Synopsis
Director Ang Lee's new film, following his Academy Award win for directing Brokeback Mountain, is an espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai. Asian cinema icon Tony Leung (Hero) stars as Mr. Yee, a powerful political figure in 1940s Shanghai. Tang Wei, a rising star in mainland China, makes her feature film debut as a young woman enlisted as a secret agent to seduce and assassinate Mr. Yee, who works for the Japanese puppet government. Co-starring Joan Chen and Wang Leehom. (Fully subtitled)
This film is rated NC-17 for explicit sexuality. We will be checking ID when necessary.
Film Information
- Genre: Drama / Romance / Suspense / Thriller / War
- Director: Ang Lee
- Written By: Eileen Chang (story), James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang
- Starring: Tony Leung, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, and Wang Lee Hom
- Running Time: 157 minutes, approx.
- MPAA Rating: NC-17 for some explicit sexuality
- Language: English
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Reviews
"Lee has perfectly captured the details, textures, sights and sounds of a China caught between East and West, occupied by an ancient enemy and quaking on the eve of an earth-shaking revolution."
- Ken Fox, TV Guide
"Lust, Caution is both a cannily constructed spy thriller and a grim kind of love story, but it harbors no illusions about the transformative potential of either revolutionary violence or sexual passion."
- Dana Stevens, Slate
"The sex is REALLY hot. Not hardcore pornographic (at least by my definition of the term) but close."
- James Berardinelli, ReelViews
"Lee is a true master, and his potently erotic and suspenseful Lust, Caution casts a spell you won't want to break."
- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"A rich, beautifully detailed espionage thriller that captures the bygone days of Shanghai - and 1940s Hollywood noirs' romantic evocations of same - Lust, Caution is also one of those rare movie experiences: Its scenes of the trysts between Yee and Mak, from their rough-stuff first encounter to the long, tangled love-making sessions of subsequent meetings, are truly erotic."
- Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Showtimes
- Wednesday, December 19th
7:15 pm - Thursday, December 20th
4:30 pm - Friday, December 21st
4:30 pm - Saturday, December 22nd
11:30 am, 5:00 pm - Sunday, December 23rd
1:30 pm - Monday, December 24th
11:30 am - Wednesday, December 26th
6:30 pm - Thursday, December 27th
4:00 pm - Friday, December 28th
4:00 pm - Saturday, December 29th
6:30 pm - Sunday, December 30th
1:30 pm - Monday, December 31st
11:00 am - Tuesday, January 1st
4:30 pm