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  • Actors: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Daoming Chen
  • Directors: Yimou Zhang
  • Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language Mandarin Chinese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Feb 2005
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (89 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0006FREJE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,660 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Director Zhang Yimou brings the sumptuous visual style of his previous films (Raise the Red Lantern, Shanghai Triad) to the high-kicking kung fu genre. A nameless warrior (Jet Li, Romeo Must Die, Once Upon a Time in China) arrives at an emperor's palace with three weapons, each belonging to a famous assassin who had sworn to kill the emperor. As the nameless man spins out his story--and the emperor presents his own interpretation of what might really have happened--each episode is drenched in red, blue, white or another dominant color. Hero combines sweeping cinematography and superb performances from the cream of the Hong Kong cinema (Maggie Cheung, Irma Vep, Comrades: Almost a Love Story; Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, In the Mood for Love, Hard Boiled; and Zhang Ziyi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). The result is stunning, a dazzling action movie with an emotional richness that deepens with every step. --Bret Fetzer

Synopsis

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 remarkable trio of villains--Broken Sword (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk), and Sky (Donnie Yen)--are out to kill him. But one day a simple country prefect (Jet Li) shows up, announcing that he has killed all three assassins. Identifying himself as Nameless, the prefect tells in great detail how he got rid of the king's sworn enemies.

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A visual martial-arts treat!, 10 Aug 2006
By David Podlesak "Excessional" (Lincolnshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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A foreign-language film with subtitles becoming No1 at the American box-office? Impossible, you may feel, but Hero managed it. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon had opened up a new market for Western audiences, and Hero was one of many films to benefit.

The plot? A lowly official (Jet-Li) is brought before the Emperor to be rewarded for killing three martial-arts experts who had previously attempted to assassinate the ruler; Sky (Donnie Yen), Broken Sword (Tony Leung) and Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung). The Emperor invites him to describe just how he managed to kill all three when his own army had failed. We then see in flashback the fights that took place, but the Emperor is dissatisfied with the explanation and offers his own interpretation...

This film is a visual work of art. The style is like to Crouching Tiger in that the abilities of the characters are beyond reality - they can fly through the air and walk on water - a wuxia film, but this has been taken to epic proportions - including using the Chinese Army as extras firing thousands of arrows into the sky! Colour is of particular importance here - as most of the fights are shown in flashback and are revisited to show another perspective, the characters and scenery are colour-coded and change with each version. The soundtrack too, from Tan Dun and Itzhak Perlman, is very haunting and memorable.

The director went on to direct House of Flying Daggers after this which is also a visual treat. That film seems to get more attention but out of the two, whilst I like them both, I would actually put this one first as, to me, Daggers seems to run out about two-thirds through whereas the non-linear narrative in this film keeps the interest in the story going. Try it and see.

Finally, in this edition, you can select to watch a dubbed version - instead of with subtitles if they're not your thing.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning imagery, wonderful film!, 23 Mar 2007
Very rarely does a film make full use of the many visual aspects of cinematography, but Hero is one of them. From the very start of the film it entrances with stunning photography, atmospheric music and assured acting. The direction of the many fight scenes makes each piece a choreographed dream, from the fight in the rain at the beginning of the film to the finale in the Emperor's hall with its billowing green sails and sweeping camera angles. For use of colour alone the film would rank highly - so few film makers manipulate that most precious of inventions - colour film. I remember seeing the Wizard of Oz as a child and feeling the wonderment people must have experienced at seeing colour after all the years of black and white. The colours were used as an aid to tell the story, to highlight character and tone, to enhance feelings - Hero takes back that sense of wonderment and I was stunned by the beauty and originality of both its story (a film with a philosophical message, how rare!) and its artistry.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Beautiful, 17 Sep 2007
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My wife and I sat down to watch this film together. For the first 45 minutes we were sat leaning forwards, mouths agape and frequently gasping at the sheer beauty of this film. By the end I was convinced it was the most beautiful film I had ever seen and one of the finest, even better than House of the Flying Daggers. My wife, whilst agreeing it was stunning, felt Flying Daggers was a better overall film.

Whatever your preferences, if you liked either Flying Dagger or Crouching Tiger, then you will love this. The cinematography and choreography are simply out of this world and the use of different colour washes to separate the distinct stories within the film will stay with me for a very long time, particularly a spectacular wash from autumnal browns and oranges into a fiery red in one pivotal scene.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Hero...
Quentin Tarantino presents Chinese director Zhang Yimou production of Hero, a story of how three different assassins sent by the Emperor are beaten by a mysterious swordsman who... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Milt Ingarfield

2.0 out of 5 stars Hero
Im a huge fan of Jet Li but I found this film quite boring. The directing and camerawork are great and the use of colour is beautiful but i found the action scense to supernatural... Read more
Published 5 months ago by A. J. Harrison

2.0 out of 5 stars it must be me
almost everyone seems to regard this as a 5 star film, , it bored me to tears, the much vaunted fight scenes aren't even that good,, pretentious cobblers, give me an old bruce... Read more
Published 6 months ago by H. Sharp

4.0 out of 5 stars Hero
`Hero' is a film that, whilst stunningly beautiful and with amazing cinematography, is one that can only be fully enjoyed the first time around. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Spider Monkey

5.0 out of 5 stars A Heroic Movie
Certainly one of the best films I have ever seen and in terms of choreography, set design and colour - 'the' best. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Peter Taylor

2.0 out of 5 stars Tiresome paean to totalitarianism = propaganda.
I have a problem with these 'dancing on air' martial arts films, a-la Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: they look daft. Read more
Published 20 months ago by mad_mushroom

5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite Chinese action film of all time; An unforgettable masterpiece.
THis film is beautiful; and there are not many action packed films that can be said to be beautifully filmed, as well as offering tense suspense and action. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Aesop

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
I could not do this film any justice to attempt to critique it. For those three people who rated one star, I feel deeply sad that you might never get to hear this amazing story... Read more
Published 21 months ago by N. Robinson

4.0 out of 5 stars "In any war there are heroes on both sides..."
Excellent wire-work choreography is stunning to look at, but it doesn't make a great film on its own. Read more
Published 21 months ago by DangermouseZilla

5.0 out of 5 stars A visual feast
Fans of the genre will not be disappointed. Good story, solid performances, some fantastic fight sequences and great colour.
Published 22 months ago by Professor Celluloid

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