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Ashes Of Time

1994, Movie, NR, 90 mins

Ashes Of Time: Review

This stylized costume drama by Hong Kong's Wong Kar-wai (CHUNGKING EXPRESS) is no ordinary martial-arts epic -- it's a singular meditation on romantic regret and emotional isolation, expressed through the dark thoughts and ambiguous deeds of a handful of heroic swordsmen. An elliptical narrative pits a swordsman-for-hire (Leslie Cheung) against his only friend (Tony Leung Kar-fai); events are manipulated by a mysterious client (Brigitte Lin) with dual identities and contradi... read more leave a comment