In the early 19th century, martial arts master Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) is about to retire and enter a life of meditation, though he quietly longs to avenge the death of his master, who was killed by Jade Fox (Cheng Pei-pei). He gives his sword, a fabled 400-year-old weapon known as Green Destiny, to his friend, fellow martial arts wizard and secret love Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh), so that she may deliver it to Sir Te (Sihung Lung). Upon arrival in Peking, Yu happens upon Jen (Zhang Ziyi), a vivacious, willful politician's daughter. That night, a mysterious masked thief swipes Green Destiny, with Yu in hot pursuit -- resulting in the first of several martial arts action set pieces during the film. Li arrives in Beijing and eventually discovers that Jen is not only the masked thief but is also in cahoots with the evil Jade. In spite of this, Li sees great talent in Jen as a fighter and offers to school her in the finer points of martial arts and selflessness, an offer that Jen promptly rebukes.

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• May 4, 2012 1 of 1 episodes seen

  Rourou
  10 of 10 people found this review helpful
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  1-The reason I watched this : I was about eleven years old and so fond of action-Wuxia martial arts films when i found this; I remember watching it on TV with my father and my brother.
  
  2-Storyline/Plot : I never forgot this film even though it has been nine years since I first saw it simply because it had an unforgettable story; events were relly amazing to follow.
  Action mixed with romance with a slight of mystery is one of my favorite types when it comes to Wuxia productions, I liked how they made the fighting scenes; they were captivating.
  
  3-Acting/Cast : The best combination ever! there were chemistry between all of them. There were geat fighting scenes between the actors since they acted in total harmony plus they delivered great feelings when it comes to romance.
  They were great cast even though I wasn't familiar with half of them back then.
  
  4-The ending : Even though it wasn't what I wanted but it felt realistic on many levels.
  
  5-My impression: I was so moved by this film; even when there were commercials I was anticipating what will happen next.
  I even kept thinking about it even after it ended : It affected me in a great way .
  
  6-Overall : If you like action-wuxia then you need to watch this.
  If you like action combined with romance then you would like this.
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• Jan 7, 2012 1 of 1 episodes seen

  DramaAnimeAddict
  4 of 5 people found this review helpful
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  I love this movie it is just spectacular because of all the action and the actors who do the action. This movie is an awesome movie to me because the action was fantastic, actors were awesome, the story was intriguing, and I loved the background music in it. I do rewatch the movie often because my dad always loves to see action movies and this is one we love to watch again and again.

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