Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)

Movie Review: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny" (2016)This "Netflix" online distributor backed production alongside the New-York-based "Weinstein Company" and a China Film Group joint venture comes this loosely-connected sequel to a season 2000/2001 major "Kung Fu" action hit movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also-starring actress Michelle Yeoh, reprising her role and capable as action-beat trained actor Donnie Yen, who can not save the picture to be a failure of unnecessary succession to make revenue even though when the final showdown at times emotional disconnected because character over-run sword fight scene with splintering concrete temple environments and action-wire-technique indulging balancing acts to secure the title-given "Sword of Destiny", when marketing efforts at "Netflix Online-Streaming Distribution" takes all the glory from the couch-potato target group, who just do not if there is a special "IMAX" movie exhibition on the same day of release on February 26th 2016.Original "Kung Fu" action-choreographer turning director Yuen Woo-ping focuses on style and camera motions, neglecting emotional bond-making with any given character that by the end the picture looks good, can even be recommended for "Martial Arts" digging international audiences, but now two-years is not being of on-going relevance in motion picture history, as the original four-part book series by initial author Du Lu Wang (1909-1977) still holds secrets to discover, when I must recommend to watch Ang Lee's &_-yeqr old "Kung Fu" action film found under the same title again instead.FAZIT: Picture declined (cold) Copyright 2018 Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC

The 1st movie made and most striking, emotional one out of the bookseries, tho non sequential to the authors was epic (Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon). Admit I feel a sincere disappointment in the fact this (follow up) was not in Mandarin. It would have added oh so much more to the film. If only Ang Lee had been the director this would have reached and touched just as large an audience as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, not linguisticually but cinematically as well. Had high hopes, shot down like a bird of prey. Will always love the original by A.Lee. Yet literally a wee mix as is non-chron, storywise and cinematically he made it a masterpiece pref to this. Thank you Ang Lee for your C.T.H.D. it was magic on screen and shall remain a classic. Thank you.

Netflix strikes again! This time they chose to ruin the memory of a the 16 year old classic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with a sequel that shines in being utterly boring. The film is only 100 mins long but it seems to last so much longer. The story is poorly constructed and there so little happening that halfway through the movie I hardly knew what is was about. Something about the titular sword, but it seems so unfocused and aimless. You never have the sense that the story is going anywhere or that the characters have some clear purpose. Also the characters are dull and the dialogue utterly uninspired. They did an effort to make it look good but strangely enough this film looks like a TV movie (well it actually is) that has this strong 'shot in a studio' look (much like War Horse for example). I didn't check the director before watching it but was very surprised Woo-Ping (action choreographer Matrix films) was at the wheel. So the action should at least be good right? Wrong, the fight scenes are slow and dull, not fast and furious. So I would recommend to skip this film entirely, certainly if you liked the original and want to keep your memory of it intact.

Some people said to not compare this one to the first one. But how can you not when the film is carrying on the same title as the first one? When "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" first came out at the time, it was known as a artistic kung-fu movie. With a well told story and some breathtaking cinematography and well executed action sequence. This sequel strays away from that and tries to go in a more "300" like direction. Sure, some kung-fu movies focus more on the action sequences with the story being there for the set up of those fights. But it's still a disappointing movie to sit through. The story is very forgettable with there being zero emotion although it tries to bring out some emotions from the audiences. It's just a irritating and annoying movie to sit through, because most of the characters are not likable and because you just don't care at all about the cause and effect. With a title like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", I thought they would have more resources. But there really isn't much and the whole experience just came off lackluster. I will say some of the fight choreography is great, despite it having a lot of CGI integrated into it. While other fight scenes just comes off cheesy and by the numbers. And when it tries to show a in-depth or artistic imagery it just felt like a cheap cardboard cutout. It's like they just focused on making few good fight choreography and was just lazy when it came to the story and the artistic visuals. I will say if this is a movie you see through Netflix, it's a alright watch. But besides that this isn't a movie I would really recommend to others. But I will say it's a alright watched, it's quite forced but it's alright. Although it's quite forgettable.5.5/10