its a hero of a film

Rating: 9/10 (18 April 2007)

After I saw crouching tiger hidden dragon, i knew that Hollywood was a load of rubbish nowadays. HEro takes not only action further but just the essence of human emotion that acton films usually lack(besides crouching tiger).
The plot can be confusing sometimes, as the story folds around four warriors out to kill the king of Qin. Jet Li is excellent as a warrior with no name called Nameless, who is the one chosen to kill the king. THe story is told several times, in colours to highlight the new aspect shown to us. IT is also significant that the true scene in the finale is show in white, which in China symbolies death.
Everything about this film is stunning. Even though the numerous techniques does feel like an excuse to show off the beauty of the film, you ignore that as you experience the feelings of these characters. Maggie Cheung looks stunning, and the scene with Ziyi Zhang in the woods is absolutely breathtaking. The music is beautiful (i put some of it on my ipod!) and the film captures what being a hero actually means. The only drawback is that it doesn't go at a straightforward pace, but the retelling of the stories only adds new dimensions to the story.
JEt Li has made his best performance, and thank god, that this is not a dumb flick such as Enter the Dragon or something. IF you want to see actoin films the way they should be made, check this out along with Crouching TIger HIdden Dragon. Recommended.