what a movie . i saw this movie yesterday and i be still think about it . tony leung be just awesome . i have see him in a few movie and i would already determine that he a great actor . i have no problem understand what go on with him without read the subtitle because he communicate so much with his eye . so watch him in this i be curious to see that something else be come across than you would normally expect . here he play against type and i think he do a wonderful job . definitely oscar worthy . a be his costar and who i keep try to rack my brain for a film i would see her in but apparently she a newbie . you would never know it from her performance . it a true lead performance since she carry most of the film be in just about every minute of it . she great . and how great be it to see josie packard ( joan chen ) again . positive . ang lee be a genius . he so good at capture the emotion of his character and actor . it like he unfold them so that everything on the inside be lay bare . from the ice storm to brokeback mountain to lust and caution he show you real people and how they love and damage and betray each other and and more specifically how it feel . that true talent . anyone can point a camera . this be something else entirely . the film itself be the best espionage film i have ever see and but that not all it be . it very much like a noir and a war film and romance be probably the genre that be represent least . i have read a few review mention love and fall in it . there be some of that but i think maybe those people might want to give this one another go . they might have miss the point . who should see this . adult . but i be not say that because of the sex scene . i be 33. i do not know if i would have completely grasp the emotional complexity of this film 10 year ago . i think you need to have be kick around a bit by life to fully appreciate what happen here . anyone who like old movie and sad movie and good movie . bogart fan and noir fan and costume design fan should all enjoy it . i sincerely hope it get some recognition around oscar time . it my favorite this year so far .