A little bit of patience and Shu Lien would have left, leaving the sword an easy target. The logic here isn't horrific, after all, a single thief was able to steal the sword in the first film, but the timing is ludicrous as Hades Dai and his gang know that Shu Lien is in Peking with the Green Destiny. Rather than launching a traditional assault to get the Green Destiny, Dai is convinced to just send one guy, Wei Fang (Harry Shum, Jr.), to slip into Sir Te's house and retrieve it. Hades Dai has been around for a long time, seems to be doing quite well, and need not really exert any pressure to get this sword what with his current level of success, but such is his hubris. Naturally, this "everybody" includes the bad guys, led by the evil Hades Dai (Jason Scott Lee), who wants the sword as legend has it that no one who has carried the sword into a fight has ever lost. For a sword that is thought to be lost, everyone seems to know exactly where it is. The biggest of these issues surround the Green Destiny itself. Much of what takes place in this belated sequel happens for reasons that aren't wholly clear. Or, perhaps she is returning to Peking to protect the Green Destiny from evil, or perhaps both. Sir Te from the original film has just died and Shu Lien has opted to return to Peking to pay her respects. As Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh, reprising her role) explains in a voiceover, the Green Destiny has been thought lost but is simply hidden in Peking. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny is directed by Yuen Woo-Ping and picks up 18 years after the original ended.
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