A superb foreign film

Rating: Null/10 (11 March 2001)

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a superb film that once again proves that Asian cinema is not just badly-dubbed Godzilla and Jackie Chan films. Crouching succeeds on three levels-it's a captivating drama, a great love story, and also a superb action film. The superb performances of the actors manages to cross launguage barriers and give us very believable and sympathetic characters. It's really hard to hate any of them, even the villainous Jade Fox. The visual effects and choreography bend the laws of physics and make even "The Matrix" look like an amateurish effort. The cinamatography is also very beautiful-there are glorious views of bamboo forests and desolate mountain ranges. A superb film-GO SEE IT!