There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Fans of the original "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" may find this follow-up to be less than inspiring, but I thought it was an adequate sequel extending the legend of the Green Sword of Destiny. I always manage to enjoy the choreography that goes into the martial arts fight scenes, even if the moves are humanly impossible. The wire work in this film may not have been as extensive as in the original but it was appropriately placed and didn't intrude on the story. The names of the four fighters who joined Silent Wolf/Meng Si Zhao (Donnie Yen) were pretty clever - Flying Blade, Thunder Fist, Silver Dart Shi and Turtle Ma, and I got a kick out of Turtle Ma's legendary status in his domain - 'this tavern'. I pretty much expected the negative reviews on this board for the movie because "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" by Ang Lee was one of those films that brought the martial arts movie to new levels when it came out in 2000. Since then we've been introduced to any number of high flying, colorful spectacles in the genre, all capitalizing on the latest in film technology and special effects. This one holds up well in that regard, keeping in mind that this one was produced by Netflix and not one of the major studios. So all in all a decent effort, and not really as bad as critics are prone to say.

Not a masterpiece like the first, but a solid movie. It lacks the magic elegance of Ang Lee's film, but, although the original language is English, it feels somehow more authentically Chinese.In a world were evil is real and eternal, an unavoidable aspect of human destiny, the baddies are more than caricatures, tragic figures themselves. I may add that I have a feeble for Asian "femmes fatales", so that the duo Blind Enchantress (Eugenia Yuan) and Mantis (Veronica Ngo) proved irresistible.Add to that a couple of technically memorable fight scenes, some good jokes and the movie, despite its recurrent clumsiness, raises unmistakably above mediocrity.

Obviously this film is different from the first one in many ways. It has its positive and negative qualities. As a sequel, it lacks the impressive feel, mood, and production style of Ang Lee.But I really like this movie. My least favorite viewing was the first. It's grown on me. The Kung Fu is superb, in several ways superior to the first movie IMHO. I don't know if it's CGI, or just better techniques, but all of the gravity-defying "light body" maneuvers in this movie are miles ahead of what I've seen in other movies. Compared to something like Iron Monkey or the first Crouching Tiger, this movie is downright realistic in the way people fly all over the place. For example, Donnie Yen's fighting entrance where he flies into the scene and lands looks absolutely amazing. The movie is full of this and it's fantastic to watch. There are multiple flying scenes in the first Crouching Tiger than make me wince every time.I'm a big Donnie Yen fan and he was perfect for this role. With Michelle Yeoh, you really can't ask for better actors in a kung fu film. With Woo-Ping Yuen and company you have some of the best kung fu filmmakers in history, and it shows.Something about the story, writing, and feel don't work perfectly for me, which prevents me from rating it higher. But I'm going to watch this movie a lot, and I've already fallen for it.Personally I'd beg for more movies like this. I don't even need them in English, subtitles are fine.

I had enjoyed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000) for its traditional Wushu style infused with poetic drama and elegant sword fighting – to our western eyes, the flying and soaring might look silly and obviously showing the ropes (as in harness cables), though the creative use of beautiful landscapes, costumes and feudal settings makes for an always inviting immersion. This following take has two major flaws in naming itself a sequel; the choice of going with an English-spoken version will open up better internationally, but it significantly detracts from the carefully crafted scenarios, culture and period – I only seek original versions with subs, so this was disappointing. Secondly, it simply aims to be more of a generic action and dagger flick with roughly cut dynamics, despite interesting characters and fighting scenes, like the original one on an iced lake. For me it reaches the sufficiency for the production value, but I'd have expected much more and much better.