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A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages.
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Release Date:
March 2003 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El secreto del talismán See more »Box Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$89,394 (Hong Kong) (16 August 2002)Gross:
$374,279 (France) (15 August 2003)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Pak Yin Fay: Only because the poor don't have anything worth taking.
Eric: There's an element of truth to that.
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Back in 2002, Miramax bought the rights to the film, removing 20 minutes of footage out (resulting in a 83 minute version), and completing the special effects CGI scenes and originally scheduling a 2003-2004 theatrical releases but shelved it until it was only shown on Netflix and Aol On. See more »Quotes
Eric: Look, I only steal from the rich.Pak Yin Fay: Only because the poor don't have anything worth taking.
Eric: There's an element of truth to that.
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"The Touch" is an adventure movie in the tradition of "Raiders of the Lost Ark". It tells the story of a Chinese family of artists who specialized in difficult jumps for many generations. Only such a jump, seeming impossible to anyone else, will make it possible to obtain a holy treasure. Two family members are kidnapped by a treasure hunter (Richard Roxburgh) to get the treasure for him. Yin (Michelle Yeoh), being the head of the family after the demise of her father, pursues them into the desert.
Genre movie without big surprises, but well made (except for the final fight which looks like computer game inspired green screen effects), featuring a female star who successfully avoids any Lara Croft similarities and uses her scarf both as a weapon and a swing rope. "The Touch" was shot in places where nobody else was allowed to film before. The landscapes of Tibet are impressive and make the movie more memorable than the thin plot deserves.