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Lust, Caution (Widescreen, NC-17- Rated Edition)
from Focus Features
directed by Ang Lee

Features:

• AC-3
• Color
• Dolby
• Dubbed

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Not enough lust and too much caution
  I expected much more out of this film given Ang Lee and an all-star Asian cast led by Tony Leung, but sad to say this film falls short. The story is compelling enough, set during WWII, with plenty of tensions. However, it feels more like a cautionary tale than it does a probing look into the complex set of relationships that underscore this revolutionary group of theatrical students.
  It starts out with a group students trying to defy the system only for its protaganist, Wong Chia Chi (played by the... more info

• A Beautiful Film
  I found this Chinese period piece to be a visually stunning film of romance and suspense.
  In pre-WWII era Shanghai and Hong Kong, Ang Lee directs the impeccable Wei Tang and Tony Leung Chiu Wai, as a school girl turned seductress and the successful, yet wounded traitor. Tang must seduce Wai in order to infiltrate his heart, thus making him vulnerable for assassination by the Chinese resistance movement. But things do not proceed so smoothly ...
  Told in beautiful, color-rich cinematography, flash... more info

• Slow but worth it
  "Lust, Caution" is a magnificent film by Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition), Sense & Sensibility (Special Edition)). Bearing no resemblance to his previous films in themes used or in its direction, save for the amazing and beautiful scenes, this movie, as others by Lee, does what it intended to do: it explores characters as they are shaped by the idea, by the emotion and by the revolution love entails.
  Wang Jiazhi is a young student during World War II... more info

• A good, but not great film for Ang Lee
  Lust/Caution, a pre-war period piece in Shanghai, focuses on two of the most potent aphrodisiacs: political power and sexual power. There is lust and caution in both, and their interplay is what this film is about.
  After breaking through to the American public with his excellent film Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee continues to create another full length feature from tightly wound vigtnette. But this film is not quite as brilliant as Brokeback mountain, and while avid film-watchers will enjoy Lust/Caution,... more info

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