Visually and sonically dazzling...

Rating: Null/10 (21 April 2003)

Truly one of the finest martial arts movies of the last few years. The comparisons to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will be rife amongst reviewers, but in many ways 'Hero' surpasses the aforementioned Oscar winner. Having watched this on DVD in DTS 6.1, I can say that the audio portion of this movie is MASSIVE. Watching this movie in stereo would be the worst thing you can do. Since audio is now easily as important as the visual, watching this in its surround format is just wonderful. Visually as well, this movie is a tour de force with some of the most beautiful cinematography ever committed to film.
Story-wise, it's your usual moral tale, but told from different perspectives with different 'results.' I don't want to ruin anything, but you won't be disappointed. How Jet Li could go from this to trash like 'Cradle 2 The Grave' is just beyond me..., but anyway......
Fabulous movie, and when viewed on the correct movie setup is just...phenomenal.