Lust, Caution

Rating (1-10, 10 being highest): 3

Quick Rating: (skip, watch, watch when no other choice): Skip It

Story Line: A young lady hooks up with enemy's top official to set up for his assassination and gets entangled in the relationship.

What's good: The leading actress, Tang Wei, is a pretty and budding fine actress and did a good job in this film.

What's bad: No action, no plot, no intense moment, no character. The sex scenes are a turn off than a turn on. Ang Lee is a very good director, and this movie is his continued exploration or depiction on human sexuality or relationship. I can tell he spends his camera shots on close up on the characters feeling or emotion, maybe the original story was written this way, which I don't like the story at all.

Bottom line: The movie does provoke a couple thoughts, but more or less on the ground of disgust or piss-off after watching this movie. If it is a movie for the artsy or for the thoughtful, this is at least not a typical guy's cup of tea. I gave a big thumb down upon watching this movie. The movie drags on and is very long, at least Ang Lee did a good job not making me turning the movie off or dosing off.