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Hero (Ying xiong) |
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 Release Date: 08/27/04 (Future Release)
Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen
Director: Zhang Yimou
Rating: (PG-13) |
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Drama, Action/Adventure |
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Running Time |
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96 min |
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Distributor |
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Miramax Films |
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NEW YORK REVIEW
Zhang Yimou's martial-arts epic Hero, which Miramax inexplicably sat on for two years, is so deliriously chockablock with high-flying, color-coordinated fight scenes that non-aficionados may find it all a bit bewildering—a gorgeous abstraction. It sure is gorgeous, though, and it has a dream cast—Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's Zhang Ziyi. Set in ancient China, Hero presents—from three perspectives—the story of an enigmatic sheriff who eliminates three potential assassins targeting the would-be emperor. Zhang and his cinematographer, Christopher Doyle, designed the look of each story in a different hue (red, white, or blue), with greened-out flashbacks. The result is a bit like Rashomon gone tutti-frutti. — Reviewed by Peter Rainer, New York Magazine
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