Starring Michelle Yeoh (Yin), Brandon Chang (Tong), Ben Chaplin (Eric), Richard Roxburgh (Karl)

Michelle’s first production, an interesting twist on the adventure film.  Part of a long line of acrobats, Michelle’s family (which includes Brandon Chang in his first role, along with Ben Chaplin and Richard Roxborough) has been sworn to use their skills in the martial arts to protect an ancient Buddhist treasure.  Roxborough plays a greedy businessman who wants the sharira, and who has been trying to dig up the clues for it, using Chaplin to do the thefts for him.  Very good for a first time out, there are a couple of interesting scenes (in one sequence, Roxborough tosses a grenade into a cave that Michelle is in and she is buried under a huge pile of dirt.  Immediately afterward, Chaplin, her love interest, gets shot (but in a way he doesn’t get injured but is knocked out), and he recovers shortly and digs through to the other cave to rescue Michelle.  Question: how long could she really hold her breath…?).  Despite these few scenes, the film is overall very good, has some drama scenes, and hopefully will be released by Miramax in US theaters soon.

Grade: B+

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