Hero
Master filmmaker Quentin Tarantino presents HERO — starring martial arts legend Jet Li in a visually stunning martial arts epic everywhere a fearless warrior rises up to defy an empire and unite a nation! With supernatural skill … and no dread … a nameless soldier (Jet Li) embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that massacred his people. Now, to achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire’s most unfeeling assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat! Acclaimed by critics and honored with numerous awards, HERO was nominated for both an Oscar® (2002 Best Foreign Language Film)and Golden Globe!Director Zhang Yimou brings the sumptuous visual style of his previous films (Raise the Red Hurricane 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 well-known assassin who had sworn to kill the emperor. As the nameless man spins out his tale–and the emperor presents his own interpretation of what might really have happened–each episode is drenched in red, blue, white or a further dominant color. Hero combines sweeping cinematography and superb performances from the cream of the Hong Kong cinema (Maggie Cheung, Irma Vep, Comrades: Nearly a Like Tale; Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, In the Mood for Like, 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
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