Lust, Caution Movie

Lee Ang’s Lust, Caution - A simple girl with an extraordinary mission. Tang Wei as the student that will have a hand in trying to assassinate the intelligence chief of a Japanese-backed Chinese government.

I saw this movie last weekend. I was blown away, leaving the theatre feeling like I had just seen a masterpiece by a true master. Director Lee Ang did a great job (again)! Every shot, every moment, every glance and line spoke, the soundtrack, the pacing - all perfection!  I was busy reading the subtitles; hence I missed out some of the visuals and details.  Also, it is a pretty draggy film, it seems much longer than 148 minutes but the final and fateful moment is something out of the ordinary plot.  It brings out the emotion, desire and attachment of a young and simple girl that caused the fiasco mission of the whole team.   

The final and fateful moment when Mr. Yee bought for Wong a 6-carat diamond ring and lovingly places it on her finger. Moved by his tender gesture, and aware that her co-conspirators are converging on the jewelry shop to assassinate him, she looks deeply into his eyes and tells him to “go now.” Grasping immediately the urgency of her warning, Mr. Yee bolts out of the jewelry shop into his waiting car and orders his chauffeur to speed away. By her impetuous action, Wong has sealed her own doom, though she does not fully realize it in the warm glow of the moment. As always, Tony Leung’s performance as Mr. Yee… is incredibly good.  Tang Wei in the dual roles of Wong Chia-Chi and Mak Tai Tai is commendable as a new star.  I find this movie intrigue, an espionage thriller set in World War II-era in Shanghai in 1942.  During which time much of China and

Shanghai were occupied by the Japanese, World War II.   Rating: 4.5 Stars.