A wuxia directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Andy Lau and Zhang Ziyi.A blind dancer is arrested under suspicion that she is a rebel assassin leader. The government decides to let her go so they can find the location of the gang's base. One of the cops pretends to be a lone warrior and follows her back to the gang's hideout.Another early 2000s wuxia! If you like CTHD an hero, this is for you. Again, very pretty and lots of sword fights, but unfortunately, no flying. The style of these 3 films is great and the pacing is good. It's aesthetically so good that the plot and characters don't matter as much. I'm rating this good.
A wuxia directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Jet Li and Zhang Ziyi.A warrior goes to the king, claiming to have killed all 3 of the assassins that were going to make attempts on the king's life. He tells the story of what happened.This film is very similar to CTHD in style. They are both very pretty and include lots of flying sword fights. My favorite battle is the one in the tea house. I also like the scene at the calligraphy school. If you like CTHD, you'll like this and the next film that I'm about to review. I'm rating this good.
a drama directed by zhang yimoua young woman marries a rich man who has 3 other wives. the wives plot against eachother.the video was good and in widescreen. the audio was in chinese and subtitles were provided. I'm pretty sure that the only music was performed by the characters. there were short clips of music that were not plot generated at some points, but not very much.check out: the massages. who orders them from whom. apparently, it must be some type of insult or other social gesture that americans don't know about.this was a contest of the evil bitches. these women were absolutely brutal to eachother. if you don't mind reading subtitles, it's definitely worth watching. of course, I like films from that part of the world (china, japan, korea, etc.), so I really thought it was awesome.
