While some may criticize this movie for being an inaccurate, slightly offending postmodern missportrayal of the past, or for its most liberal use of unbounded leaps and other exaggerated unrealistic stunts,

Rating: Null/10 (23 July 2003)

In "Hero", Jet Li plays a low ranked officer, who is summoned before the ruler of the chinese region Qin after defeating the three powerful assassins who threatened his life. Throughout the movie, the officer, who bears no name, uncovers the fickle story of the assassins' defeat to the chinese ruler.
While some may criticize this movie for being an inaccurate, slightly offending postmodern missportrayal of the past, or for its most liberal use of unbounded leaps and other exaggerated unrealistic stunts, i see it as an attempt to prove that reality is more than what meets the eye. And maybe while some rules are meant to be kept, others should be broken to achieve a higher purpose, such as the understanding that a battle is not just a battle, a sword is not merely a sword, and some actions go beyond their meaning and echo an eternity.
"Hero" uses artistic cinematography, rich combat sequences and emotionally powerful ideas to bring this incredible yet piercing fairytale to life, which deals with the battle between the individual and the common good, law and chaos. While its eastern concepts may sometimes prove hard to grasp, being the fabulous eye-candy, heart warming love story and inspiring tale of heroism that it is, I recommend "Hero" to all audiences.

Ari, Israel.