It‘s been a few hours since I finished it and I‘m still thinking about it. This movie just left such a huge impression on me and it‘s extremely tough to put that into words.
In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin's three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory. Through flashbacks & fight sequences the story unravels and we see different perspectives on how it went down.
Let me start by saying that I do find this to be one of the most gorgeous movies ever. I know that there are a lot of visually appealing movies, some of which I‘d describe with the phrase „every frame a painting“ (some latest examples are Kurzel‘s Macbeth or Villeneuves BR49) but this honestly has to be somewhere on the top.
It‘s such a perfect blend of mythological/fantastical elements, all of which are perfectly integrated in its more of less historical setting, breathtaking fight sequences, the relentless moral themes sprinkled throughout every inch of the movie & the tragedy of it‘s characters, brilliantly conveyed by a terrific cast of Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung & Daoming Chen.
Roger Ebert once said that movies are empathy machines & if that is, Hero overwhelmed me. Kind of in a way that really few movies do (of the tip of my tongue I‘d say The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Andrew Dominik, 2007). It‘s so immense in scope but also so intimate in its tragedy. It‘s a breathtaking tale about a man‘s & an empire‘s destiny & way to peace.
What‘s your take on it?
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