“In the kingdom of Qin there was a ruthless ruler. He had a vision to unite the land. To put an end, once and for all, to war. It was an idea soaked in the blood of his enemies. In any war there are heroes on both sides...” Hero begins with the coming of a nameless warrior at the palace of King Qin. He is here to meet the king because he has allegedly killed the kings’ assassins (Sky, Broken Sword, and Flying Snow).
Nameless (what the movie has called the warrior) is allowed to sit within 10 paces of the king. The king did not know that making him believe that he had killed the assassins was simply a way to get close enough to use his fatal move to assassinate him. However, as nameless starts to tell his story the king starts to see problems with his plan to kill the assassins and senses that nameless is not what he has been said to be.
The director of this movie, Quentin Tarantino, is known for his directing, acting, and playwriting. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as a filmmaker whose films were generally postmodern with stylized violence which is what I think Hero resembled very much. The main character in this film was Jet Li who stars as a warrior with supernatural skill and no fear. With the use of the amazing martial arts and the settings around china Hero is a spectacular film and deserved every one of the 5 stars it received.
The main elements in this movie I believe are the acting, music, and settings. Throughout the movie Tarantino uses a brilliant combination of these three elements and it seems to work! Each of the assassins including nameless were written perfectly and the settings and music simply added to the amazement.
Overall all Hero is a definite must see.
