Review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) by Chuck Bowen for Slant Magazine — 26 Feb 2016

Sword of Destiny has an appealingly inventive, unruly genre party streak running down its figurative back.

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This review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) was written by Chuck Bowen and published by Slant Magazine on 26 Feb 2016.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny has generally received mixed reviews.

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Directed by Yuen Woo-ping (who choreographed the fights for the first film), Sword of Destiny feels westernized in every sense of the word…

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By Milo M (55) on 23 Apr 2016

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By Andres V (550) on 24 Apr 2016

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By Dylan K (291) on 30 Oct 2017

First one was indeed a masterpiec, but I don't quite understand the urge to spoil it by making this, in my opinion, nonsencical and unbalanced…

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By Adrian L (137) on 10 Apr 2016

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By Nico Lang (37) for The Daily Dot (155) on 07 Sep 2017

Nostalgia is nice, but Netflix should just focus on making better content…

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Looks like a T.V. movie. Ang Lee is missed…

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