Review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) by Ben H — 26 Feb 2016

Watchable, but poorly subtitled on Netflix. This east and west collaboration is probably yet another example of "lost in translation".

And someone please keep John Fusco away from another Asian tales...

This review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) was written by Ben H on 26 Feb 2016.

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

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