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- 2004
- PG-13
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 59 m
- 2004
- PG-13
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 59 m
Summary The year is 859 AD, and China's once flourishing Tang Dynasty is in decline. Unrest is raging throughout the land, and the corrupt government is locked in battle with rebel armies that are forming in protest. The largest and most prestigious of these rebel groups is the House of Flying Daggers, which is growing ever more powerful under a...
Directed By: Yimou Zhang
Written By: Feng Li, Bin Wang, Yimou Zhang
- 2004
- PG-13
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 59 m
- 2004
- PG-13
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 59 m
House of Flying Daggers
8.8
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Summary The year is 859 AD, and China's once flourishing Tang Dynasty is in decline. Unrest is raging throughout the land, and the corrupt government is locked in battle with rebel armies that are forming in protest. The largest and most prestigious of these rebel groups is the House of Flying Daggers, which is growing ever more powerful under a...
Directed By: Yimou Zhang
Written By: Feng Li, Bin Wang, Yimou Zhang
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
89
97% Positive
36 Reviews
36 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
89
97% Positive
36 Reviews
36 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
He's (Yimou) like a painter combining bloody reds, sunshine yellows and pale blues in the harmony of a masterpiece.
Forget about the plot, the characters, the intrigue, which are all splendid in House of Flying Daggers, and focus just on the visuals.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 401 User Ratings
8.8
91% Positive
363 Ratings
363 Ratings
3% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
6% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 401 User Ratings
8.8
91% Positive
363 Ratings
363 Ratings
3% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
6% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
This film is truely an art piece, the composition of each frame is meticulously thought out and it provides you with a surprising beauty.
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The most gorgeous movie of the year. This smashing martial-arts romance from Chinese director Zhang Yimou is stunning in other ways, too, like the eroticism that ripples just beneath the surface.
A glorious new addition to martial-arts cinema.
You feel wiped and blinded by such ravishment, yet a voice within you asks: Come on, guys, can't you just stop for the holidays?
All told, while the goods that Daggers offers are choice, the movie ultimately demonstrates that too much can be, well, more than enough.
Beautiful but hollow.
House Of Flying Daggers is a gorgeous action movie with sumptuous cinematography and sublime
action sequences. The movie is one of the best martial arts movies made recently. If you don't like the
story, there is always the brilliant action to entertain you.
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Makes China look like a magnificent place to visit and also makes China look like a memory for everyone who's been there or lives there no matter what, in any coincidence, were you forced to be there for any reason.
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This is such a silly movie, about halfway through the film the plot is forgotten and substituted for a melodramatic love triangle that no one cares about, major aspects remain unexplained and unresolved, all in favor of a love story.
''House of Flying Daggers'' is merely a love story, the martial arts scenes lose all meaning and relevance, even the 'epic' finale. THe ending is nothing but preposterous. Sure, there are moments of visual and emotional beauty, but all is lost when the interesting plot, that is setup in the first half, gets thrown out of the window in favor of a love story...
''House of Flying Daggers'' feauture some amazing scenary, stunning costume design and lavish cinematography -- But also a lousy plot, poor acting (except maybe the finale), little continuity and a laughable ending. It's 2 hour run time almost feels like 3 and the feeling of being cheated by an unedning set of directorial switches becomes as inescapable as tose boomeranging daggers.
While ''Hero'' (a different film by the same director, which truly IS a masterpiece) leaves you pondering meanings for days, ''House of Flying Daggers'' doesnt leave you with anything more than, ''Swords are sharp, Ziyi Zhang is pretty. There sure is a lot of bamboo in China.''
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Another pretentious movie made by Zhang. Since Hero, he completed lost everything. The only good thing about this movie is Takeshi Kaneshiro - the ultimate eye candy. He was the only thing that kept me on my seat. The plot does not make sense, especially in the eyes of Mandarin speaking audiences. Pure Nonsense! Plus cringe-worthy dialogues and the flying daggers ... what an embarrassment, even we (who are so used to unreal martial art sequences) found it too much to bear.
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Production Company
China Film Co-Production Corporation,
Edko Films,
Elite Group Enterprises,
Xin Huamian Film,
Zhang Yimou Studio
Release Date Dec 3, 2004
Duration 1 h 59 m
Rating PG-13
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
BAFTA Awards
• 9 Nominations
