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Release Date:
1 August 2002 (Hong Kong) more
Plot:
A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Bond Girl Yeoh's 40th Birthday Treat
 (From WENN. 8 August 2002)

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Part Indy Jones, Tomb Raider and Crouching Tiger and not worth watching more (33 total)

Cast

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Michelle Yeoh ... Pak Yin Fay

Ben Chaplin ... Eric

Richard Roxburgh ... Karl
Sihung Lung ... The Monk-Dun Huang
Brandon Chang ... Pak Yeuk Tong
Margaret Wang ... Lily

Dane Cook ... Bob
Emmanuel Lanzi ... Draco

Kenneth Tsang ... Ping
Gabriel Harrison ... Sam (as Gabriel Hoi)
Winston Chao ... Yin's Father
Zhenghai Kou ... Silvio
Liu Chang Sheng ... Pang
Hua Qin ... Fat-Wah
Sua Lang Rao Deng ... The monk - 700 Yrs. Ago
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Tian mai chuan qi (China: Mandarin title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence.
Runtime:
China:103 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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Eric: [to Karl] She says she'd gonna shove the diamond so far up your ass, it'll take a team of proctologists in scuba gear three weeks to find it. more

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Part Indy Jones, Tomb Raider and Crouching Tiger and not worth watching, 28 May 2006
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Author: sjculb3 from Japan

Ben Chaplin (Birthday Girl) plays Eric, a former acrobat turned thief for a wealthy, but deadly collector. When Eric finally steals an artifact of great importance to his acrobatic foster family, he decides to steal it back and begin a treasure hunt with his former child love, Michelle Yeoh.

The plot is the same as pretty much all the films of the genre. A group of noble treasure hunters goes out on a dangerous journey but is pursued by a killer and along the way they find love, loose a few people and end up happy.

The first hour you will admire that the sets aren't cheap and Ben Chaplin does a halfway decent job of playing Eric. Michelle is fair at best and the rest of the cast are awful. The rest of the film makes you wish you could fast forward to the climax and the treasure part....when you get there you will wish you hadn't wasted your time.

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