Based on actual events in ancient Chinese history, Hero tells the story of a warrior without a name (Jet-Li) who claims to have killed three assassins: Broken Sword, Flying Snow and Long Sky in order to protect the King of Qin (Daoming Chen), who will become the future Chinese emperor and who will build the Great Wall. Through flashbacks, Nameless tell his tale to the King. I won' tell you the rest of the story but they are plenty of twist to keep you guessing right until the end.
The battles that he describes are absolutely amazing to watch, I am not a fan of martial art movie, but watching this was more like watching people dancing. I guess it was like a ballet. The scenery is breathtaking too and I believe that this movie is also a great ad for China and that many people (like me) will want to go there.
My friend was complaining that the movie was in Chinese and that you had to read the subtitles. He claimed that because of that he couldn't follow properly the movie. I will never understand people who complain about that I think it gave the movie some authenticity and I had no problem following the story, but anyway I thought I should mention it... But don't let the fact that it's in Chinese put you off, Hero is a must see movie..... Five stars for me.
+++ Cast:
Jet-Li: Nameless Daoming Chen: King of Qin Tony Leung Chiu: Broken Sword Donnie Yen: Long Sky Maggie Cheung: Flying Snow Ziyi Zhang: Moon
Director: Yimou Zhang Screenplay: Feng Li, Bin Wang, Yimou Zhang
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I saw this film on a dvd which my friend got from China. I liked what I saw but the dvd was poor quality so I wil probably end up watching it again and the cinema!
MAFARRIMOND 19.10.2004 15:53
I've read a lot of good things about this film. I will have to watch it. Maureen
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Advantages: spectacular action and cinematography, complex and moving plot, jet li Disadvantages: hard to follow at times, quite similar to crouching tiger
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