A Man Called Hero Reviews

1999

Rated:
60
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A master of martial arts flees to the United States after his family is massacred. He brings with him the Red Sword, a sword of legend, and prepares to make his revenge. Features an amazing fight scene atop the Statue of Liberty and dazzling special effects. Read more

Starring	Ekin Cheng, Qi Shu, Kristy Yang, Nicholas Tse
Director	Wai Keung Lau
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema

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Critics' reviews (2) of A Man Called Hero
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Historical accuracy is the furthest thing from Andrew Lau's mind in this period actioner. Yet he still succeeds in evoking a time of fear and despair, when arrivals at New York's Ellis Island were as likely to find themselves entering a nightmare as embarking on the American Dream. The fight sequences (particularly the finale atop the Statue of Liberty) are staged with typical ebullience. But the flashback structure complicates an already tortuous plot, which sprawls over 16 years as Ekin Cheng is eventually joined by his son, Nicholas Tse, in his bid to find the Japanese ninjas responsible for the murder of his wife.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
The follow-up to Stormriders is based on an earlier comic by Ma Wing-Shing (a 150-part graphic novel, the most... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
Most helpful members' reviews (3) of A Man Called Hero
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Standard Fare

Effects, above average. Fight scenes, very average. Story & emotional content, high.

That is a basic review of, what I hoped to be, an above average Hong kong movie.

Unfortunatley the emotional, well written parts of the movie were not complimented by the fight scenes, that in my opinion took a back seat.

Not what you want from an action movie.
- - Jamie Sherlock from Corsham, WILTSHIRE
  - Posted 15 Jun 2004 10:56
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Bonus material only

Please make sure you are choosing the right DVD, it is not the movie itself, it is only the bonus material.
- - A customer from London
  - Posted 03 Apr 2005 22:22
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

enjoyable

I saw this last year before it had even be thought of releasing it here. Get the original version from dvdhouse.com in hong kong and only ?6. I thought this was a very good film just like crouching tiger was and a man called hero. Yes there may have been some faults in the translation to english and even so with the subtitled version I watched but these are partly romantic old style chinese films as well. If they bring out more like this then I will gladly continue to build my collection with these very films.
- - Mingmerciless from Derby
  - Posted 16 Jun 2005 22:44
Most recent members' reviews (2) of A Man Called Hero
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Bonus material only

Please make sure you are choosing the right DVD, it is not the movie itself, it is only the bonus material.
- - A customer from London
  - Posted 03 Apr 2005 22:22
1 out of 5 people found this review helpful

Disappointing

I had been looking forward to watching this movie for some time. Only to be disappointed. The story jumped about and was confusing at times, there wasn't enough martial arts action and the ending was very unsatisfying.
- - Toe Jam from East london
  - Posted 09 Jul 2004 16:58

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Standard Fare

Effects, above average. Fight scenes, very average. Story & emotional content, high.

That is a basic review of, what I hoped to be, an above average Hong kong movie.

Unfortunatley the emotional, well written parts of the movie were not complimented by the fight scenes, that in my opinion took a back seat.

Not what you want from an action movie.
- - Jamie Sherlock from Corsham, WILTSHIRE
  - Posted 15 Jun 2004 10:56
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Bonus material only

Please make sure you are choosing the right DVD, it is not the movie itself, it is only the bonus material.
- - A customer from London
  - Posted 03 Apr 2005 22:22
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

enjoyable

I saw this last year before it had even be thought of releasing it here. Get the original version from dvdhouse.com in hong kong and only ?6. I thought this was a very good film just like crouching tiger was and a man called hero. Yes there may have been some faults in the translation to english and even so with the subtitled version I watched but these are partly romantic old style chinese films as well. If they bring out more like this then I will gladly continue to build my collection with these very films.
- - Mingmerciless from Derby
  - Posted 16 Jun 2005 22:44
Great fun

Purely entertaining. Love it! The Chinese martial arts with CGI effects! I actually rented it twice by mistake.
- - A customer from London UK
  - Posted 29 Aug 2005 17:13
terrible

the story was poorly told, the special effects killed the action, the characters were awful. this movie was terrible.
- - ericloveshouse from brighton
  - Posted 04 Nov 2005 11:17
somewhat average

not a bad film by any means but it pales in the shadow of the likes of Flying Daggers and the like.
- - A customer from ST Helens
  - Posted 18 Apr 2006 20:20
A Good Movie

I truely enjoyed this movie like all Chinese and Japanese Cinema I watch, although the CG wasn't up to standard you have to think that it has developed quite a bit since then but also that Eastern CG isn't as good as Western CG!

The only one concern about this movie was the question of what happened to the other twin, she was stolen away, and that was it, she didn't return, I kept expecting her return, maybe seeing her take on her own father, without knowing!
- - Thomas Rogers from Heswall, England
  - Posted 02 Sep 2006 11:51
How can I review a disc I haven't seen

Fascinating non-existent disc.
- - A customer from Logres
  - Posted 30 Apr 2007 15:26
**Good watch**

Was a good movie.

The story line was a little slow but it was Ok. I do like the fight screens some nice stunt work.

Good movie, great to watch....
- - Tribu from London
  - Posted 03 Mar 2008 19:23
a man called hero

I am an avid martial arts fan and would have it in my collection ,But it's Very long winded and very slow. In places I had to f.f. The special effects were very good.
- - Patricia Patricia from melton mowbray
  - Posted 23 Jun 2005 12:18

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Critics' reviews (2)
Historical accuracy is the furthest thing from Andrew Lau's mind in this period actioner. Yet he still succeeds in evoking a time of fear and despair, when arrivals at New York's Ellis Island were as likely to find themselves entering a nightmare as embarking on the American Dream. The fight sequences (particularly the finale atop the Statue of Liberty) are staged with typical ebullience. But the flashback structure complicates an already tortuous plot, which sprawls over 16 years as Ekin Cheng is eventually joined by his son, Nicholas Tse, in his bid to find the Japanese ninjas responsible for the murder of his wife.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
The follow-up to Stormriders is based on an earlier comic by Ma Wing-Shing (a 150-part graphic novel, the most... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008

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