Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Blu-ray)
Recommended The Movie: One of the things that came to mind while I was watching Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the fun and entertainment in revisiting it again. The films that have employed wire work as part of an action sequence have ranged from the ridiculous to the fairly entertaining, but Ang Lee’s ode to 19th century China remains as breathtaking now as it did when it was released a decade ago. Based on the book from Du Lu Wang, Chow Yun-Fat ( Hard Boiled ) plays Li Mu Bai, an accomplished swordsman and fighter who has returned from his latest journey. He meets Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh, Memoirs of a Geisha ), who is a longtime friend. Li asks Yu to transport a mystical weapon called “The Sword of Green Destiny”…

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