Lust, Caution

Pros: sets, costumes, cinematography, intensity
Cons: slow pace

I really don't know what Ang Lee meant when he wrote that "no other writer has used the Chinese language as cruelly" as Eileen Chang (Zhang Ailing in pinyin, 1920-1995) did. The controversial long film he made of C hang's ...

Pros: Tang Wei, Tony Leung, costumes, central drama.
Cons: Music, sets, editing, pace, dialogue; virtually all supporting cast is one-dimensional

Se, jie, a.k.a. Lust, Caution, the latest from Taiwanese director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) is a film adaptation of Eileen Chang's short story of the same title, set during the late 30s and early 40s in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. ...

Pros: Lee's Direction, Script, Cinematography, Look, Music, & Cast.
Cons: A Few Pacing Issues.

In 2005, Taiwan-born director Ang Lee released Brokeback Mountain to the world and garnered a surprise reaction. The film about gay cowboys, drew rave reviews with critics as well as surprising smash in the box office along with a load of ...

Pros: Continuous intensity, moral ambiguity of all characters
Cons: (Sound of wind blowing)

Ssjakira was right to point out in her comment on staceum's review that "Lust, Caution" is a character driven film.  While the plot is usually compelling, it is ...

Pros: visually stunning, great performances, moments of true beauty
Cons: Lee tries too hard to make the movie grand, the sex scenes get exhausting

For the past 15 years, Ang Lee has proven to be one of the most diverse and ambitious filmmakers of modern cinema. While each of his movies take on different genres, there's always an overwhelming sense of humanity to his characters. A fear builds inside ...

Pros: The acting is good, especially when the actors have to act like actors
Cons: Just about everything else

Lately, I’ve been into foreign films. My experience with Chinese flicks has been sketchy, however. To say the least, I really love the Chinese actors and actresses and they definitely know how to grab the audience and drag them into a captivating ...

Pros: different, Tony Leung, see newcomer Tang Wei, history
Cons: some scenes too drawn out, only in Mandarin language

'Lust, Caution' takes us back to a time in Shanghai, China before World War II where Japan had a strong interest. It was a turbulent time in China as their citizens held much opposition to the neighboring country of Japan. Any individual who had any ...

Pros: The actors, seriously tried their best in this movie
Cons: The story line is sluggish and boring.

After 2046, I waited for another controversial and sexy movie with Tony Leung. This time, up and rising star Lee Hom made an appearance in this movie, playing an ambitious revolutionary student. Lee Hom is a popular ABC (American Born ...

Pros: Suspenseful, well written plot, interesting, sexy
Cons: Very graphic sex scenes

"Lust, Caution" is quite truthful to its name; now I understand the reason the warning about no one under the age of seventeen would be admitted. I would definitely say that was in the middle range on the scale of soft-pornography and hardcore ...