Temptress Moon
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Kevin Lin, Leslie Cheung, Li Gong, Saifei He, Shih Chang Director: Kaige Chen Brand: Buena Vista Home Video Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle Writer: Kaige Chen Producer: Cunlin Tong Producer: Feng Hsu Producer: Sunday Sun Writer: Anyi Wang Writer: Kei Shu DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Subtitled); Mandarin Chinese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 130 minutes DVD Release Date: 2002-07-02 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Model: 02713100 Studio: Miramax |
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Movie Reviews of Temptress Moon
Movie Review: A Chinese soap opera
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a domestic drama of the 1920s when China was fought over by warlords and Shanghai was a city ruled by fat-cat Western and Japanese interests and Chinese criminals. The chaos and split-personality of China at the time is captured by the film.
What you can say about this movie is that it was not directed by Zhang Yimou who did (if I'm not mistaken) Raise the Red Lantern and Ju Dou which were excellent movies. "Temptress Moon" is similar to Zhang's work. But Gong Li, the lead actress, is less sensual than usual, the story is convoluted and complicated, and the plot strains credibility.
The lead male character, Zhong, is a Chinese Tom Cruise. The women all love him, despite the fact that he's a louse. He suffers horribly because they suffer because of their love for him. Nobody suffers as much as Gong Li. The photography is gorgeous. The movie is worth seeing and is intriguing -- but it's not good enough to see several times to puzzle out what is going on.
Smallchief