God Long Eyebrow from Mt. Zu (Sammo Hung), along with his first pupil Xuan Tian Zong (Erick Cheng) and second pupil Dan Zhen Zi (Louis Koo) started a deadly battle against the evil force led by the Green Robe Elderly. Because of Dan Zhen Zi's mistake, the Green Robe Elderly was able to escape to Chi You Cave. After ordered Dan Zhen Zi to look after the entrance of the cave and Xuan Tian Zong to look after the Nan Ming Li flame, he secretly flied to the sky to look for Purple Green Twin Swords for destroying the Green Robe Elderly.

In the immoral world, Chang Kong Wu Ji and Lu Ying Qi (Cecilia Cheung) were practicing Purple Green Twin Swords but were unable to join together. Xuan Tian Zong knew the reason is that they could not overcome the barrier of love and helped Chang Kong Wu Ji to transform himself. Unexpectedly, he transformed into Lian Xing (Wu Jing), low in sword skill but was very eager to pick up a fight. But Xuan Tian Zong and Lu Ying were unable to love each other. Being very lonely, Dan Zhen Zi accidentally met Red Goddess (Lin Si-Lei) and fell in love with her. Dan Zhen Zi used his own blood saved Red Goddess who had been chased by the evil force. After being seduced to steal the Purple Green Twin Swords, Dan Zhen Zi finally realized he had fallen into the trap set by the Green Robe Elderly. Meanwhile, Xuan Tian Zong led the good force to Chi Yiu Cave for the Green Robe Elder but fell into a trap too. A more deadly battle was waiting for them?

After winning the Oscar for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, composer Tan Dun has turned down many offers of composing film scores, except for one - Zhang Yimou's upcoming film Hero. Tan said, "film score is only a dessert and music is the main dish. I am on diet recently and dare not to touch dessert. But I will keep doing it."

About Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he said, "for this film, he (Ang Lee) mortgaged his own house and even lost six credit cards. I remember when he came to see me, the first a couple of words he said is, 'buddy, no money'. And he only gave me ten days, but I didn't disappoint him." Tan Dun wanted to turn him down, but changed his mind after seeing tears in Ang Lee's eyes. "The background music for the scene of "Zhang Ziyi jumping off the cliff" was done on an airplane. On the recording, Ang Lee asked about the music. I said I hadn't heard it either ? Just like this, I finished the music for the last ninety minutes in two and half days.

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Michelle Yeoh hosted a lavish party called The Touch - Unlock the Legend. According to her, the French releasing right has already been sold.

Producer: Michelle Yeoh
Director: Peter Pau
Cast: Michelle Yeoh

Part of Tsui Hark's The Legend of Zu (Zu 2) and Black Mask 2 will be shown on the Hong Kong Night, a special event of promoting Hong Kong cinemas. Michelle Yeoh will also promote her upcoming flick The Touch during the festival

Time: May 12, 2001
Location: Majestic Hotel

John Woo has talked to the Hong Kong media while attending the Hong Kong Film Awards. Here is a summary:

He just finished the first cut, about 3 hours. While showed to people from MGM, it even became a tearjerker for some guys. The budget is near $100 million US. The battle scene was shot in Hawaii over 90 days. They used 13 cameras, more than 1,000 extras, 280 airplanes, and blew up 7 tanks. No doubles had been used for Nicolas Cage and his co-star Christian Slater. Some extras got second or third degree burn but refused to be sent to the hospital. Even some cinematographers carried the cameras and run into the battle, which made John Woo cry. Style of the film is completely different from the one of Mission: Impossible 2 - this one got a more complicated story and bigger scenes. John Woo wants to uncover the human nature, spirit of sacrifice by soldiers and harmony between races, which should be the most touching part of the film.

It was originally planned to compete with Pearl Harbor but was pushed back to Thanksgivings, because MGM wanted more time for post-production. Terence Chang will have a two-week vacation in Europe during the upcoming Hollywood strike, but John Woo still has to stay at home to finish the editing. Before everything is done, they have to make some pick-up shooting in June.

Also according to John Woo, he had a talk with Russell Crowe in London even before the Oscar. John Woo has arranged Russell Crowe to work with Chow Yun Fat in a film about life of early immigrants in America, in which Russell will play an Irish. The same writing team of Face Off is currently working on the script.

Even Jennifer Lopez has asked John Woo to design an action type of role for her.