Review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) by Kevin M. W — 01 May 2016

Back in the early 1990's there was only one real cinema in my hometown, there.

Were only 4 screens to show, and it was a nice little old fashioned.

Theatre. But it was difficult and expensive to run, so most of the time.

They would show whatever Hollywood blockbuster they could get their.

Hands on in order to attract moviegoers, and hopefully the management could.

Turn a profit and pay the rent on the building. I got to know a few of.

The people that worked there, and we would discuss whatever movie was.

Playing at the time. I was influenced by the staff there to seek out.

Foreign films, and not limit myself in terms of what simplistic.

Cinematic experiences were coming out of the U.S at the time. As we all.

Became friends, the manager got a hold of a reel of 'Crouching Tiger,.

Hidden Dragon' and screened it for a 2 weeks in my small, winter town.

Up in the mountains of Canada.

It was the most defining and beautiful foreign film I had ever seen up.

To that point. The depth of story, the well defined and bold.

Characters, the incredible beauty and choreography of every jump,.

Throw, and kick. It was an incredible love story, but so much more than.

That, it was something that really stayed with me long after the film.

Was over. I had just enjoyed my first love story, and it was a movie.

That made me sad and pleased at the same time. I watched it several.

Times for those two weeks, and I would always find something new in the.

Film (whether it was put there intentionally or if it just my imagination was irrelevant). It was, and still is, the seminal film in which I compare all martial arts.

Movies to. It moved me. It made me cry. It helped me to comprehend a.

Culture I didn't understand, in a language that I had never heard before.

Yet most importantly it was complex and curious and a wonderfully.

Moving story.

... I can barely express my disappointment with its sequel...

Netflix gets their money hungry claws into this.

One, and it shows in every single frame and scene. Everything about this movie is an insult to the original. From the simple and barely driven story, to the weak and.

Unforgivably trite plot devices (most of which are just copied from the.

Original), and the characters that are so paper thin; you can see right.

Through their terrible visage and are forced to bear witness to actors trying their hardest to not appear to be actors.

This movie is a complete and utter sham. A cash grab for a company that could.

Afford the property rights in hopes to make a quick payday. The.

Language is lost as we are forced to listen to the actors speak their.

Non-native English, which ruins the poetry of the dialogue that was in the original masterpiece. The actors all seem to mistake acting for memorization, and watching them is remarkably like actors on some daytime T.V soap.

Opera (or if you can recall the show Mortal Kombat: Conquest? It feels.

A bit like that, but much... much worse). To be honest, I was surprised.

Michelle Yeoh would even agree to do this movie, despite the 16 years.

Since the first film. There has been ample time for a well written.

Sequel, but unfortunately, this is not it.

This is such an offense the original film, that it should never have been made. Disgraceful.

1/5.