Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

Great movie...story and actors are good. Donnie Yen is a fave of mine.

A really fun sequel to a classic martial arts film. If your a fan of Yen &/or Yeoh ignore the negative reviews and just buy this. You'll love it. Is it a different film from the beloved original...yes. Does that make this a bad film...NO. Its fun with great action & a great story.

Love is hard and war is harder. All ends with sorrow.

I enjoyed this film. There is plenty of action. The plot of the film seemed very similar to the original. The love story was very weak. If it would've been stronger, the film would've been better. The fight scenes in the flashback's were too short. The villain seemed one note and not fleshed out. Nevertheless, the action scenes were well done and the acting was good. Recommended for fans of the original film.

Hard to find on disk due to limited distribution in U.S. Works Region 1/A players

This was a replacement for a first copy which developed unlistenable sound about one third of the way through, Even though we use subtitles, one still needs the movie sound and this disc has unlistenable sound. Very disappointed!

The Sword of Destiny is a worthy follow up to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Is it a better movie than the first one no, but the Sword of Destiny has its own special moments and story. Once again the story seems to revolve around an ancient sword and an older couple and younger couple coming to the conclusion that oh they like each other. I am always skeptical with any film that does not get a theatrical release. Straight to video movies are usually pure garbage, but this film has a lot of nice cinematography little bits of humor, and an intriguing story. Much of the story is recycled but the way the film is shot and acted is still very good. Once again this is a great Chinese film done right with the overall story taking precedence over the special effects and action.Watching the movie made me feel like we were visiting an old friend. Michelle Yeoh does a wonderful job in this film as well. She always seems like the teacher giving the younger ladies lessons or just kicking their butts. Donnie Yen (Silent Wolf) is the wiser old actor acting as Michelle Yeoh’s (Yu Shu Lien) guardian in the film. The story is basically that the 2 of them were arranged to be married even though Yu Shu Lien loved Chow Yun Fat (Li Mu Bai). Events took place and Silent Wolf lost a duel to the main villain in the film Hades Dai, which ended the marriage arrangement. The film has lots of fantasy elements and an evil blind sorceress witch who can foresee the future.The bar scene is kind of corny and predictable like all the warriors would be all at one place at the same time but it helps to just roll with it. You could tell there was something between Wei Fang and Snow Vase.What I really enjoy about both films is the back story to the side characters, a bandit thief is not always portrayed as a villain neither is a monk a saint. Seeing Wei Fang’s motivation to steal the sword to help his former master Iron Crow who raised him makes the film much better and adds a realistic quality the audience can sympathize with.Overall I would rate the film 4 stars to 4 ½ stars I was entertained throughout the whole movie. The frozen lake fight scene was very cool. The movie isn’t as good as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon but it doesn’t embarrass itself either. The movie ends on the happy happy ending note like out of Wayne’s World instead of the grittier ending to the first film.

Great Action Movie wished it came in English Audio

The description said multi region but it does not play on my multi blue ray device 😔