I owned 47 DVD's. What i needed to make number 48 was something truly exceptional; Hero was exactly that.

Rating: 10/10 (1 March 2005)

I owned 47 DVD's. What i needed to make number 48 was something truly exceptional; Hero was exactly that.
With respect, nothing in this Earth is perfect; 9.999 is about as close a rank i can give Hero. What i thought would be a re-run of 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' turned out to be an unbelievable experience that has raised the bar clean out of sight. A nameless warrior (Jet Li) is given time alone with the Great King to recount how he killed the three most deadly assassins in the land: Sky, Broken Sword and Flying Snow. With each story told the entire movie expands and contracts as multiple events eventually come together by the end, and what happens in between will break your imagination. The cinematography is something that inspires and amazes; you find yourself in awe that such beauty could be created on screen; the fights are expertly choreographed, directed and edited; the high wire methods allow for some of the worlds best fight scenes ever committed to screen. The movie creates it's own myth; shrouded in an invisible sheen of the stuff of legends. Some of the major army battle scenes force the viewer to go temporarily numb (Sky and Flying Snow take on the 3000 bodyguards as they launch their assault on the King's fortress/ the hundred thousand arrows ripping into a small calligraphy school as Li and Flying Snow try their best to shield Sky) What you see here is something you will find yourself watching over and over again, seizing the same amount of emotion that you did the first time, because no matter what, a Hero's spirit never dies.
9.9/10 ***** A* Buy the DVD and experience true brilliance.