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Rating:  - Not what we expected...
The trailer to Lust, Caution promises much that is not there when the movie is finally seen. The plot is about the horrors lived during the Japanese occupation of China during the early part of World War II.
A group of students attempt to resist and plan against those who collaborated with the Japanese. They want to eliminate Mr. Yee, played by Tony Leung, a high ranking government official that collaborates with the enemy. The movie is beautifully filmed, the actors are gorgeous.
The young student selected to infiltrate the enemy and get Mr. Yee to fall in love with her is Wong Chia Chi, played by Tang Wei. She becomes the friend of the man's wife, playing cards, while plotting to betray her by seducing her husband.
The sexual scenes of this movie are amazing for their brutality and acrobatic prowess. In the end, she is unable to carry out her mission, and you see a rather unexpected end. The outfits are gorgeous and we wish they would make rain-coats like that today. Not exactly what we expected.
Rating:  - Cinematic
Ang Lee strikes again - excellent photographic scenes. Intense but brilliant story and a great choice of actors to re-enact the story.
Quite exciting and moving.
Well worth a watch
Rating:  - Lust, Caution movie : predictable outcome
Thrill, suspense, good acting are a plus.
Tumultuous sex scenes and the large gift emphasize
the resulting love and pity, especially due to the long
duration of the plot ( three years make a spy
a true wife ). A dramatic ending.
Morality : never use young inexperienced students
to perform a monumental task. They are no match to
their evil counterpart. Be flexible, change plans,
bring in bigger guns. Anyway: this is good entertainment.
Rating:  - NO ENGLISH SOUND TRACK!
Bottom line? My fault for not reading all the details before buying this for my wife. She is Korean and the subtitles fly by so fast she can't keep up with them. I'm native American and had trouble during fast dialogue exchanges. I'll look more closely next time. Will give to a friend from Taiwan.
Rating: - Beautiful film. Reminiscent of "The Night Porter"
Very well done. It has been over an hour and I'm still thinking it with the typical sadness that comes after a serious film. The film most reminds me of Cavani's "The Night Porter." Both deal with the savagery of life in occupied lands, both deal with sadomasochistic lust being the direct consequence of leading a violent life, and both end with the characters unable to connect personally to *anyone* as a result of the moral perversions of war seeping in to daily life until in life there are no more people left to trust and only to use for raw pleasure.
I'd be curious to know if Mr. Lee reviewed "The Night Porter" as part of his pre-planning for the production for this film.
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