tian mai chuan qi ( aka touch ) follow in the well pay path of the really gorgeous film that come out of hong kong and china ( crouch tiger and hidden dragon and etc ) but it raise the question just how many of these small story visual epic be palatable in repetition . michelle yeoh recognizes successful financial formula when she see one and be at the crux of this flimsy little caper film and cashing in on the popularity of the genre . the story be slight represent a relic ( ny the monk of dan huang . the monk call upon a family of acrobat ( of course with a history of hundred of year of secret training on how to accomplish this mission ) to retrieve it . pak yin fay ( the very beautiful michelle yeoh ) and her brother tong ( brandon chang ) take on the mission with a few glitch represent pak yin fay old boyfriend erik ( ben chaplin ) be a nere do well thief who possess the necessary heart medallion require to open the location of the sharira . but wouldn not you know and there appear an unscrupulous nasty guy karl ( richard roxburgh and a fine australian actor out of moulin rouge and the league of extraordinary gentleman and oscar and lucinda and etc ) who cause no end of problem at the site and initiate the reason for make this film represent an extended martial art dance on pillar above a cgi fire in the tomb a place where nearly everyone in the cast be cremate after gallant swinging and fly . yet of course it all end well with the sharira be return to the happy monk in tibet . corny and yes and but if martial art film with lot of color and vista of desert and the holy city in tibet stimulate you and then this film be worth your time . michelle yeoh be beautiful to watch and and both ben chaplin and richard roxburgh be fine enough actor to almost make you forget the pointless shallow line they be force to deliver with as much comedic tone a they can milk from the script . grady harp .