The Commercial Appeal is an E.W. Scripps Company newspaper. See it anyway Rated PG-13 for martial arts violence and sexual themes Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a romantic adventure. Zhang Ziyi portrays a noblewoman who gets in on the kung fu action. In the four-plus years I've been reviewing movies for The Commercial Appeal, no release has inspired as much apparent anticipation as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Theater managers say they have experienced the same thing.
Unlike the eagerness that greeted the Internet-hyped Blair Witch Project or the most recent Star Wars film , interest in Crouching Tiger doesn't seem to be a cult or generational phenomenon. Now, Crouching Tiger is here. Plus, it's got what many patrons will refer to as kick-butt kung fu action. He is conflicted, however, because he has yet to avenge the murder of his master at the hands of the mysterious villain known as Jade Fox. Although they do not speak of it, there clearly is something more than friendship beneath the surface of their relationship.