Review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) by Tom B — 16 Oct 2018

When CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON was released at the dawn of the new millennium, I had little interest in exploring foreign cinema. Nowadays, watching films from diverse cultures governs over 30% of my downtime; therefore, I jumped at the opportunity to see what all the award-winning commotion was about. I wouldn't exactly call myself a guru of Asian cinema; however, I do infer that I've watched more foreign cult films than 99% of Americans population, since international productions are generally closemouthed from mainstream audiences.

CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON is one of the only Chinese films to break free from its native chains and globally be recognized for its admirable choreography and Qing Dynasty drama. In my opinion, the entire adventure is nothing that I haven't seen already. It's obvious that the film was an epic Chinese achievement at the time of its release, but I've sat through enough of these things to simply pronounce it as an average post millennium blockbuster that raised the expectation-bar for thousands of uncelebrated copycats.