The DVD extras will do little convincing: a 45-minute "making of" featurette seems interminable, one on visual effects offers only before-and-after comparisons, and a commentary by Ziyi and Yimou ...

Showing in cinemas this month, the House of Flying Daggers (shi mian mai fu, 2004) is the latest blockbuster from Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou (Hero, Raise the Red Lantern). At the premiere in ...

Flying Daggers may be one of the most visually bewitching films of the 21st century, but it's also supplemented by a story that’s just crazy enough to work. Set in the waning days of China’s ...

Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers" topped Chinese box office records this year, grossing 153 million yuan (18.5 million US dollars), ahead of "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." A ...

House of Flying Daggers is more successful as a visual study of forests and the ass-kickers who live there than as the cohesive fable it aspires to be. It is, basically, a series of intricately ...

Zhang Yimou's House of Flying Daggers topped Chinese box office records this year, grossing 153 million yuan (US$18.5 million), ahead of Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Last year's top ...