Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

"The past returns with a vengeance."

2016 1h 40m EN

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6.2

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25%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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6.1

IMDB

★6.2TMDB · 759🥫25%Rotten Tomatoes●47Metacritic★6.1IMDB · 21,585

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Synopsis

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A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.

“The past returns with a vengeance.”

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Cast

Donnie Yen
Silent Wolf
Michelle Yeoh
Yu Shu Lien
Jason Scott Lee
Hades Dai
Natasha Liu Bordizzo
Snow Vase
Harry Shum Jr.
Wei Fang
Eugenia Yuan
Blind Enchantress
Roger Yuan
Iron Crow
Chris Pang
Flying Blade

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yuen Woo-ping
Writers: John Fusco, Bey Logan
Languages: English
Countries: China, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: China, United States of America.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yuen Woo-ping, shot by Newton Thomas Sigel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Carlo Siliotto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jeff Betancourt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Donnie Yen and Michelle Yeoh and Jason Scott Lee carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The past returns with a vengeance.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yuen Woo-ping directs. Newton Thomas Sigel behind the camera. Carlo Siliotto scores. Jeff Betancourt cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in China, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 10 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: China, United States of America.
3Part of the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Yuen Woo-ping, shot by Newton Thomas Sigel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Carlo Siliotto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jeff Betancourt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Donnie Yen and Michelle Yeoh and Jason Scott Lee carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The past returns with a vengeance.".
9IMDB entry: tt2652118 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "martial arts", "kung fu", "based on novel or book", "sword".
11Released under 19 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Newton Thomas Sigel
Original score: Carlo Siliotto
Editing: Jeff Betancourt
Production design: Grant Major
Costume design: Ngila Dickson
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $38,659,039
Return: 193% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes: 25% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 47/100
IMDB rating: 6.1/10 · 21,585 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination total

Part of

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Collection

A martial-arts film series based on wuxia novels by Wang Dulu and features the famed legendary sword of Li Mu Bai, the Green Destiny.

Also by

Yuen Woo-ping

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What people are saying

Dark Jedi2017-06-13
★ 6/10
I had no idea what this movie was about when I sat down to watch it on Netflix yesterday. I certainly had not watched its predecessor which, as I discovered afterwards, seems to have received quite high ratings. To me this was a fairly decent movie quite adequate for a little Monday evening TV session. I would probably have been a wee bit disappointed if I had spent money and effort to see it in a movie theater though. I did like the overall story and the cinematography. It did feel quite a bit like a old western in Asian setting. Make the sword a shipment of gold, the setting in the old west, add the hero and the gang of good guys with pistols instead of swords, do not forget the bad guy with his cronies and you have a good old fashioned Western. That is not really bad thing as far as I am concerned. The Asian setting and the Asian honor culture adds a lot of elegance to the movie. The story is plain and simple with few surprises. As tradition dictates there is plenty of Asian martial arts going on. The fights are a little on the slow side and clearly intended for a rather low content rating. You never see anyone get really hurt. Sure people die but the deaths are quite bloodless. Personally I would have preferred a bit more hard hitting action. The fights almost became a bit comical at times. I would say that the characters are okay. Not the best actors I have seen but I found them to be adequate. I did like the good guys. The bad guy could have done with a bit more charisma and the witch or whatever she was supposed to be felt underwhelming and underdeveloped. One thing that annoyed me was this unrealistic flying around by some of the characters. Sure, it looked somewhat cool and very elegant but come on! Suddenly it appeared like the character became weightless and just floated through the air. Not very convincing. On the whole I did enjoy the movie but, as I indicated above, it was not really a wow kind of movie. I have actually added the predecessor to my shopping list since that one got so good reviews. Speaking of reviews, on all the review sites I have looked this movie gets a rating of about 6 out of 10. Of course one site just had to stand out. Rotten Tomates! Their so called “critics” gave it a rotten rating with an abysmal score of 19%. What the f…? I know those self appointed “art” critics are too full of themselves to be taken seriously but that is a new low. Anyway, end of rant!

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