A deeper meaning

Rating: 8/10 (27 December 2005)

I have to give it an 8, because while the fight scenes are good, I felt they could be a bit better.
That saying, the show is more about the story behind the 3 characters than the fight scenes. Which is what a sword-fighting show should be about (see the show for the 3 principles of swordsmanship and you will understand).
The true hero in the show isn't the one who went to try and assassinate the King of Qin, it is someone else.
The subtitles are bad in the DVD. The true meaning of a lot of the words exchanged between the characters are spoiled when translated. I feel there could be a better way to translate the words. That saying, watch this and compare it with the Lee Ang film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, where the spoken Mandarin is not reflective of the times. People who spoke Mandarin during those times, spoke it in a very formal way, like in Hero, while in the latter film, it was very informal, closer to the modern way of speaking.
While the King of Qin is portrayed as kinder than he said to be, remember this, we will never know the truth about the King, but essentially, unification at that point in time was important.
At the last scene, there are some words in Mandarin which the translation is not available. For the non-Mandarin speaking fans, if you want it, write to me!