At the surface, Lust, Caution is a WWII spy thriller set in Shanghi during the Japanese occupation. A group of theater students get caught up in a plot of vengeance against a traitorous business man, Mr. Yee. They use one of the young girls in the troupe to gather information and get close to Yee.
Once you inject this premise with Ang Lee’s master story telling, you get an emotionally complicated and erotically charged drama. As we’ve seen in his other films like “Brokeback Mountain” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” Ang Lee is a true master of telling love stories. Lee knows he’s bigger than that standard "Boy meets girl-Boy wins Girls love- Boy and Girl live happily ever after" framework. Lee really takes time for the details; creating a deep level of intimacy with his characters.
Finally, if you revel in non-Hollywood ending’s, you will love the end of Lust, Caution.
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