Hero

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Traverwood Adult A/V 1-week checkout	Blu-ray FLC-CHI Hero	1-week checkout	Due 04-09-2024

Blu-ray videodisc release of the 2002 motion picture.
Special features: Close-up of a fight scene; Inside the action: a conversation with Quentin Tarantino & Jet Li; "Hero defined" making of featurette; storyboards; soundtrack spot.
Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Dao Ming, Donnie Yen.
A fearless warrior rises up to defy an empire and unite a nation. With supernatural skill, and no fear, the soldier embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that has massacred his people. To achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire's most ruthless assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat.
Blu-ray disc ; 1080p high definition ; 2.35:1 aspect ratio ; digitally mastered ; English 5.1 DTS-HD, Chinese, French, and Spanish 5.1 Dolby digital. Bonus features in 480i and 2.0 Dolby digital sound.
Requires a Blu-ray player.

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Awesome submitted by mysterio on July 28, 2011, 8:57pm Awesome

Odd but beautiful submitted by pej08 on August 5, 2015, 8:07am The story follows a nameless warrior as he describes to the emperor of the Qin Dynasty (the one that would eventually unite all of China) how he defeated the three assassins that attempted to kill the emperor previously. Maybe it's because of the subtitles, but not all of the story made complete sense to me, I was left confused several times. However the cinematography was some of the most beautiful that I have every seen, it has been a long time since I've seen a movie so creative and artistic. Even if you can't understand the words, this movie is worth watching purely for the colorful and creative scenes depicted. I also enjoyed how the film played with the philosophical idea of peace at the cost of initial violence. Very enjoyable overall.

Hero submitted by lstorc on August 13, 2019, 6:38pm Hero is cinematically stunning, but lacks a solid plot.