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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 31, 2024

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

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 17, 2019

We're all here really to see if Sword Of Destiny was worth the decade-plus wait. It totally was.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 10, 2019

Directed by Yuen Woo-ping (who choreographed the fights for the first film), Sword of Destiny feels westernized in every sense of the word.

| Jan 9, 2019

Nostalgia is nice, but Netflix should just focus on making better content.

| Sep 8, 2017

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

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 2, 2016

The sequel is directed by Yuen Woo-Ping, who choreographed the fight scenes in the original... he's not as prestigious as Lee, and has fewer awards, but the man knows his kung fu.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 1, 2016

It's not offensively bad. It's a kid's meal -- safe, but grown-ups will tire of it quickly.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 25, 2016

It's true that not many were pleading for a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel, especially one that arrived about 15 years too late, but they made one anyway, bless them.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 26, 2016

With the original's wondrous, naturalist cinematography so clearly burned into the memory, it's difficult not to make an unfavorable comparison.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 11, 2016

While it's also adapted from Wang Dulu's five-part Crane-Iron novel series, the new film ... feels like a slapdash piece of fan fiction.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 2, 2016

The story just isn't as captivating as it needs to be.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 21, 2016

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

A painful sequel that disappoints all lovers of the original because of the remarkable quality drop between them, it had a very interesting proposal but failed miserably. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | Mar 16, 2016

A movie that smells and tastes like a thousand productions of martial arts film. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Mar 9, 2016

A lackluster sequel whose most redeeming quality is the noble presence of actress Michelle Yeoh.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 8, 2016

Its high-flying action lacks the distinctive elegance of its predecessor.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Mar 3, 2016

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

Long-awaited martial-arts sequel more brutal than original.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 1, 2016

If grunge killed glam rock in the martial arts movie world, Sword of Destiny is a well-timed tribute band; you wouldn't want everyone to start wearing spandex again, but it's fun for a night.

| Original Score: B | Mar 1, 2016