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An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jiazhi (Tang Wei), gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee (Tony Leung). Read more

Starring Joan Chen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Leehom Wang
Director Ang Lee
Genres Drama, Romance, Thriller, World Cinema

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Lust, Caution

An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jiazhi (Tang Wei), gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee (Tony Leung).

Starring Joan Chen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Leehom Wang, Chung Hua Tou, Chih-ying Chu, Ying-hsien Kao, Yue-Lin Ko, Johnson Yuen, Kar Lok Chin, Su Yan, Caifei He, Ruhui Song, Anupam Kher
Director Ang Lee
Studio UNIVERSAL
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 37 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Collections New releases
Genres Drama, Romance, Thriller, World Cinema
Language Mandarin
Subtitles English
Released DVD: 28 Apr 2008
Production year: 2007
Format DVD

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  • Ang Lee's new film - his second filmed in China, after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and his first since the acclaimed Brokeback Mountain - begins with such an intensely observed game of... read more »

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    Rated - 2 stars

    Far too slow paced!

    I have to say I find listening to Chinese grating to hear for too long, but I decided to endure this and the length of this really long film because the trailer looked promising. The story of this film would have been the type to really grip me, but I confess something was missing in the film so in the end it just didn't do it for me. I guess because I was never convinced of the main actress' motivation to going to such extreme lengths to be so patriotic. In most parts the scenes were far too drawn out and slow paced. The sexual scenes were very realistic and very well acted out, and the acting from the actors were flawless, however I would have preferred to have seen the film acted in English. The story is a good one, so worth a watch. Just be aware that it's rather slow paced and unnecessarily longer than the average film.

      • A customer from SW London
      • Posted 21 Jan 2008 22:45

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    Rated - 2 stars

    Sex, watch out!

    I must admit I was drawn to this by talk of the explicit sex scenes, but I should have shown more Caution and less Lust, because it was a loooooong hour and a half before we had the first sex scene, at least, and that was a girl losing her virginity in a perfunctory, painful way - sort of movie cliche, I don't mean to be flippant but couldn't we have a girl losing it and enjoying it for once?

    It's set in wartime Shanghai, Japanese occupied with Chinese resistance members of a sort trying to snare a high-ranking official and taking their time about it. Actually I don't really like wartime movies that aren't in black and white. I can't buy it when its shot through the filter of modern-day cinematography; all the people just look like they're not of the time but in fancy dress.

    Worse, I began to ponder the similarity between director Ang Lee and Marc (QoS) Forster. Both can turn their hand to any genre - and are equally boring at all of them! There's no momentum, no cinematic flair. It's all quite alright but way too worthy. Stuff just happens.

    BTW the one sex scene is near the end, it's all origami style positions and skinny bodies.

      • A customer from London
      • Posted 20 Nov 2008 14:47

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    Ang Lee's new film - his second filmed in China, after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and his first since the acclaimed Brokeback Mountain - begins with such an intensely observed game of mahjong you half expect the Hulk to appear from underneath the table and scatter these society ladies who have so little to talk about but their husbands, business, and black market goods. We are in Japanese-occupied Shanghai, 1942. The hostess, Mrs Yee (Joan Chen), is sitting pretty. Her husband (Tony Leung) Read more

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