HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS / 十面埋伏
(cant. "sup meen mai fuk" / mand. "shí miàn mái fú" / eng. ten faces in ambush)
Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau
ACTION ROMANCE WUXIA
Officers Leo and Jin are veteran police officers of a declining Tang Dynasty in the midst of fending off various rebel uprisings. The two men receive orders to track down and kill the successor of a recently assassinated rebel leader. They hatch a plan to capture and release the dead man's daughter in hopes that she will lead them to the group with Jin going undercover as a rebel sympathizer and Leo shadowing from a safe distance behind.
When love blossoms between the daughter and the undercover officer, their little romance begins to threaten to undermine the delicate game of deception and reveal everything.
THE GOOD : Gorgeous cinematography and choreography, tight script.
THE BAD : Some of the acting is a little over the top.
-8/10
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