Film
What's on at the cinema plus reviews of the latest movie and DVD releases
Bookmark this pageThe Red Lotus Society (1994)
Director: Stan Lai
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
More cinematic but less sure-footed than Lai's first film The Peach-Blossom Land, this anatomy of the Chinese obsession with keys to 'secret knowledge' suggests that the whole city of Taipei has lost the plot. A young language tape salesman decides to find someone to teach him 'vaulting' - the art of achieving weightlessness, as described in countless martial arts movies and novels - and scours the city for three surviving masters from the legendary Red Lotus Society who are rumoured to be living ordinary lives under assumed identities. Very beautifully shot by Chris Doyle, but not persuasive enough as a vision of reality for the characters' superstitions and paranoias to seem justified.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Stan Lai
Producer: Wang Ying-Hsiang
Cast: Ying Zhaode, Chen Wenming, Na Weixun, Li Tongcun, Li Lijin full cast
Duration: 120 mins
Top Stories
Ridley Scott interview
Director Ridley Scott tells Cath Clarke why he's making a science fiction comeback
Cannes Film Festival 2012: half-time report
Dave Calhoun reports on the hits, misses and a shocking new masterpiece from Michael Haneke
What do you think?
Post your review now