Hero (2004)
Visually stunning wuxia extravaganza featuring five awesome actors (plus one skilled director) doing their best to distract from a less-than-perfect plotline. Thrilling and beautiful, with an artistic scheme reminiscent of Greenaway's (there's a different dominant color for every scene). Granted, emotional involvement is entirely predicated on whether you find Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung to be two of the coolest actors alive. And, let's face it, this is essentially politcally questionable Chinese propaganda. But Gawd... just look at it! (The Cheung-vs.-Ziyi scene is just about perfect.) If uber-lefty Michael Sicinski can love it, so can I. Neener.
Grade: B+
Visually stunning wuxia extravaganza featuring five awesome actors (plus one skilled director) doing their best to distract from a less-than-perfect plotline. Thrilling and beautiful, with an artistic scheme reminiscent of Greenaway's (there's a different dominant color for every scene). Granted, emotional involvement is entirely predicated on whether you find Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung to be two of the coolest actors alive. And, let's face it, this is essentially politcally questionable Chinese propaganda. But Gawd... just look at it! (The Cheung-vs.-Ziyi scene is just about perfect.) If uber-lefty Michael Sicinski can love it, so can I. Neener.
Grade: B+
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