Also saw House of Flying Daggers on DVD when I got home, as I’d borrowed it off my sister and it had been sitting around unwatched for ages! After the previous DVD, this was a bit of a let down. Yes, the cinematography was astoundingly beautiful, the action sequences were breathtaking, but the story was a veiled love story, under the pretext of an adventure, with the usual twists and turns and even a rather silly ‘if I can’t have you, then nobody can’ within it. If the story was a little more compelling and possibly slightly more complex, the film would be so much better. More chill out than outstanding.