21.5.06
Hero 英雄
Hero – 2002
Yeah, whoooo... I love this stuff. Some people get really pissed off with all the unrealistic flying around (and sometimes it is painfully obvious they are on strings) and the impossible defensive fighting, but ya gotta forget about it and treat the film like the art it is. Beautiful epic scenery and colours. Exquisite costumes. Clever story. And on top of that top-notch fight scenes and characters with style.
Jet Li in a role he was born to play is first-rate (I'll forgive hime for being the main star of that dripping gob shite Romeo Must Die). The deliciously clear skinned Ziyi Zhang is reasonable as Moon, but is surpassed by the wonderful Lux shampoo Maggie Cheung (actually European, growing up in Kent). In conclusion this is great entertainment, and better than Flying Daggers in my opinion. 7.5/10
