It all started with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. It renewed international and domestic interest in Chinese epic cinema. The expansive film was followed by such period films as The Hero and House Of Flying Daggers. These films invented their own brand of action poetry, but borrowed liberally in presentation from the ambitious movies of old Hong Kong cinema.
Hong Kong cinema never has been one to sit back and see what's happening. Hence the renewed interest in filmmakers there to recapture the former glory of epic HK films. Stanley Tong flirts with classic Jackie Chan entertainm....