Customer Reviews:
  Lust, Caution - Blu-ray Info September 7, 2008
5 out of 14 found this review helpful
Version: Korea / Region Free
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50
Running time: 2:38:14 (No cuts)
Movie size: 47,064,729,600 bytes
Disc size: 49,130,704,144 bytes
Average video bit rate: 28.00 Mbps
LPCM Audio Chinese 6144 kbps 7.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 6144kbps
DTS-HD Master Audio Chinese 2747 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 2765kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1536kbps)
Dolby Digital EX Audio Chinese 640 kbps 5.1-EX / 48kHz / 640kbps
Subtitles: English / Korean / Chinese
Number of chapters: 24
Special Features (???):
- 8 pages Booklet + Special Cover
- Tiles of Deception, Lust Affections
- TV Spots
- Theatrical Trailer
- Photo & Poster Gallery
 Great Cinema in spite of the Hype August 28, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I first heard about Lust, Caution, like many others, due to its NC-17 rating by the MPAA. As this rating has tended to be an oracle of box office failure in the past, most studios due whatever needed to avoid it in theatrical release. Undaunted, director Ang Lee creates a film whose story and essence require scenes depicting the intimacy and emotion of very graphic sexuality. However, the film is not pornography, not sex and genitals for the sake of sex and genitals, but is rather an attempt to tell a story with the inclusion of sex for emphasis and impact--something all to often done with violence and completely overlooked in film ratings.
The story takes place in 1930s Shanghai, a Chinese city under Japanese occupation. While this setting is necessary to the plot, it also immerses the audience in a time and place completely foreign to all but the oldest generations in China today. Rations, checkpoints, suppression of movement and goods are all elements weighing on the movie's characters, but through connections and resourcefulness, most manage something just shy of a normal existence despite bearing the stress of war.
I cannot recommend this film to those easily upset by nudity or sexuality in film, nor those rare individuals averse to scenes of violence. But, for adults interested in a serious film filled with brutal emotion, the horrors of wartime, and the occasional tragedy of youthful rebellion, do see this.
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