Hero (DVD)

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 long been the target of assassins, Broken Sword, Snow and Sky. The King had promised gold, power and a private audience with himself to anyone who defeated them. Enter the nameless soldier, Jet Li. In flashbacks, we see fight after gorgeously choreographed fight as the nameless one tells the king his version of the events. Also ...

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 huge admirer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or any Lord of the Rings movie, other movies recommended to me by everyone, but I decided I would give Hero a chance, because I always like to give every movie as much of a chance as I can before declaring hated upon it, I mean, clearly I'm not going to go into a movie like Little ...

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 Globe as Best Foreign Language Film. It was acclaimed by critics and won numerous international film awards. Hero is a visually stunning martial arts epic which sees Jet Li take up the role of a fearless warrior. He plays a soldier who rises up to defy an empire and unite a nation which has been ripped apart by ...