ancient china which the then king tried to unify as one country but politics has its own enemies

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2004)

A near masterpiece! Amazingly directed and acted! Beautiful scenes and fight technique to die for! This movie is filled with glorious ancient Chinese culture, it shows values of friendship and of love that nowadays are almost completely lost. I liked 'crouching tiger hidden dragon' and the two 'kill bill' because i love and fully respect Asian cultures and I love that type of fighting. But when I saw 'Hero' (which was very worth watching on the big screen), it was another story because there is non stop action, you'll get to love the characters and respect the sacrifices that they had to face for the love of their own country and for the love for other people. This is maybe the most original movie I've ever seen; the directing is simply astonishing!!! Some people did not want their king to unify China and so many plans has been done to kill the king. At first we will be taught that the warrior without name 'Hero' killed the assassin that was supposed to kill the king but the story changes and we will learn all the intrigues that are present in the story. Everyone should watch this movie ... those who do not like such fight scenes shall still watch it to remember values now lost.