The House of Flying Daggers is Zhang Yimou’s latest film, except that unlike his last film, Hero, we haven’t had to wait three years to get it.
The plot involves lots of double-crossing and a secret society – the House of Flying Daggers – of whom Ziyi Zhang is a member. She seems to be the blind daughter of the former head of the society.
The film is beautiful to look at with some wonderful set pieces including a fight in a forest of bamboo, and finale that takes place in a blizzard.
I really enjoyed it, but somehow I was left slightly disappointed – it just didn’t grip me quite as much as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon did.