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Production Year: 2000 - Martial Arts - Director: Ang Lee - Original Language: Mandarin - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung, Cheng Pei-Pei, Fazeng Li, Xian Gao, Yan Hai, Li Li, Deming Wang more

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Known for making films about familial relationships, director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his martial arts epic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Based on a novel by Wang Du Lu,...
more...CROUCHING TIGER starts with the revenge plot common in the wuxia stories that Lee loved as a child, then adds a feminist twist. Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) is a legendary martial artist who has decided to pass on his sword, the Green Destiny, to a friend. Soon afterward, the sword is stolen by a masked female, setting in motion events that test the bonds of family, love, duty, and sisterhood. Chow appears with three generations of female stars: Cheng Pei Pei, a 1960s action heroine; Michelle Yeoh, the beauty queen turned 1980s action goddess; and newcomer Zhang Ziyi, who smolders as the princess who wants more than domestic tranquillity. Famed action choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping (THE MATRIX) stages jaw-dropping zero-G fights across rooftops, rivers, and bamboo trees, while Yo-Yo Ma punctuates the fisticuffs with dramatic cello solos. Described by Lee as "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY with martial arts," CROUCHING TIGER recalls the best wuxia films of the 1960s and pushes the genre in new directions.





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Too many nominations for it
Review of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (DVD) by jm

Advantages: Beautfiul pictures
Disadvantages: Mandarin language

The recent Sony Pictures release captures the beauty, spirit, and extraordinary talents of the misterious China. The film itself weds martial arts with sense and sensibility. It is an epic love story and a thrilling action drama set against the breathtaking landscapes of ancient China, filmed entirely on location. Based on a five-volume Chinese novel by Wang Du Lu, the project was scripted by two people with funny names: Wang Hui Ling and Tsai Kuo ... Read review

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21.02.2001
Some people liked it, but I didn't
Review of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (DVD) by forgot2follow

Advantages: didn't have any
Disadvantages: stupid story, boring

A lot of people liked this film and got a bunch of awards - not that that counts for much these days - but I pretty much thought it sucked. The storyline was just stupid and convuluted, the actions scenes were equally pointless and unrealistic - I'm not big on action scenes unless the film is a) not taking itself too seriously or b) so well made that the action scenes grip you. People also talk a lot about special effects and stuff, but I tend to ... Read review

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19.01.2004
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Review of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (DVD) by dorcasmbe

Advantages: Superb music good story
Disadvantages: none

One of the best films I've ever seen. Music superb, and just right for the film with very good insight into the many moods of the story. The location most interesting, and is about traditional and cultural values. It is a different type of love story. Fast pacing in some parts during the fighting, which is build around old style traditionand values. I coped with the subtitles very well, but not everyone holds that view. I was not at all disappointed ... Read review

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13.03.2004
wires wires freaking wires... am I in the 60s?!
Review of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (DVD) by markaceface

Advantages: it has an ending!!!
Disadvantages: so many I can't list them!!!

Plot: (I'll give this a go, still don't quite understand it!) A swordsman searching for elightiment returns to a friend, he has his sword stolen by a rich kid who has been taught secrets of kung fu but her nanny who happens to be a convict. The nanny convinces her to rob the swordsman of his sword... umm thats about it. the nanny dies the sword returns to the master and the rich kid realises she shouldn't have learnt those secrets kills herself, ... Read review

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06.08.2006
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Review of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (DVD) by macattack

Advantages: good film for the whole family
Disadvantages: the ending was typical chinese

Can chinese people really fly? of course not, but I watched the whole film without taking notice of this minor technicality. The scene in the trees was superb and the effects overall were very well done. The scenery was breathtaking. The atmosphere of the film was tremendous, often hillarious and although nothing like water margin and monkey, I could not help feeling this tinge of nostalgia during the fight scenes. If you are in the mood for ... Read review

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28.10.2002
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Review of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (DVD) by chrissi07

Advantages: great action scenes
Disadvantages: death

why oh why does the nice guy have to die at the end of these films i love all these films, this one has a rugged story line but the layout and casting are brilliant, music is heart felt actresses are so right for this film, older warrior trying to steer the young rogue into the right direction, also at the same time trying to keep her emotions for lee mu bai at bay. So a forbidden love is kept still by tradition. Yet another love is cursed, the thief ... Read review

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08.01.2007
Haiii- Yaaaa
Review of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (DVD) by johnty110

Advantages: Chow Yun Fat
Disadvantages: Ridiculious jumping

This film has received so many great reviews recently but when I went to see it I felt it was slightly overrated. The storyline was difficult to follow in places; this was partly due to the subtitles and the bizarrely irrelevant dream sequence. Another thing which wasn't good was the ridiculous way the characters were able to jump massive distance (Matrix Style). However, the martial arts scenes on the ground were brilliant especially the one in ... Read review

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24.02.2001
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Review of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (DVD) by sandeepnandy

Advantages: HI-FI Action
Disadvantages: All feel like extra ordinary

Characters: Li Mu Bai - Chow Yun-Fat Shu Lien - Michelle Yeoh Lo - Chen Chang Jen Yu - Ziyi Zhang Features: Audio: English (5.1), Mandarin (5.1), Thai and Cantonese (Surround) Subtitles: English, Chinese, Korean, Thai Trailer Featurette: Interview with NMichelle Yeoh Commentary: Ang Lee and James Schamus (English) Costumes Gallery Music/video clip: Coco Lee, 'A Love Before Time' (English and Mandarin) Talent Files Weblink Animated Menus Review: This ... Read review

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