Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny Trailer

THROUGH NETFLIX, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

It’s been 15 years, yo. Fifteen years since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon captivated American audiences and frustrated xenophobic folks with uncompromising subtitles in theaters. Probably the most critically successful foreign film in American movie award history, Crouching Tiger said fuck your western martial arts heroes, fuck your suspension of disbelief, and fuck happy endings; you ain’t seen no shit like this. Not only was it filmed in the incredibly gorgeous Hongcunzhen Village near Yellow Mountain in Anhui Province, the first time it had been allowed to be filmed, but it brought together three great stars that have captivated Chinese and American audiences alike. The introduction of Zhang Ziyi or putting Michelle Yeoh in a deserved starring role are already enough to make the film a classic.

Over the years, so many rumors have cropped up about a sequel, while plenty of successors or other inspired projects have followed Crouching Tiger without ever capturing the same magic. But because Netflix is basically the Marlo Stanfield of the TV game and taking all the corners, they ain’t messin’ around with movies either. How the hell a streaming service got the rights to produce a sequel for one of the most memorable films in the last 20 years is beyond me, but here we are, getting a brand new Crouching Tiger in early 2016, the new year of our Lord. I’m watching this trailer and as much as I enjoy Into the Badlands, I feel like this …