http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/17/LUST-CAUTION-Ang-Lee-Gets-Explicit.aspx Boy, you got to keep an eye on that Ang Lee. Every time you turn around, dude’s working in another genre, mixing and matching stuff. Doesn’t he know once you get pigeonholed, you’re supposed to stay there, lest the audiences and studios get confused? You don’t see Tarantino making period pieces, nor are you likely to see Sidney Lumet make a big-budget sci-fi extravaganza, so why should Lee get to play the field? Other than the fact he can, of course. Well, actually, I think that’s all the reason you need, and apparently so does Lee. LUST, CAUTION is just the latest entry in Mr. Lee’s canon to show he’s got the goods. The movie jumps around in time a bit, but it all takes place between 1938 and 1942. War has broken out (you know, the big war with the Nazis and the A-bombs), and the Japanese have seized various ports and cities, including Hong Kong and Shanghai. In the midst of this, a young Hong Kong student named Wong Chia Chi (Wei Tang) falls in with a group of students dedicated to resistance. At first, their fight is carried on through performing on the stage, but they decide to take a more active role and form a cell dedicated to taking out traitors. Using their acting skills, they hit on a plan to infiltrate the lovely Ms. Wong into a friendship with Mrs. Yee (Joan Chen), in order to find the best way to pop a cap in Mr. Yee (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), a collaborationist whose specialty seems to be in extracting information. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/17/LUST-CAUTION-Ang-Lee-Gets-Explicit.aspx 77 60 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/17/LUST-CAUTION-Ang-Lee-Gets-Explicit.aspx#2310 didn't like it at all WAVELYN http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/17/LUST-CAUTION-Ang-Lee-Gets-Explicit.aspx#2310 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:37:41 GMT