Crouching Tiger
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With the struggle over the Green Destiny, Sony Pictures Classics unleashes Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (CTHD). With its all out commercials and hyped up advertisements, curious viewers mob the cinemas to watch this long-awaited film that has pounced at numerous awards including Best Director, Film and Cinematography during the 20th Hong Kong Film Awards. They weren't disappointed. Roaring a star-studded cast of Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi and Chang Chen, CHTD cuts deeper than its fanciful and gravity-defying combat scenes. It slashes us with the kind of excitement that is refreshing, ground-breaking and definitely mind-grabbing.
What is CTHD about anyway? It's a one-of-a-kind martial arts film that fuses action packed fighting scenes with love and revenge. It revolves around the loss of the Green Destinya legendary blade that surpasses all swords known to man. Its master, Li Mu Bai, surrenders his sword to Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh), a trusted comrade with whom he has shared an unspoken love with. Action sparks when a masked female thief steals the Green Destiny...