IMDb plot summary: Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically skilled, adolescent nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.
Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Chen Chang.
This movie looks gorgeous, and a few of the fight scenes are really stupendous. (The flying swordfight in the trees is especially memorable.) However, there's still only so much interest I can drum up for a movie where the plot is mostly "people fight each other." I enjoyed the romance subplot when it took center stage and found myself mostly just waiting for fight scenes to be over. There was the occasional exception, like I said, and I'd be perfectly comfortable calling this a good martial arts movie -- but it IS, at its core, a martial arts movie, and as such, I didn't love it. 2.5 stars.
Flickchart: #1085 out of 2063, below The Kids Are All Right and above Miss Potter.
Rent it digitally on Amazon.
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