Hero
Daoming Chen, Donnie Yen, Jet Li
The Qin King has long been obsessed with conquering all of China and becoming her first Emperor -- which makes him the target of three legendary assassins. To anyone who defeats the assassins, the Kin...( read more
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DVD Released: November 30, 2004
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June 13, 2009There is a plot to kill the king. Amazing scenery, fights and costumes. I like the vibrant colours and vast magnitude of the people scenes.
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March 6, 2009Leaving aside any possible "ambigous-commie-oriented" profile the movie could have, this is still a great wuxia flick in all the right areas. Excellent cast, good direction from Zhang Yimou and great (if anything a bit already repetitive) photography from Christopher Doyle. Still... ...( read more )
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February 7, 2009I'm not a huge fan of wire work, so that part of the film didn't particularly impress me too much, however I thought the use of colour was very impressive and visually effective and there were also a few subtle, yet impressive special effects, especially with the water scene.
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November 28, 2008''My decision will cause the deaths of many and Your Majesty will live on. A dead man begs you to remember; a warrior's ultimate act is to lay down his sword.''
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October 1, 2008I saw this waaay before I noticed every detail in a film and I still remember being impressed by the cinematography. Why doesn't Christopher Doyle expand his range more often to avoid being called WKW's bitch? Eh, anyway, "Hero" is also a fine, poetic martial arts film that featu... ...( read more )
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June 24, 2009Beautiful movie, Kung Fu as art and it works perfectly in Hero, not only that its one of Jet Li's finest movies.
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May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
August 27, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Ravishes the eye without quite touching the heart. full review
August 27, 2004
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
As brilliant and ephemeral as a fireworks display. full review
August 27, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Demonstrates how the martial arts genre transcends action and violence and moves into poetry, ballet and philosophy. full review
August 26, 2004
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
From beginning to end, Hero is a painting in motion, its fight scenes a ballet with blades. full review
August 22, 2004
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
One of the most beautiful works of cinema to be presented in American theatres in this lifetime... It is a perfect film. full review
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August 11, 2008I didn't like the gravity defying martial art, but the rest of the movie was brilliant and the sets were beautiful.
Ziyi Zhang is not bad to look at either. If you like her, watch the movies 'The Road Home' or 'Memoirs of a Geisha'; They're both good!
Take care all,
William
Zzzzzooooommmmmm!
"It is easy to be brave, from a distance." -American Indian Proverb- -
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February 26, 2007This movie is fantastic!
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July 8, 2006Yimou Zhang has created a vibrant masterpiece of Hong Kong style action. The story, acting, and fight sequences are phenomenal. Jet Li and Maggie Cheung lead wonderful roles and the movie throws curveball after curveball up to it's surprise ending.
It is unfortunate that Quentin Tarantino had to slap his name on it, simply for calling attention to it and doing nothing else even remotely related to the movie, but it is nice to see that someone has brought it to the mainsteam so that more people can appreciate it.
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