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2002

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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
Director	Yimou Zhang
Genres	Action/Adventure, World Cinema

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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
- 214250
- - Times UK
  - 08 Sep 2011 at 04:14
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  - 21
  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
  - London
  - 25 Sep 2004 at 21:27
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  brilliant
  
  brilliant film, just about perfect
  
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  - wales
  - 26 Jan 2011 at 22:52
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  - 8
  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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- 877046
- - SmilingEddie
  - 6 reviews
  - Reading
  - 26 Mar 2010 at 18:43
- - 1
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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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  - Winslow
  - 16 Feb 2010 at 15:31
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  - 2
  not bad
  
  Not bad but could have been alot better House of flying daggers is much better.
  
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- - kolaboy
  - 114 reviews
  - Reading
  - 24 Dec 2009 at 11:15
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  - 1
  poor
  
  I expected a lot more from this than jet li jumping over buildings and hovering in mid air while fighting. too silly for western audiences
  
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- 836230
- - futbar
  - 11 reviews
  - Barnsley
  - 01 Dec 2009 at 18:49
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  - 0
  Hero
  
  This is a beautiful film, with stunning scenery and sensual colour, following the over-riding tradition and etiquette of the ancient Chinese culture, while ... read more »
  
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- - sspeirs
  - 1 review
  - Louth
  - 28 Nov 2009 at 16:47
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  - 0
  hero
  
  it was a very good story and the action was very good it was good era movie for jet-li
  
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- - joejoe
  - 55 reviews
  - Basildon
  - 19 Oct 2009 at 09:58
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  - 0
  Hero
  
  Typical artistic kung fu film. Plenty of stunning scenery. Action pact fight scenes
  
  3 hrs long.
  
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  - Leicester
  - 30 Sep 2009 at 19:45
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  Hero
  
  This film is worth watching for the scenery alone. It is absolutely breathtaking and the twists and turns of the plot and the wonderful acting make this film a ... read more »
  
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- - lonandmia
  - 60 reviews
  - Hornchurch
  - 07 Sep 2009 at 13:50
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  - 0
  HD heaven
  
  Watch this on HD to fully appeciate the master cinematographer at work, the plot is a bit hit and miss though but hey you cannot have everything.
  
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- - audz
  - 12 reviews
  - Sutton-in-Ashfield
  - 01 Jul 2009 at 23:38
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- - 69
  - 21
  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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- 19628
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 25 Sep 2004 at 21:27
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  - 7
  Yowee!
  
  I'm not a big martial arts flick fan, but I thoroughly enjoyed Hero. The fight sequences sometimes got a little tedious, but each was ended *just* in time, ... read more »
  
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- - RJTaylor
  - 31 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 17 Aug 2005 at 09:18
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  - 2
  Hero- look it up under beautiful.
  
  I've always been a big fan of Jet Li but his Hollywood output, much like that of Asia's other leading export Jackie Chan, has never quite lived up to ... read more »
  
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- - adiw
  - Leicestershire
  - 26 Oct 2004 at 20:08
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  Beautiful to behold
  
  If you're not sure whether to watch this and you enjoyed Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, I would highly recommend that you simply rent it immediately. You ... read more »
  
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- - Gromit
  - 44 reviews
  - Canterbury
  - 10 May 2006 at 12:14
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  - 6
  Brilliant
  
  Now, before you watch this film, you must be aware that it is not in English. There are subtitles though, so it shouldn't be too hard to follow.
  
  ... read more »
  
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- 68043
- - a customer
  - Lancashire
  - 29 Jan 2005 at 23:59
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  - 3
  The murder mystery reborn
  
  This film is not just about beautiful cinematography or wonderfully choreographed fight scenes though it has all of these. Neither is it a 'crouching tiger... read more »
  
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- 81719
- - K
  - London
  - 15 Mar 2005 at 17:12
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  - 2
  Stunning but no plot....
  
  A visually stunning piece of cinema, which although a feast for the eyes leaves your brain feeling a little left out.
  
  Also beware - this copy had ... read more »
  
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- 196410
- - Hurdlemagurdle
  - 77 reviews
  - Scotland
  - 20 Jan 2006 at 11:47
- - 11
  - 2
  Visually ravishing Chinese epic
  
  Foe me this is the outstanding film of 2004. Using the attempted assassination of the historical figure Chin Si Juang Di (Chinas first Emperor) the film puts ... read more »
  
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- 318970
- - Northernsky
  - 318 reviews
  - Halifax
  - 15 Jan 2005 at 16:12
- - 11
  - 4
  Nice to see, boring to watch
  
  Visually splendid but otherwise hollow piffle...lost interest and dozed to the end. A waste of time. Savour 'House of Flying Daggers' instead and leave ... read more »
  
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- - Robert Walker
  - Brighton, England.
  - 15 Sep 2005 at 22:42
- - 9
  - 1
  A Beautiful Film
  
  Just about every shot in this movie is a treat for the eyes. The composition, colour, costumes and lighting are all perfect. The story is mostly set in ... read more »
  
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- - Mox
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  - 22 Apr 2005 at 10:10

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Critics' reviews
- Mortal wounds are delivered and received like love letters. Even the plot is a piece of poetry, intensely formal and hopelessly sentimental
- 214250
- - Times UK
  - 08 Sep 2011 at 04:14
- A dazzlingly lensed, highly stylized meditation on heroism and the point at which individualism conflicts with the common good.
- 214251
- - Variety
  - 08 Sep 2011 at 04:14
- Pomp, panache and narrative puzzles waltz their way through Zhangâs martial-arts rhapsody, a luscious whirligig of... read more on Time Out
- 47763
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
- You'll be hard pressed to find anything as visually dazzling as this in cinemas ever.
- 214248
- - Empire Magazine
  - 08 Sep 2011 at 04:14
- You'll be hard pressed to find anything as visually dazzling... ever.
- 12971
- - Empire
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
- Dishes up some of the most extravagant doodling in cinema.
- 214249
- - Time Out
  - 08 Sep 2011 at 04:14

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  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 ...