Hero (Blu-ray)
We're all heroes if you catch us at the right moment. Even Bernie Laplante.
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Blu-ray Details
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: September 22, 2020
- Originally Released: 2002
- Label: Miramax
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jet Li | |
Performer: | Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Dao Ming, Donnie Yen, Liu Zhong Yuan & Zheng Tian Yong | |
Directed by | Zhang Yimou | |
Composition by | Tan Dun | |
Produced by | Bill Kong | |
Director of Photography: | Christopher Doyle | |
Executive Production by | Zhang Wei Pin & Dou Shou Fang |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B- --
An acceptable adventure that features some breathtaking action sequences and exquisite cinematography.
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Bowling Green Daily News
If it were merely lovely and silly, that would be fine, but Hero wants to be more than merely kung fu fun. It has a message.
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The Tyee (British Columbia)
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.
AV Club
Zhang Yimou's Hero is a true martial arts epic -- a spectacle of movement, color and sound that will leave you awe-struck.
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Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
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.
New Yorker
As they move through the martial-arts sequences, the performers leave the impression that the laws of gravity are subject to amendment. The rules of love and war -- all's fair -- are, Hero makes clear, immutable.
Wall Street Journal
The result is both thrilling and thoughtful, offering imaginative action sequences as it considers questions of loyalty and the individual's role in history.
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Chicago Reader
Product Description:
Zhang Yimou, the director of such Chinese epics as RED SORGHUM, RAISE THE RED LANTERN, JU DOU, and SHANGHAI TRIAD, takes his first stab at a period martial arts film and succeeds wildly, making an intelligent, carefully crafted drama that pays tribute to the genre while taking it to another level. The story is set 2,000 years ago, during the time of the Warring States, when seven kindgoms 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. However, once Nameless is finished, the king has some interesting questions for him, pointing out holes in his tale. The cat-and-mouse story continues as Nameless and the king seek to find out the truth about the assassins and the future of China. Zhang Yimou's marvelous film is enhanced by Christopher Doyle's lush photography, Tan Dunn's percussive score (with Itzhak Perlman adding violin and fiddle), exciting special effects from SHAOLIN SOCCER veteran Tony Ching Siu-Tung, and excellent acting.
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- Sales Rank: 7,678
- UPC: 032429345943
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