Spectacular film

Rating: 9/10 (18 April 2001)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a spectacular martial arts movie that literally combines more genres into it's own. It's rare to find a martial art film that focuses on a progressing storyline with emotional touches and hintful mysteries instead of just the next fight scene. And yet, the fight scenes are still strong and memorable. The wire works are more spectacular, fluent, and graceful compared to other martial arts films. Many others complain about the fake flying and such, but rest assured that this is a traditional theme in various Chinese martial arts films, and shouldn't be an object to lower the film's grade.