cinemajesty 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

Dark Jedi 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!

elisabet-weckman 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.

kristystone I just watched this movie last night on Netflix, and was super stoked on it. But today when I was on the internet trying to piece together the story from story one to this story, I saw how much bad reviews this movie got and wanted to give this movie so back up.Yes, it wasn't as great as Part 1 with the action and script, but the overall story line and characters was awesome. I loved how it played back into her lover that she was arranged to be with and why it did not come to play, and why her love with Li Mu Bai did not come full fold. It was a simpler story line that is worth a Netflix Saturday movie on the couch. I agree I wouldn't have gone to the movies for this one, but it is a DVD to have in collection. But this is just my opinion. I feel it was a movie worth watching.Good job to all the actors and crew members who made this movie, it was worth it. Good Job.