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Hero
2002
Jet Li stars in this Academy Award-nominated martial-arts masterpiece takes place amidst the turmoil of China's "Warring States" period. An orphan fighter (Jet Li) presents himself to an avaricious king, bearing the weapons of three assassins (Donny Yen, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung) in exchange for a generous bounty. But after .. Read more
| Starring | Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang |
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| Director | Yimou Zhang |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, World Cinema |
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Hero
Jet Li stars in this Academy Award-nominated martial-arts masterpiece takes place amidst the turmoil of China's "Warring States" period. An orphan fighter (Jet Li) presents himself to an avaricious king, bearing the weapons of three assassins (Donny Yen, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung) in exchange for a generous bounty. But after listening to the stranger's incredible stories of how he vanquished his deadly opponents, the skeptical ruler suggests an alternate version of events.
| Starring | Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang |
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| Director | Yimou Zhang |
| Studio | ELEVATION SALES |
| Original title | Ying xiong |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 35 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 35 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Swords and Sandals Films |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Cantonese, English Audio Description Blu-ray: Aramaic |
| Dubbed | Japanese |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2002 To Rent: DVD: 21 Feb 2005 Blu-ray: 14 Sep 2009 |
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Mortal wounds are delivered and received like love letters. Even the plot is a piece of poetry, intensely formal and hopelessly sentimental
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Beautiful but hollow Chinese epic
The first thing that strikes you about 'Hero' is undoubtedly how damn beautiful the whole thing is. Every frame of this Chinese epic is beautifully ... read more »
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- Philip Concannon
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- 25 Sep 2004 at 21:27
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brilliant film, just about perfect
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Disappointing Release
Having an SD version, I thought a Blu Ray version would be even more spectacular. Unfortunately, the software is rather strange - it ended up putting the movie ... read more »
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Marvelous
Set 2,000 years ago, during the time of the Warring States, when seven kingdoms were battling for dominance, and one leader--the king of Qin (Chen Dao Ming)--... read more »
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Set 2,000 years ago, during the time of the Warring States, when seven kingdoms were battling for dominance, and one leader--the king of Qin (Chen Dao Ming)--was determined to end up victorious and unite all of China as one nation. The proud king is forced to live trapped alone in his palace as a ...
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Hero
Jet Li stars in this Academy Award-nominated martial-arts masterpiece takes place amidst the turmoil of China's "Warring States" period. An orphan fighter (Jet Li) presents himself to an avaricious king, bearing the weapons of three assassins (Donny Yen, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung) in exchange ...
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