Review: Hero
Fast action, or serene silence. It seems the director knows how to shoot every scene with so much passion, it almost knocks you down. This movie combines it all. Fluid martial arts, immersive storytelling and stunning visuals. The director knows how to catch the audience with simple things. Color, motion and music. Subtle use of wind and objects, camera moves and intense acting. All this highten the emotionally laden story with psychological and philosophical twists.
While there have been rumors of a 20 minute longer cut for quite a while now, I can assure you that there’s absolutely no argument not to see this “normal” version in the theatre.8½.