5/10

Rating: Null/10 (1 September 2004)

If you are planning to see this movie in hopes that it will be fairly similar to other films Quentin Tarantino has made/produced/presented, don't waste your time. That is what I was expecting and I have to say I was more than disappointed. About a week before I saw it, I saw the movie Iron Monkey, which is also presented by Tarantino, and looked like the same general concept as Hero. Super martial artists beat each other up with some "Crouching Tiger-esque" special effects. Iron Monkey was the fun movie i was looking for. Hero is quite the opposite. Its quite long (or so it seemed) and at times somewhat difficult to follow. The action, however, is pretty good when it is there. DO NOT go into this movie expecting textbook Tarantino style movie-making!!! It does have a couple of twists and turns, but there's just nothing to keep you interested in it. To me it felt like more of a message movie, and you will no doubt see "the message" I'm talking about if you see it. It's not my cup of tea I guess I would say about this movie.