The ultimate interpretation and visualization of Xia

Rating: 10/10 (1 September 2004)

Hero is not an usual kungfu movie about personal revenge and such. It should be better called the original Chinese genre name "Wu Xia", in which Wu means Martial and Xia means Knightship.
The ultimate goal of Xia is not about better Kungfu or revenge, It's about justice, honor and sacrifice, about doing the right thing for the greater good. "For the country, For the people" has always been what the word "Xia" is about.
Hero has raised the genre to a whole new level, I hope more WuXia movies to be made like Hero. to be more about XIAship, not just endless fighting. Fighting is inferior, XIAship is superior.
I give 10/10. It's revolutionary. Kudos to Zhang Yimou.