Ang Lee's kung fu masterpiece

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2014)

Master Li Mu Bai (Yun-Fat Chow) is weary of fighting and asks Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) to deliver his personal The Green Destiny Sword to Sir Te in Peking. Jiao Long (Ziyi Zhang) is the daughter of Governor Yu and also a guest of Sir Te. She is to be married but she yearns for adventures. Then a thief comes in one night to steal the sword.
This is Ang Lee's kung fu masterpiece. He marries a more western story with all the high wire fighting and traditional Chinese settings. There are themes here that are universal. The action is brilliantly staged. The look is lush and beautiful. This is more than a simple kung fu action movie. It is a fully realized masterpiece.