The ending and my take on it ***Spoilers*****

Well first thing is that she might have also changed her mind also because she did not see any of her friends outside of the shop, where they were before. Therefore, it was possible that she was in danger, so she might have changed her mind because she knew she was in danger.

>>But the film did a poor job of showing the progression from hate to love.
Well firstly, that would have made the movie three hours long, so I'm not too sure if they should have. That would have been too much. However, I agree they didn't do a good enough job on that - though I understand why they didn't.
Second, I think it deliberately let that out in the open so we can interpret what happened. A lot of the film spent The wonderful thing about the ending is that TOO much was going on at once that the climax is sudden and built upon one moment's decision.
Questions about why it took so long for Yee to pick up Wang at the Cafe stirs questions whether Wongs friends have been captured or not. She might have abandoned the mission and let him loose because if she went on with the plan and her friends were indeed captured, she too would have been danger, thus she had to let him go.
Lastly, I believe a lot is up to interpretation in this movie - which is truly the beauty of the film. Films that are up to interpretation are quite frequent in China, and many movies purposely leave plot holes for this reason.
I think maybe if you read the original story it's possible you can get a better understanding on what happened. It did for me, at least.

Maybe you didn't see the uncut version (which I saw in Taiwan).

I found it hard to like the film ( I saw it yesterday). But I didn't perceive the portrayal of female avarice and betrayal mentioned by 24 Freak.

I thought that her muttered "Go! Now!" saved his life. It seemed to come suddenly from a deep well of sentiment rather than any thought-out ploy. Yee's precipitate response (creating, for me, the only humour of the entire film) showed that his instinct for self preservation was paramount. The end of the film gave the impression that Yee had the power to decide the destiny of the young conspirators. That he took the line that was of least risk to his own skin, and took the life of one to whom he had become extremely close was awful.

So from my interpretation of the end, one could say that the film illustrated the fact that males are power-mad and cowardly. But I really do not think that this film was peddling gender politics. Was it?

if you think that she's all about money and diamonds, but what about the guys from the resistance who used her for all this (especially the guy who burnt her letter?). They probably couldn't care less for her. I thought that she loved Wang Lee Hom, but since things got our of hand, everything was messed up.

She is clearly not driven by bling but being consumed by the man she is supposed to assassinate. The key scene of why she tipped Mr. Yee off was the one where she was meeting with the co-conspirators arguing about the life of a spy. If you recall, how she emotionally confessed how she endures the sex with Mr. Yee and how Mr. Yee is eating away at her... all the way to her heart through the desperation of the situation.

"What do you think this trap is? My body? Who do you think he is? He knows how to act better than you guys.

He not only wants to be inside my body, but worms his way into my heart like a snake. I'm like his slave, allowing him in. I can only "loyally" wait, playing my role, to get into his heart.

He'll make me bleed and cry in agony, before he's satisfied. That's the only way he can feel alive. In the darkness, only he knows this is all real.

--That's enough.

That's why... That's why I can let myself be tortured to breaking point, and still continue, till I can't take it any further.

--That's enough.

Every time after the final spasm, I think, "will it be this time?" Will our people rush in and blow his brains out? And his blood and brains will spill all over me.

--Stop it!"

It is clear at that point in the movie she is truly afraid that Mr Yee is worming his way into her heart and thereby engulfing her as his.

Also the third sex scene where Mr Yee's eyes are covered by the pillow shows that Mr Yee truly trusts and loves her since his biggest fear is the dark. Also, she (Wang) has an opportunity to grab a gun to shoot him while he is blinded by the pillow... She glances over but doesn't do it. Instead she breakdowns and cries while embracing Mr Yee. At that moment, Mr Yee has successfully wormed his way into her heart.

The ring is the last thing that hits us over the head that her feelings for Mr. Yee has completely consumed her mind, body, and soul. By the end of the movie it is clear that Mr Yee had won and she desperately wants to save him.

My take on it is that she is a stupid woman. Not only did she avoid doing THE thing she was trained for but she basically signed the death sentence of all her friends in order to save someone who is considered a traitor. Wonder how she felt when she ended up on her knees near the ravine as she saw each of her compatriotes being shot in the head.

I have absolutely no sympathy for her character. She is just as feeble and despicable as the infamous Mr Yee.

As a matter of fact, who had any feeling at all for any of the characters of this movie?

it wasn't so much the diamond, but recognizing that it was the best he could do to show he actually felt something for her

it moved her

twisted as it was, the "relationship" was the closest thing she knew of love (everyone in resistance movement just wanted to use her)

under all the garbage, i think there was *some* sort of feeling between the two

her telling him to run was the best she could do to return something to him

the ending was tragic, but that was the crux of the whole thing

there is a flashback moment of her on the stage in a forest & the group calls her up to the balcony



ultimately, i think her decision at the end was her only true act of free will

I'm sorry, but you simply did not "get" the movie.