Kwan attempts to shoot Kit's superior, Victor Lau, but Kit disarms him, and Victor shoots Kwan dead. At Chiang's funeral, Victor demands the envelope be burned. He then admits he ordered the deaths of Chiang and Kit's father and profited from the syndicate.