Two master warriors (Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh) are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocrat (Zhang Ziyi) prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her deeply romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face to face with their worst enemy - and the inescapable, enduring power of love.

Set against 19th-century China's breathtaking landscape, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the action-packed, box office smash from acclaimed director Ang Lee (Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm) featuring stunning martial arts choreography by Yuen Wo Ping (The Matrix).
 
"You may never see a more beautful movie..."  BBC Online
"...a heady and delicious brew."  Elvis Mitchell, The New York Times
"One of the greatest movies ever made!"  Joel Siegel, Good Morning America
"An irresistible action extravaganza!"  Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"Magic, not trickery--should leave the viewer gasping for breath and in awe!"  Richard Corliss, Time Magazine
"Has the sprawling canvas of an epic and the emotional heat of classical melodrama."  Ella Taylor, LA Weekly
"Handsome, passionate and fun. It's everything we go to the movies for."  Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
"A spell-binding, engaging and often breathtaking work...with top-notch acting and out-of-this-world fighting scenes."  Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian
"Brilliance of the action and effects are supplemented by a consistently superior and resourceful score by Tan Dun."  Todd McCarthy, Variety
 


Editor's Note

Known for making films about familial relationships, director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his martial arts epic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Based on a novel by Wang Du Lu, CROUCHING TIGER starts with the revenge plot common in the wuxia stories that Lee loved as a child, then adds a feminist twist. Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) is a legendary martial artist who has decided to pass on his sword, the Green Destiny, to a friend. Soon afterward, the sword is stolen by a masked female, setting in motion events that test the bonds of family, love, duty, and sisterhood. Chow appears with three generations of female stars: Cheng Pei Pei, a 1960s action heroine; Michelle Yeoh, the beauty queen turned 1980s action goddess; and newcomer Zhang Ziyi, who smolders as the princess who wants more than domestic tranquillity. Famed action choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping (THE MATRIX) stages jaw-dropping zero-G fights across rooftops, rivers, and bamboo trees, while Yo-Yo Ma punctuates the fisticuffs with dramatic cello solos. Described by Lee as "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY with martial arts," CROUCHING TIGER recalls the best wuxia films of the 1960s and pushes the genre in new directions.