The Touch (2002 film)

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This article is about the film starring Michelle Yeoh. For the indie band, please see The Touch.

The Touch is a 2002 Hong Kong action-adventure/ martial arts film directed by Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon cinematograher Peter Pau and starring Michelle Yeoh, Ben Chaplin and Richard Roxburgh. The production company consisted of China Film Co-production Corporation, Han Entertainment, Mythical Films, Pandasia Entertainment and Tianjan Studios, with the movie being distributed by Miramax Films.

Apart from special effects sequences shot in soundstages, the film was shot on-location in the Himalayas, Nepal, China and Tibet. Some of the mountain ranges in which the film was shot were not open to filmakers earlier.

[edit] Plot Synopsis

"The Touch" tells the story of a Chinese family of martial artists and acrobatics experts who have been performing for many generations. The family are, in secret, guardians of a holy treasure accessible only by a spectacular jump which, to everyone else, is impossible to perform. One of the family members (the main character's brother) and his girlfriend are kidnapped by a ruthless treasure hunter (Roxburgh) to procure the priceless relic for him. Yeoh's character Pak Yin, with the help of Eric (Chaplin), her master thief ex-boyfriend, pursues them into an ancient desert where legends say the treasure is buried in order to uncover and protect the treasure that her ancestors had sworn to keep safe. The action culminates in a climatic sequence set in the booby-trapped subterranean Bhuddist temple.