THE TOUCH (2004)

MORGAN'S RATING

COMING SOON

Yin and her younger brother Tong are from a family with a mission to protect a treasure buried by a lama seven hundred years ago. Now they have to find the treasure first to stop Karl the evil antique collector's greedy hand. Also joining the treasure hunt is Yin's ex-boyfriend Eric, who also happens to still be deeply in love with her.

Michelle Yeoh (Yin Fei), Ben Chaplin (Eric), Richard Roxburgh (Karl), Brandon Chang (Tong), Dane Cook (Bob), Winston Chao (Yin's Father), Gabriel Hoi (Sam), Kou Zhen Hai (Silvio), Emmanuel Lanzi (Draco), Sihung Lung (Monk), Kenneth Tsang (Ping), Margaret Wang (Lily).

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: Peter Pau. WRITERS: Julien Carbon, Laurent Courtiaud and J.D. Zeik. PRODUCERS: Michelle Yeoh, Thomas Chung and Gao Feng Jun.  ORIGINAL MUSIC: Basil Poledouris. DISTRIBUTOR: Miramax Films.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Replacing the bullwhip with an acrobat's silk scarf, The Touch aspires to be Indiana Jones and the Temple of Dun Huang. It plays more like Lara Croft's slightly befuddled Asian sister gone astray in the Gobi desert." -- Joel Quenby, Movieseer.com

"While the picture doesn't completely fail, it does fall short." -- Andrew Sun, Hollywood Reporter

FACTS

RELEASE DATE: TBA 2004 / 2005 (USA) BUDGET: $20 million (USA) SHOOTING DATES: September 2001 -- January 2002 - The film was released in Asia in August 2002. Miramax still has this film slated for a wide theatrical release in the US, although they have bumped the release back numerous times over the past year.