Tiny Review: Hero 2002. Poetic sword and brush.
When I first watched it a long time ago, the ending disappointed me. All that build up, and for what?
Watching it now, I understand it’s a reminder of might makes right, and that power is a complex balance between goals and costs.
I still think the movie is melodrama though 😂
Nitpick: The ending could have signaled better that the king was deeply affected by the entire ordeal. Maybe with a monolog promise that the world will be peaceful after unification under his rule. That he too pays the cost of world peace with eternal loneliness and fear of assassinations.
Hero (Chinese: 英雄; is a 2002 wuxia martial arts film directed, co-written, and produced by Zhang Yimou, and starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen and Chen Daoming.