Lust Caution R21

I watched this on deepaavali. It was supposed to be a espionage thriller. The main plot might be of WW2 and espionage but it does not thrilled though.

Based on Eileen Chang's novel, this critically acclaimed movie has its media limelight because of its explicit sex scenes.

If the sex scenes and the murder scene was to be removed, the movie will be really plain vanilla. Though some people might still like vanilla.

As the stories moves forward, about a group of student who wanted to do a part for their country, started their radical and ambitious plan to assasinate a top Jap collaborator, Mr Yee, played by the ever charming Tony Leung.

The female lead Tang Wei, who played Wong Jia Chi in the movie. She was also Mrs Mak in the movie, which she need protrayed to get near to the Yee family. As she gone through stages of the plan, from just a student, to acting as a rich tai tai Mrs Mak, to trying to seduce Yee, having an intense and sexual affair with Yee and to having an complicated and emotional relationship with Yee.

After watching the R21 version, I must agreed that the scenes was really quite explicit. At least 4 to 5 scenes depicting their intense and lustful sexual acts. No wonder rumours of 假戏真做 was in the air, it was as real as it can gets. The murder scene where Kuang, played by 王力宏 and his gang killed his cousin was quite explicit too. The first knife that Kuang put through his body was driven so strong and slowly in his stomach, quite hiong ...

The movie was about 152 mins long. As most part of the movies detailed how Mrs Mak tried to get a chance to kill Yee and also plans to delay the assasination, so it became draggy at certain parts. It was like just waiting for 3 scenes to happen :

1) Sex
2) Yee got killed
3) Students got caught

I liked the scene where Wong Jia Chi finally could not bear to kill Yee and informed him to run at the jewelery shop. Then Yee rushed downstairs and flew straight into his car. Yes, flew. This was totally unexpected, the flying part. He literally flung himself from the shop door to his car. Hiong ! 7/10