Mr. McConaughey appeals, too, in a film that teenagers will either like or scoff at. In Beijing there are balletic martial arts duels over Li Mu Bai's sword, called Green Destiny, which, combined with Wudon fighting techniques mastered in secret, mystical camps, renders the person who wields it virtually invincible. Having stolen the blade at the outset, Jen manages to hang on to it through much combat. Chases flit across roofs, up walls and through treetops as Jen, Yu Shu Lien and Li Mu Bai, freed by their training from gravity's constraints, battle one another and a host of others. Everybody stays on the move, that's for sure, but finally comes resolution.
Little blood is spilled, and when there is a death, everybody is truly appalled.
SEX Jen and Lo make love. Many loud exclamations, but since the film is in Mandarin, how profane remains a question. Probably not a good idea. The subtitles will bother them, and everything is a little too complicated and, many parents might conclude, violent. They will love the fights and flights, and the rebellious young Jen speaks volumes to children.