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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Sword of Destiny
The movie follows a band of legendary warriors as they protect a 400-year-old sword known as 'The Green Destiny.' It tells the story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
25 January 1961, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
28 April 1982, Puerto Limón, Costa Rica
19 November 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
6 August 1962, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
April 26, 2016
It's true that not many were pleading for a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel, especially one that arrived about 15 years too late, but they made one anyway, bless them.
April 02, 2016
While it's also adapted from Wang Dulu's five-part Crane-Iron novel series, the new film ... feels like a slapdash piece of fan fiction.
February 26, 2016
While Sword of Destiny looks tremendous and the fight scenes are giddy fun, you can't help but get the sensation that something is missing.
March 17, 2016
By the climax, the action has been reduced to interminable sequences of people banging their swords together and occasionally being ejaculated into the air like digital snowflakes.
July 01, 2016
The sequel is directed by Yuen Woo-Ping, who choreographed the fight scenes in the original... he's not as prestigious as Lee, and has fewer awards, but the man knows his kung fu.
February 27, 2016
With all of the first film's startling beauty and emotional subtlety lost, even Sword of Destiny's established stars look uninspired in their roles.
May 25, 2016
It's not offensively bad. It's a kid's meal -- safe, but grown-ups will tire of it quickly.
August 02, 2016
The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel Sword of Destiny isn't as thoughtful as its predecessor, but its fight sequences will hold your attention.
April 11, 2016
With the original's wondrous, naturalist cinematography so clearly burned into the memory, it's difficult not to make an unfavorable comparison.
March 16, 2016
A painful sequel that disappoints all lovers of the original because of the remarkable quality drop between them, it had a very interesting proposal but failed miserably. [Full review in Spanish]
February 28, 2016
This martial-arts mediocrity has airborne warriors aplenty but remains a dispiritingly leaden affair with its mechanical storytelling, purely functional action sequences and clunky English-language performances.
March 21, 2016
The story just isn't as captivating as it needs to be.

