Anupam Kher, Joan Chen, Lee-Hom Wang
An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.
DVD Release Date: February 19, 2008
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October 2, 2009This is a great espionage thriller. It is not however an erotic film as it was unfortunately sold as, unless of course brutal rape is your cup of tea!? I have to say I'm quite disappointed and appalled by the production team (or whoever is responsible) for stating this as a sales...( read more)
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December 19, 2008#13: Lust, Caution
Ang Lee?s follow-up to Brokeback Mountain disappeared from cinemas with barely a trace. A pity, because it was quietly terrific: a spy thriller charting the dangerous (and extremely graphic) sado-masochistic relationship between a resistance agent and a powerfu...( read more) -
December 8, 2008Lust, Caution is a film of epic proportions. Every aspect of filmmaking reaches the kind of quality that makes me want to poke my eyes out when I have to watch the gross of the modern-day production at the theater. Lust, Caution has everything down: perfect character development,...( read more)
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October 5, 2008''He not only gets inside me, he worms his way into my heart like a snake. Deeper. All the way in. I take him in like a slave. I play my part faithfully so I, too, can get to his heart...''
An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jia...( read more) -
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October 21, 2009The central relationship is sado masochistic. Thats somewhat disturbing.....
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October 2, 2009Detrás de Se, jie (Lust, Caution, su título en inglés) existió una gran controversia debido a sus escenas de alto contenido erótico. En China, país natal de Ang Lee, su realizador, la película se exhibió con una versión censurada, en la que se cortaron cerca de 10 minutos de metr...( read more)
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September 7, 2009It's rare and interesting to see an Asian World War II picture away from the front. The story and its interests are superficially similar to Verhoeven's Black Book, but with more drama, and a darker, unsettling flavour.
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Critic Reviews
January 4, 2008
Nigel Andrews, The Times [UK]
October 20, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
There is deception, suspicion and self-delusion, but it all seems rendered at arm's length, despite the consummate artistry of the filmmaking. full review
October 15, 2007
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
By the time [Lee] gets to the lust, it is too late to throw caution to the winds. full review
October 5, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The nature of the sex is Lee's subject, and he is too honest to suppress that. full review
September 27, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
It's kind of a chinese 'Casablanca' set in 1942 Shanghai. This is an extraordinarily well-made movie, something we've come to expect from the man who gave the world 'Brokeback Mountain' and 'Crouching... full review
September 27, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
The sex scenes -- intense, affecting and emotionally raw -- are the best thing about this frustratingly limp movie. full review
September 27, 2007
Marcy Dermansky, About.com
Lust, Caution is a gorgeous film, sweeping you into a different time and place. Tang Wei is disarmingly beautiful, and she gives a wonderful performance in her first film. full review
September 26, 2007
Armond White, The New York Press
Every shot here looks sensuous, yet is unmistakably second rate -- the filmmaking equivalent to prestige magazine fiction. full review
September 24, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Like Lee's other films, Lust, Caution grows out of a tension between essence and form -- between a person's emotions and the role he or she must play. full review
September 20, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
[Ang] Lee is a true master, and his potently erotic and suspenseful Lust, Caution casts a spell you won't want to break. full review
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