Silly movie for Kung-Fu buffs only

Rating: 4/10 (11 February 2001)

Reviewing this movie is a bit like reviewing Scooby Doo - you feel a bit silly applying the normal rules of critical review to something so trivial. But Ang Lee didn't set out to make a serious film (the Ice Storm is proof of his talents). So if you want to pass a wet afternoon with your 5 year old son then this movie is fine. I know that foreign language films are usually awful but it's an insult to the genre to claim that this movie is a classic. I gave it 4/10 since it's amusing in parts.