Hero (DVD) Reviews

Set in Ancient China, during the Warring States, the King of Qin (Chen Daoming) lives in his palace, isolated from everyone following many assassination attempts. He wears battle clothing all the time and forbids visitors from coming within 100 paces of his throne. A nameless warrior from a small jurisdiction(Jet Li) arrives at the palace, seeking ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon hit big at the box office and with critics, there has been a spreading sense of Orientalism in Western cinema; studios are finally realising that audiences want to see the fantastical nature of these sword epics, and so are allowing ...  Read the complete review

This review, was originally written by myself, here: www.fritzlfan.wordpress.com Using a similar plot technique to Kurosawa's Rashomon, Zhang Yimou created one the great Chinese cinematic works with Hero. In the wuxia style, it manages to not only become a superb film in itself, but it surpasses the most acclaimed and well known ...  Read the complete review

If there has every been a film that is pure beauty it is this film, Hero is one of the most visually brilliant films i think i have ever seen and regardless to the story Hero deserves a place in this list. When it comes down to it, Hero's story isn't all that bad, although at times can be confusing and a bit tedious, but most of the time the ...  Read the complete review

*FILM ONLY* This is a visually STUNNING film. The film opens with our hero, Nameless (Jet Li), approaching a king, claiming to have killed three dangerous assassins: Flying Snow(Maggie Cheung), Sky (Donnie Yen) and Broken Sword (Tony Leung). The king asks him to recount his story of how he accomplished such a feat, ...  Read the complete review

Hero Synopsis: Our hero meets the king to claim a victory over the deaths of 3 assasins each with some intent to killl the king. Here he retells four different versions of the events each themed with a different colour ; red, blue, green and white. As some of the other reviews suggest this is a very interesting and useful narrative ...  Read the complete review

Review of Hero, available to buy at play.com for £4.99 Stars: Jet Li, Tony leung Chiu Wai, Maggie cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Donnie Yen. Runtime: 96 MINS Released: 2002 Director: Yimou Zhang (other films by this director inc: Curse of the golden flower, House Of Flying Daggers.) Writer: Feng Li, Bin ...  Read the complete review

Hero was a movie that came highly recommended to me by basically everyone who saw it. My friends, the internet, basically everyone loved Hero, and they loved to love it. Despite the fact I've never truly enjoyed a Jet Li movie, because basically they all suck and I find him utterly worthless as a lead actor, and the fact that I wasn't exactly a ...  Read the complete review

Starring martial arts legend Jet Li in a visually stunning martial arts and cinematography epic set at the height of China’s Warring States period, the country was divided into seven kingdoms. For years, the separate kingdoms fought ruthlessly for supremacy. One King was obsessed with conquering all of China and becoming the first Emperor. He had ...  Read the complete review

As a big fan of Martial Arts films (and Jet Li in particular) I was looking forward to the release of Hero in British cinemas in late 2004. The film is directed by Yimou Zhang (House of Flying Daggers) and stars Jet-Li (The One, Romeo Must Die) and is shown mainly as a series of flashbacks. An appearance is also made by upcoming actress ...  Read the complete review

I really do have to apologize but my new review is a film presented by Quentin Tarantino. I must say I think I am a little obsessed with his films. I also love foreign films and one of my favourites is Hero starring Jet Li. This film came out a few years ago and made quite a storm at the box office and was also nominated for an Oscar and a Golden ...  Read the complete review

Hero is director Zhang Yimou's first attempt at martial arts after several dramas and other genres of film, and since this he has also made House of Flying Daggers, which is supposed to be even better than this amazing film (I haven't seen it yet but I can't wait). Hero cost $30million to make, which may not seem much, but it is the most expensive ...  Read the complete review

Is there any way that I can review Hero without comparing it to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? Probably not, so we'll get it out of the way early. I wasn't a fan of that film at all, and was frankly amazed at the success it enjoyed. It deserves recognition on a technical level, and congratulations ...  Read the complete review