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A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 73%, Metacritic 61/100. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 88% of the 1,408 2000s action movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 38m.
Synopsis
During World War II, a secret agent must seduce, then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes73%
Metacritic61/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
843 audience votes
Key crew
- Ang LeeDirector
- Wang HuilingScreenplay
- James SchamusScreenplay
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tang WeiWong Chia Chi / Mrs. Mak
- Tony Leung Chiu-waiMr. Yee
- Leehom WangKuang Yu Min
- Joan ChenMrs. Yee
- Tou Tsung-huaOld Wu
- Jacqueline ZhuLai Shu Jin
- Ven KaoHuang Lei
- Lawrence KoLiang Jun Sheng
- Johnson Yuen Tak-CheungAuyang Ling Wen / Mr. Mak
- Chin Ka-LokCho
- Su YanMrs. Ma
- He SaifeiMrs. Hsiao
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Themes
secret lovechinasexual obsessionshanghai, chinacheatingespionageresistancein love with enemytraitorloverinsurgencewar on freedom
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