Crazy credits The Chinese theatrical release has a Chinese translation of the ending song which has lyrics in English on the left side of the screen during the credits. Alternate versions The US version has blood reduced or digitally painted out of some of the fight scenes in order to secure a PG rating.
User reviews Review. Top review. It's An Action Flick! It's A Love Story! It's A Date Movie! This is a grand action love story that fully captures the eye and the heart, the pulse and ears. Yes, an action flick can be a date movie! While building on the Wu-Xia tradition of literature and film that's as much historical fantasy as any rollicking Dumas adventure or the "Lord of the Rings" films, director Yimou Zhang incorporates elements we have seen elsewhere into a freshly thrilling experience.
It has a lot of plot similarities to another Ziyi Zhang-starrer, the drama of 's war intrigue "Purple Butterfly Zi hudie ," minus the political lessons. Baz Luhrmann's "Moulin Rouge" is only a bit more over the top than the beautiful production design and elaborate costumes in this Peony Pavilion, but every inch of the screen and soundtrack is as operatically filled and should be experienced on a large screen.
The director's own "Hero Ying xiong " is more beautiful as this is missing cinematographer Christopher Doyle's aesthetics but Xiaoding Zhao's cinematographical debut captures a breathtaking variety of landscapes in straightforward storytelling.
The sound design is as important, with lots of heavy breathing from tension and exertion. While it's a much smaller cast than sweeping epics like "Dr. Zhivago," "Titanic" or "Gone With the Wind," it has that swept away feel of a love story amidst larger forces, even if for much of the movie its the force of nature of the geography of Ukraine and a bamboo forest national park, which forcefully reminded me of an elementary school unit my son's class did on how bamboo is stronger than steel.
But like "Hero," the enormous canvas is background for zooming in on three enormously charismatic actors in a passionate and unexpectedly tricky love triangle. Ziyi Zhang needs to watch someone other than Mary Pickford, especially some Susan Sarandon or Jeanne Moreau, to learn that there's more levels in projecting romance than smoldering ratcheting right up to jump his bones, but one has to make some allowances as this is the first as sexy as this Chinese movie and the romance does recall pre-Code Hollywood.
Her beautiful shoulders are used quite provocatively. Takeshi Kaneshiro is ravishingly captivating but Andy Lau gives him a run for your heart in surprises that revolve around the unusual plot point of a woman's willingness being paramount, which is refreshing and adds suspense and emotion to the story.
The closing Kathleen Battle song is a bit over the top, as the music throughout verges on schmaltzy as it shamelessly reinforces what you see and hear, but you are left gasping if not weeping at the end anyway. FAQ 1. Is the PG Version uncensored? Details Edit. Release date January 14, United States. China Hong Kong. Bim Distribuzione Italy Official site Russia. Attack from Ten Directions. Kossiv National Park, Ukraine.
Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 59 minutes. The new transfer, while far from perfect there are some noticeable compression artefacts during the echo game sequence , is very serviceable indeed and is excellent given EDKO's rather poor track record. Sound may not bother you too much, but the new edition again marks an improvement. The standard DD 5. Both releases have identical subtitles. They could be better they appear partially on the image and partially on the letterboxing, which is sure to annoy users with projectors who prefer to mask the letterboxing but at least they're accurate and legible.
Extras: nothing to say here really. Bamboo Forest 2. Leo's Theme 4. Mei and Leo 5. The House of Flying Daggers 6. Lovers Mei and Jin 7. Until the End 9. Related Releases View Complete Catalog. Catalog New Upcoming. Disclaimer - Privacy. Subscribe to our newsletter!
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