![]() Bloodless Carnage: While this sequel has a much, much larger body count than the previous movie, with plenty of people getting sliced up and carved apart by swords and edged weapons, good luck finding any spray of blood during the big fight scenes.Blade on a Stick: Numerous characters uses halberds or pikes in battle, including the majority of Hades Dai's soldiers.BFS: Hades Dai's preferred weapon, a massive and painful-looking blade that he wields single-handedly.Battle Couple: Yu Shu-lien and Silent Wolf in the opening, and Snow Vase and Wei-fang in the finale.Then the camera pans over to Wei-fang and a very much alive Snow Vase. Yu Shu-lien's narration about their status and those of the martial artists plays over her and Silent Wolf on horses, seemingly confirming her passing. This leads to Wei-fang cradling Snow Vase as she prepares to die from blood loss, intentionally mirroring the final exchange between Yu Shu-lien and Li Mu Bai from the first movie. Bait-and-Switch: In the final battle, Mantis fatally wounds Snow Vase before dying.Especially during the restaurant battle, where Silent Wolf and his four new allies takes on loads and loads of mooks - at one point a couple of mooks crashes into the kitchen, only to be beaten up by the cook using a pair of ladles. All Chinese People Know Kung-Fu: Yes, they all do.And the Adventure Continues: After the climatic finale which leaves most of the named characters dead, the survivors - Yu Shu-lien, Silent Wolf, Snow Vase and Wei-fang - then sets off on a journey to deliver the Green Destiny to the Wudang Mountains.En route to the city, Shu-lien is attacked by a horde of assassins, which she managed to fend off with the assistance of a mysterious masked man who came to her rescue and may have connections to Yu Shu-lien's past.Īlso involved in the quest, is the budding young warrior Snow Vase, the thief Wei-fang, and the feared warlord Hades Dai, which will culminate in an epic showdown between all characters.Ĭrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny contains examples of: Taking place eighteen years after the previous movie and the death of Li Mu-bai, the swordswoman Yu Shu-lien (Yeoh) managed to locate the legendary weapon, the Green Destiny, in Peking. With Yuen Woo-Ping replacing Ang Lee, and Michelle Yeoh reprising her role as Yu Shu-lien from the previous movie, the sequel's cast includes Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Ngô Thanh Vân, and the Eurasian newcomer Natasha Liu Bordizzo as the new protagonist. This sword holds us." Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny is the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, released 16 years after the original.
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