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The
House Of Flying Daggers (Shi Mian Mai Fu)
(Directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Takeshi
Kaneshiro, Andy Lau and Zhang
Ziyi)
Leading
the pack of fifth generation filmmakers to come out of the Bejing
Film Academy in the early 1980s, Zhang Yimou just can't seem to
get enough of these swordplay and martial arts dramas.
| "It's
difficult to know where to look when watching as every frame
is filled with a ravishing, intense beauty..." |
Following
the recent release of Hero this is the second of his splendid
and meticulously beautiful romps to reach our shores this year -
and it's a must-see over the Christmas holidays.
In
China in 859 AD, a corrupt government is lodged in battle with several
rebel factions, one of which is the mythical House of Flying Daggers.
Two
local captains, Leo and Jin, attempt to hatch a plan which will
capture their leader. In the process, however, Jin falls for the
bait: a beautiful blind revolutionary leader called Mei (Zhang Ziyi,
pictured above).
Christmas
stocking
In
all honesty, it's difficult to know where to look when watching
The House of Flying Daggers as every frame is filled with
a ravishing, intense beauty.
Couple
this with the fact that the tale twists and turns to form a film
that saturates the mind along with the senses.
It's
an action film, period romp, melodrama, love story, tragedy, a tale
of revenge, and a comedy (of sorts).
Everything
you could desire and more for your Christmas stocking!
OUT
on 26 December
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