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Ashes Of Time Redux [Blu-ray] [2008] [DVD]

Leslie Cheung , Brigitte Lin , Wong Kar-Wai    Suitable for 15 years and over   Blu-ray
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Tony Leung Kar Fai
  • Directors: Wong Kar-Wai
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: Chinese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Dubbed: English
  • Region: All Regions (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Artificial Eye
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Jan 2009
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001L4I1VE
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 30,701 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Director Wong Kar-Wai revisits his lavish 1994 martial arts action film 'Ashes of Time' with this restored and expanded version. Broken-hearted hit man Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) moves to the desert after being jilted by the woman he loved. His experiences have left him pitiless and cynical, and he spends his time hiring skilled swordsmen to carry out his contract killings - but as time passes he starts to question his solitary existence and develop tentative relationships with the people around him.

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Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Tony Leung Kar FaiDirector: Wong Kar-Wai

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Enigmatic variations? 10 July 2009
By Hywel James TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
This movie is very strange indeed. In fact I would describe it as enigmatic if I could spell the word, for that is precisely what it is, especially in this, the director's final authorised cut. A warrior living on the edge of a desert, a camel, a basket of eggs, a strange and beautiful woman who wants someone killed, and a bloke played by Tony Leung who won't die. These apparently disparate elements are woven into an epic film whose meaning becomes less and less clear as the story progresses.

Set against these difficulties however are (1) the extraordinary and beautiful cinematography of the incomparable Christopher Doyle and (2) the extended soliloquy on the transience of human life by Maggie Cheung in the movie's second half. These elements alone make the film unmissable. Wong Kar-Wai is a filmmaker of genius and anything by him is worth seeing. Here he is being (deliberately?) obscure but the film is good even given its difficulties.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Blu-ray review 14 Feb 2011
Format:Blu-ray
For all of those wondering, this UK exclusive blu-ray release is REGION FREE, NOT region 2(b) locked as stated in the item specifications. Other then that, this movie is great and the blu-ray transfer is pretty good.
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars a dreamlike masterpiece of love and loss 14 Jun 2009
Format:DVD
There are certain movies that simply defy genre conventions, films such as Walkabout, or 2001 a Space Odyssey, films which even defy explanation. Ashes of Time is just such a film.
The film takes place on the edge of a vast desert, where assassin Ou-yang Feng (Leslie Chueng) has come to seek solace and solitude from the mistakes of his past. Whilst here, he is visited by a variety of characters, the presence of each of them making him reflect on various aspects of his past, and the weight of the love he lost. This probably does not sound like much of a plot to those cine-files raised on a steady diet of Hero, House of Flying Daggers and Curse of the Golden Flower (and before anyone gets angry, I am not saying there is anything wrong with those aforementioned films, except maybe Curse of the Golden Flower), but Ashes of Time is a much deeper and satisfying movie experience than any of the above.
Taking his time with character development, director Wong Kar Wai has crafted a beautiful and intimate film, the sort of mesmerising experience that happens all too rarely in cinema. Dealing with love, loss and regret, the slightly fractured nature of the film can seem confusing at first, but each character is essential to the feel of the film, and each character leads Ou-yang Feng to his final revelation.
And what superb characters they are. Aside from Leslie Cheung in the title role, we have Tong Leung Ka Fai as Huang Yao-shi, Fangs friend and confidante who has much in his past to regret, a superb and more than a little disturbing Brigitte Lin as the highly conflicted Murong Yin and Murong Yang (no clues in the names then?), Jacky Cheung as Hung Chi, a wandering swordsman whom Feng takes under his wing and trains to be like him but who ultimately can only be himself, and Maggie Cheung as the unnamed woman who is the love of Fengs life and the source of his sadness, to name but a few of the stellar cast on show.
Visually, the film is never less than breathtaking to look at, shot through with a golden hue that gives the film an almost otherworldly quality. Filled with lingering wide shots and paced with an aching attention to detail, even the few action sequences are done in such a way as to make them almost dreamlike in their feel. Painstaking and beautiful in its examination of its central themes, this is truly a film to be cherished.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars More Love and Loss - set in ancient times
This film is exquisite to look at - haunting, enigmatic and elusive and it boasts a superb performance from Maggie Cheung - an actress of greater range imho than Li Gong.
Published 2 months ago by Seoulprovider
4.0 out of 5 stars Wong's Elliptical Tale
Initially released in the same year (1994) as Wong's masterpiece Chungking Express, Ashes Of Time (or, in its slightly shorter, 2008 re-edited and re-scored version, Ashes Of Time... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Keith M
5.0 out of 5 stars it never tires me
how the story is narrated. the characters are excellent and so are their individual stories. the filming and the settings are great and so is the work of fantasy
Published 4 months ago by FUMETTO
4.0 out of 5 stars Strange Fruit
1) You are an assassin (of sorts).
2) You have been hired to take multiple contracts.
3) They involve killing each party who hired you. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Fabian Faun
1.0 out of 5 stars Better to watch a basket of eggs go off
WKW excels himself in this five hour (it felt like it) film about nothing. It's as good as a bad French film noir from the 80's. Lots of blurry lens shots, slo-mo, longing looks. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Scott Bolton
3.0 out of 5 stars what was that about
a beautifully shot movie that starts promisingly but doesn't seem to go anywhere, you are left with a big question "what was that all about" . Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2010 by A. D. Hearn
4.0 out of 5 stars Hard to watch but..
Hard to watch but compelling enough to see through to the end. Difficult to follow but I did, and enjoyed it for its complications. Intertwined, enigmatic, with many meanings... Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2010 by Writer
4.0 out of 5 stars ASHES OF TIME REDUX - BLUE RAY
I remembered watching this movie in cinema 16 years ago. I have VHS, VCD & the movie making magazine with Wong Kar Wai signature. Read more
Published on 19 April 2010 by Chong Siew Wei
2.0 out of 5 stars Redux is Redundant
An experienced assassin(Leslie Cheung)lives alone in the desert,meets a coterie of oddballs who may or may not wish to commission him for a murder or two,pines for his past love as... Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2009 by Mark Pearce
5.0 out of 5 stars Ashes of time redux blu ray
Excellent picture and sound quality. Very big improvement than the DVD version from 10 years ago and even much better than this 2008 DVD.
Published on 23 Nov 2009 by Tsang Hin Pong Timothy
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