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Hero [Audio: English]
According to his good intention of uniting China under one empire, in order live in peace and get rid of the havoc and bloodshed of the six kingdoms, Qing, does his best and fights the corrupted ones, the thing that makes his life in danger, as the six kingdoms sent their best warriors, in order to assassinate him, but he receives help from a courageous warrior Nameless.
18 December 1962, Summit, New Jersey, USA
February 13, 1968 in Tianjin, China
9 February 1979, Beijing, China
26 April 1963, Beijing, China
26 April 1955, Tianjin, China
27 July 1963, Canton, China
20 September 1964, Hong Kong
October 11, 1979 in China
24 March 1982, Wisconsin, USA
22 February 1929, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
August 05, 2013
Intoxicatingly beautiful, structurally enigmatic and decidedly brief.
September 27, 2009
Zhang weaves a complex and interesting story but the ultimate strength of Hero is its poetic beauty.
August 05, 2013
Sumptuous and breath-catching, Hero blends the elegance of fine visual art with the more familiar cinematic jollies of attractive people engaged in crunching punch-ups.
January 02, 2011
Gorgeous martial arts movie for older kids.
August 05, 2013
As a technical achievement, Hero finds Zhang at the height of his powers, effortlessly expanding into complex genre filmmaking without losing his command. But in light of his earlier work, the film continues a sharp decline in urgency.
August 05, 2013
Zhang Yimou's Hero is a true martial arts epic -- a spectacle of movement, color and sound that will leave you awe-struck.
August 05, 2013
The result is not so much a historical epic as a kind of highly determined ballet: dreamy with bloodless violence, relying less on shades of character than on magnificence of gesture.
June 24, 2006
Dishes up some of the most extravagant doodling in cinema.
August 05, 2013
What makes Hero special is that it has so much more going for it than just the superb fight sequences. There are a satisfyingly complex plot, passionate romance, cool special effects and strong performances.
August 05, 2013
The result is both thrilling and thoughtful, offering imaginative action sequences as it considers questions of loyalty and the individual's role in history.
August 05, 2013
The austerity of Hero makes you realize how cluttered other action movies are.

