Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

PG-13

2016

1h 40m

Adventure

Action

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A martial arts master (Michelle Yeoh) assembles a band of fighters to protect a legendary sword from a warlord (Jason Scott Lee) and his clan.

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Critics Consensus

Paling in comparison to its predecessor in every conceivable way, Sword of Destiny is a lazy sequel that never justifies its own cynical existence.

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Roxana Hadadi

Chesapeake Family Magazine

The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel Sword of Destiny isn't as thoughtful as its predecessor, but its fight sequences will hold your attention.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 2, 2016

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Grady Hendrix

Film Comment Magazine

By the climax, the action has been reduced to interminable sequences of people banging their swords together and occasionally being ejaculated into the air like digital snowflakes.

Mar 17, 2016

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Tasha Robinson

The Verge

Sword Of Destiny suffers endlessly by comparison to Ang Lee's groundbreaking 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for the comparative smallness of its vision, its visuals, and its budget.

Mar 2, 2016

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

The thin sequel cannot compose an equal effort fitting of that legend. What was a carefully built emotional epic before now feels like a chain of staged set pieces.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 18, 2025

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Jamie Healy

Radio Times

Even when the wire-fu stunts and CGI embellishments go through the roof in the finale, it's hard not to be caught up in the excitement.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 31, 2024

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Dominic Griffin

Spectrum Culture

It's said Zhang Ziyi didn't want to come back for the sequel unless Ang Lee returned as well. We can see why.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 17, 2019

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Alfred V

Awesome movie! Can't wait to see part 2

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/10/25

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Brooke M

While not as good as it’s predecessor, this film still stands on solid ground in both character, development, martial arts action and storyline. The story picks up a few years after the end of the previous film and follows Michelle Yeoh’ character Yu Shu Lien, who comes out of retirement after her friend Sir Te passes away. The Sword of Destiny is again at the focus of the story as a ruthless warlord seeks to claim it to aid his conquests of neighboring territories. The plot has plenty of interesting twist and turns and many the characters, like in the first film, are not quite who or what they seem to be. The fight scenes are stunning, and the quieter character moments are very well done as well. The acting is solid, and the scenery and sets are amazing. Overall, it is an entertaining film and well worth the hour and a half or so it takes to watch it. I give it a solid four star rating.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/08/24

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Phil T

Loved the film, the sword fight on the ice was divine. A film full of passion.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/24

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Jedi D

Great choreography and wire work, outstanding cast, and visually beautiful, but missing all the romance and character development of the original film. If it had been a kung fu film made with the spirit of anime and not a sequel to a masterpiece, it would have been better received.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/19/23

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Madeline V

Okay, just lacks the action and choreography that the first film is known for.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/10/23

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Minh N

The magic that Ang Le made with the original story written by Jin Yong, a Hongkonger novelist, is gone with the sequel. Too much fighting and not much storytelling, it's so boring. The impressive cast could not save the movie. With Ang Le's original, I am glued to the screen but not this one. It became ridiculous with all the fighting scenes.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/18/23

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Synopsis

A martial arts master (Michelle Yeoh) assembles a band of fighters to protect a legendary sword from a warlord (Jason Scott Lee) and his clan.

Director: Woo-Ping Yuen
Producer: Charlie Nguyen, Peter Berg
Screenwriter: John Fusco
Rating: PG-13 (Martial Arts Violence|Brief Partial Nudity)
Genre: Adventure, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 40m

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