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

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny: Directed by Woo-Ping Yuen. With Donnie Yen, Michelle Yeoh, Harry Shum Jr., Natasha Liu Bordizzo. A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.

“Your humble reviewer believes that the destiny of certain very special sequels is not merely to entertain, not merely to make money, but to strike a chord within the viewer that makes you realize how much you enjoyed the original and want to see it again.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo it was that at the halfway point of this movie I decided to go to the Amazon site and order the original CTHD. Only with the perspective of this lop-sided followup can the beauty, the genius, of the original be appreciated.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThat said, a lot of top talent try very hard to salvage this title but aside from some amazing fight scenes — scenes which by themselves are almost worth the price of the ticket — it just keeps letting you down.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYenu0026#39;s performance here made me appreciate his restraint in the 3 Ip Man movies even more. And watching the increasingly heavy Jason Scott Lee reminded me that when he first debuted on the scene, he played a very svelte Bruce Lee. And any film with Michelle Yeoh is always worth a look.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHave a glance here, but cherish the original.”