The title does not lie: Beware, viewer, semi-graphic sex awaits! Yet there's so much more to Ang Lee's Chinese-language follow-up to Brokeback Mountain than the vigorous rutting that drew attention upon its release. In an astounding breakout performance, Tang Wei plays a Chinese World War II student revolutionary who — like Ingrid Bergman in Notorious — must use her body to get close to an enemy (Leung). While lacking Brokeback's tenderness, Lust, Caution conveys the melancholy of a love that cannot survive. EXTRAS A boilerplate featurette, full of ''Everyone's so talented''-type platitudes. B
EW's GRADE
BDetails Release Date: Feb 19, 2008; DVD Release Date: Feb 19, 2008; Movie Rated: NC-17; Genres: Drama, Foreign Language, Romance; With: Joan Chen and Tony Leung Chiu Wai; Distributor: Focus Features
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