one of my favorite movie which have be overlook by too many movie goer and an observation which mystify me . not only direct by the acclaimed ang lee and it have many young actor who be to become major star and e. g. and tobey maguire ( before spiderman ) and skeet ulrich ( before jericho ) and jonathan rhys meyers ( before tudor ) and jam caviezel and simon baker and mark ruffalo and jeffrey wright and tom wilkinson and and jewel . all of the acting be superb and each of the actor mention give memorable performance and especially meyers who portray an evil villain who kill for the sake of kill . when the biography and accomplishment of the director ( even when he win an academy award ) and the actor be list and this film be usually omit from their past performance . i discover the film on dvd by accident and it become one of my most often watched film . however and it be seldom every see on cable . i look forward to read what others suggest be the reason this film be not well know .