Chinese people can defy the laws of physics

Rating: 6/10 (22 December 2004)

One person made the comment, "...this reeks of a Crouching Tiger cash in by director Zhang Yimou." I couldn't agree more. There are more than enough comparisons to be made between the two, and the blatant rip-off is an unforgivable sin. Also, the whole "chinese people can defy the laws of physics" was the one thing I really disliked about Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. So I dislike it even more in this film since this is supposed to be history. I give it a 6/10. I just hope that after CTHD, other directors will remember that fight scenes can be great without all of the absurd, aeronautical garbage that was packaged into CTHD, and "borrowed" for Hero. The movie has many good points, but I am sure others have already pointed them out. It's worth seeing, but there's little replay value..if any at all.