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84 out of 100

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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 196 Ratings

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  • Starring: Daoming Chen, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang
  • Summary: The time: two thousand years ago. The place: the violent dawn of the Qin dynasty. The story: the soon-to-be First Emperor of China is on the brink of conquering a war-torn land. Three opponents are determined to assassinate him and one loyal subject stands in their way. (Miramax)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    Swooningly beautiful, furious and thrilling, Zhang Yimou's Hero is an action movie for the ages.
  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    A walloping entertainment, brimming with the magic-realist action that made Ang Lee's somewhat similar "Couching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" a hit.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    60
    Hero is easy on the eyes, but it's too segmented to gather much momentum and too art-directed to convey much urgency.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 100 out of 136
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 136
  3. Negative: 24 out of 136
  1. mayong0807
    10
    I like this film. The picture of this film is good ,the action ,too. The story of this film is an outstanding one. It tells a story of one person and his country.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. cameron326
    4
    Occasionally spectacular. Often ridiculous and pretentious. Wooden acting. Bad dialogue. Unconvincing story. Completely unbelievable ending. With this movie, Flying Daggers and Curse of the Golden Flower, once respected director Zhang Yimou has stopped making films with any meaning or social significance and simply gone after the money. Shame.… Expand
    • 1 of 2 users said yes
  3. SaskiaS.
    0
    Where can I begin... I cannot understand all the good critics this movie got. Even the cinematography that got the only bonuses with many who disliked this film didn't do it for me. It was just overkill. In a movie, I expect to be told an interesting, or better yet, compelling story. But Hero was just a catenation of way too artful imagery. It had no plot substance whatsoever and lacked logic in a way that it was sometimes cringeworthy. Of course it didn't help that only ten minutes into the film I could easily foresee where the storyline was heading. So there were no surprises for me and I really like surprises in a movie.… Expand
    • 1 of 2 users said yes

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