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Lust, Caution is a 2007 erotic spy film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1979 novella by Eileen Chang. The story is set during World War II, when a group of Chinese students plot to assassinate a high-ranking official in the puppet government of Japanese-occupied Shanghai by luring him into a honey trap.
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In the history of Hollywood, few designations have been as commercially toxic as the NC-17 rating. Instituted by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to replace the stigmatised X certificate, it was intended to denote adult content without the pornographic connotations. In practice, it became a box-office death sentence, a scarlet letter guaranteeing exclusion from major cinema chains, mainstream adverti…More
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With the first word in the title being "lust" I guess you can expect an element of sexuality in this film. I will start with that aspect since it may be the only detriment to some people thinking about seeing this film. The sex is brutal, primal and could even qualify as soft porn. However, couched within a script as vibrant and brilliant as Lust, Caution , I would not consider it porn. I will take the eas…More
