| Cast |
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song |
| Director |
Yimou Zhang |
| Screenplay | Feng Li, Bin Wang, Yimou Zhang |
| Music | Shigeru Umebayashi |
| Cinematography | Xiaoding Zhao |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Made in | 2004 |
| Produced by | Beijing New Picture Film Co., China Film Co-Production Corporation, EDKO Film Ltd., Elite Group Enterprises, Zhang Yimou Studio |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
| Genre | Fantasy / Action |
| Language | Very mild and infrequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Mild |
| Violence | Frequent, stylized |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Mature accompaniment for children under 13. Beautifully filmed Chinese film. Frequent fighting but mainly of the magic realism variety with fairly low impact effect. |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Die Burger Francois Bloemhof | 15 |  |
| Cape Times Kevin Thomas | 15 | |
| iAfrica.com Jocelyn Newmarch | 5 |  |
| Mail & Guardian Shaun de Waal | 16 | |
| The Star Geraldine Fröhling | 16 | |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 15 | |
| BBC Jamie Russell | 15 | |
| Box Office Mark Keizer | 13 |  |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 20 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson | 15 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 12729 Netizens | 15 | |
Average .. 73% | 15 | |