Curse of the Golden Flower

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Curse of the Golden Flower

Synopsis: From the director of "Hero" and "House Of Flying Daggers" comes the martial arts epic masterpiece whose savage beauty and exquisite elegance has mesmerized and captivated audiences around the world. Set in the lavish and breathtakingly colourful world hidden from the eyes of mere mortals behind the walls of the Forbidden City, a tale of a royal family divided against itself builds to a mythic climax as lines are crossed, trust is betrayed, and family blood is spilled in the quest for redemption and revenge. Starring Chow Yun Fat of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as the embattled Emperor and Gong Li of "Memoirs Of A Geisha" as his poisoned Empress, "Curse Of The Golden Flower" grants you entry into a dazzling and spectacular world of betrayal, vengeance and passion that will change the way you think of martial arts forever.; show more

Release:: 2006

Running Time:: 114 min

Cast:: Yun-Fat Chow; Li Gong; Jay Chou; Ye Liu

Director:: Yimou Zhang

Review

by Chris L

Could be better

The Curse of the Golden Flower is based on Cao Yu’s stage play “Thunder Storm,” which is set in the 1930s and focuses on the disintegration of an industrialist’s family. It’s a shame that Zhang (or perhaps his Communist Chinese producers and censors) didn’t allow him to adapt the original source rather than ruin it with this noisy, nonsensical ...