Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

Amazing film.. but takes some liberties...:

At the end of China`s warring states, the Kingdom of Qin is the most ambitious and ruthless of the seven states. Its` King is the target of assassins from all over China. Of all the would be assassins, Broken Sword (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) and Sky (Donnie Yen) are the most dangerous. When Nameless (Jet Li) kills all three of them, he is offered a chance to meet the King. Nameless explains how he used their personal relationships to expose and attack their weaknesses, but -... more info

The Best Movie Of 2003!:

Zhang Yimou's films are like the "perfect woman". They're beautiful to look at and intelligent.

I've been reading that people have been comparing this film to Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". People who compare this film to Lee's film, are not very educated in foreign films. And I don't say this to sound like a snob. "Hero" is similar to Chen Kaige's "The Emperor & the Assassin". The story-line follows the same time in history. And to be honest both film are masterpieces. But, I admit as... more info

rebuttal to JUSTAREADER & Other Naysayers:

Western movie studios like to spoonfeed the story to the audience and have an ending that provides closure. Asian movies tend to be more ambigious & leave the conclusion more open-ended to allow the audience to walk away "thinking" about the consequences of the actions of the movie characters.

The wire kung fu is meant to be an expression of the inner turmoils that play within the character's heart and mind. Suspending your belief in reality would have to take place to accept the incredibly artistic... more info

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