Ying xiong

2002 [CHINESE]

Action / Adventure / Drama / History

126
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 94% · 210 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 87% · 100K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.9/10 10 195196 195.2K

ancient china martial arts kung fu right and justice countryside loss of loved one

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Plot summary

During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.

Director

Yimou Zhang Photo
Yimou Zhang

Top cast

Tony Chiu Wai Leung Photo
Tony Chiu Wai Leung as Broken Sword
Jet Li Photo
Jet Li as Nameless
Donnie Yen Photo
Donnie Yen as Sky
Maggie Cheung Photo
Maggie Cheung as Flying Snow
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
726.46 MB
1280*544
Chinese 2.0
TV-14
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 41
1.82 GB
1920*812
Chinese 5.1
TV-14
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 64

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by badelf 8 / 10

Hero: Zhang Yimou's Cinematic Poem of Movement and

Hero: Zhang Yimou's Cinematic Poem of Movement and Meaning In "Hero", Zhang Yimou transcends the martial arts genre, transforming physical combat into a language of profound philosophical discourse. What begins as a seemingly simple narrative about an assassin becomes a breathtaking meditation on individual sacrifice and national unity. Drawing from Kurosawa's multi-perspective storytelling in "Rashomon", Zhang creates something entirely his own. Each retelling of the story is not just a different perspective, but a different visual poem - choreographed fights that are less about violence and more about inner emotional landscapes. The film's fight sequences are revolutionary. They aren't mere action, but abstract ballets where movement, color, and spatial relationships communicate complex philosophical conflicts. A battle in a chess pavilion or a dance of warriors in falling leaves become metaphors for human connection, political ideology, and personal destiny. Zhang's visual language is extraordinary. Color isn't decoration, but narrative - each sequence bathed in a different chromatic tone that reflects emotional and philosophical states. Red speaks of passion, blue of melancholy, white of purity and sacrifice. "Hero" represents an elevation of Zhang's gift for storytelling: a narrative film that is simultaneously a political allegory, a philosophical inquiry, and a visual symphony.
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Reviewed by Xstal 9 / 10

No Man is an Island...

It's a story of a man who's on a mission, without regret, without remorse, without contrition, has a plan that he'll pursue, resolute to follow through, with attrition and ambitious acquisition.

Comprising, but not limited to outstanding duelling with a variety of razor sharp implements and tongues, a kaleidoscopic background of intense colour and beauty, several tangents to keep you on your toes, an immense scale that befits the telling of such a story with an elegance seldom encountered in Western culture when it comes to films of this time and age, buttressed through outstanding performances by the lead actors all round - outstanding.

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