Hero (2. 00. 2 film) - Wikipedia. Hero is a 2. 00. 2 Chinese wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou. Starring Jet Li as the nameless protagonist, the film is based on the story of Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin in 2. BC. Hero was first released in China on 2. It Stains The Sands Red (2017) Theater Movie.

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Hero is a 2002 Chinese wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou. Starring Jet Li as the nameless protagonist, the film is based on the story of Jing Ke's assassination.

October 2. 00. 2. At that time, it was the most expensive project. It was finally presented by Quentin Tarantino to American theaters on 2. August 2. 00. 4. In ancient China during the Warring States period, Nameless, a Qin prefect, arrives at the Qin capital city to meet the king of Qin, who had survived an attempt on his life by the assassins Long Sky, Flying Snow, and Broken Sword. As a result, the king has implemented extreme security measures: no visitors are to approach the king within 1.

Nameless claims that he has slain the three assassins and he displays their weapons before the king, who allows the former to approach within ten paces and tell him his story. Nameless recounts first killing Long Sky, before traveling to meet Flying Snow and Broken Sword, who had taken refuge at a calligraphy school in the Zhao state. He tells Sword that he is there to commission a calligraphy scroll with the character for .

Nameless also learns that Snow and Sword, who are lovers, had gradually grown distant. Once the scroll is complete, Nameless reveals his identity and challenges both Snow and Sword to a duel the next day.

Sword, who knows that the scroll has revealed his weaknesses to Nameless, makes love to his pupil Moon, but is seen by Snow. In revenge, Snow kills Sword, followed by Moon when she attempted to seek revenge for her master. The next day, Nameless kills the emotionally unstable Snow before the Qin army, and claims her sword.

As the tale concludes, the king expresses disbelief and accuses Nameless of staging the duels with the assassins, as in the previous assassination attempt he had perceived Sword as an honourable man who would not stoop so low as to cheat on Snow. The king then suggests that what really happened was that the assassins volunteered their lives so that Nameless could gain the king's trust, which would allow Nameless to get close enough to the king to kill him.

He then narrates his guess at what really happened. In the king's hypothetical version of the story, Nameless had sought out Snow and Sword after staging the battle with Sky, telling them that he had acquired a special technique that would allow him to kill any target that is within ten paces. Nameless explains that he can use this technique to kill the king, but to get close enough he must present Snow's and Sword's weapons to the king. He further explains that he only needs to kill one of them in public to .

Snow and Sword argue over who should be the one to die, which results in a short fight in which Snow is quicker and manages to injure Sword. Snow then proceeds to meet Nameless before the Qin army while Sword, still recovering from his wound, watches helplessly as Snow is defeated. Moon then gives Nameless her master's sword, telling him that the swords of Snow and Sword should remain together in death as they had in life. Nameless admits that he does indeed possess the special technique the king alluded to. However, he states that the King had underestimated Sword, and tells the true story. Nameless says that the special technique, while deadly, can also be used to deal a seemingly- fatal blow that nonetheless misses all the victim's vital organs.

He had used this technique on Sky, and now asked Snow and Sword to cooperate by faking a duel with him as well. He demonstrates the technique by showing that it is highly accurate as well as deadly. Snow agrees to the plan, but Sword refuses.

Snow angrily accuses Sword of ruining the opportunity they had three years ago, when they had broken into the Qin palace yet Sword had refused to kill the king. She then attacks Sword, and manages to wound him with Nameless's help. The next day, Nameless . Sword sends Nameless off to the Qin capital, writing the words Tianxia in the sand before leaving.

Sword had not killed the king 3 years ago because he desired a unified, peaceful state, and only the king of Qin could achieve that vision. The king, touched by the tale and by Sword's understanding of his dream to unify China, ceases to fear Nameless.

He tosses his sword to Nameless and examines the scroll drawn by Sword. The king understands that it describes the ideal warrior, who, paradoxically, should have no desire to kill. When Nameless realizes the wisdom of these words, he abandons his mission and spares the king.

When Snow learns that Sword had convinced Nameless to forgo the assassination, she furiously attacks Sword and unintentionally kills him when he chooses not to defend himself so that she would understand his feelings for her. Overwhelmed with sorrow, Snow commits suicide. Urged by his court, the king reluctantly orders Nameless to be executed at the Qin palace for his assassination attempt. He understands that in order to unify the nation, he must enforce the law and use Nameless as an example. As the film ends, Nameless receives a hero's funeral and a closing text identifies the king as Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.

Jet Li as Nameless (simplified Chinese: . Forged into a master swordsman over years of training, Nameless possesses the singular technique . He is the primary conspirator to assassinate the king, but ultimately decides that China's unification and peace are more important than vengeance.

Hero also saw Jet Li's first appearance in a film produced by mainland China, after his debut in Shaolin Temple. Tony Leung as Broken Sword (simplified Chinese: . Of all the assassins, Broken Sword is the only one whom Nameless considers his equal in swordsmanship.

Maggie Cheung as Flying Snow (simplified Chinese: . She has vowed revenge upon the King for killing her father in battle. When Broken Sword convinces Nameless to abandon the assassination attempt on the king, Flying Snow kills him and later herself. Chen Daoming as the King of Qin (Chinese: .

Following an assassination attempt, he withdraws into his palace, which he empties of all but his most trusted advisors, and always wears his battle armor. Donnie Yen as Long Sky (simplified Chinese: .

He is the least- seen assassin in the film. Zhang Ziyi as Moon (Chinese: . Its final gross of HK $2. Hong Kong that year. On 2. 7 August 2. Hero opened in 2,0.

North American screens uncut and subtitled. It debuted at #1, grossing US $1. The total was the second highest opening weekend ever for a foreign language film; only The Passion of the Christ has opened better. The Village Voice's reviewer deemed it to have a .

In this approach, the film comments not only on China and its position in the world, but also on the ongoing erasures of languages and cultures under globalization. In fact, for its release in Belgium, some two years before the U. S. However, the version shown in American cinemas was localized as the two- word phrase .

Whether Zhang Yimou intended the film to also have meaning with regard to the world and world unity was at that time difficult to say. Zhang Yimou was asked about the change at a screening in Massachusetts and said it was a problem of translation: . All translations are handicapped. Every word has different meanings in different cultures. Import DVDs of the film were sold online and Miramax demanded that the sites cease selling the DVD. He also offered to lend his name to promotional material for the film in order to attract box office attention to it; his name was attached to the credits as .

The United States version of the DVD, with Mandarin, English, and French soundtracks, was released on 3. November 2. 00. 4. Awards and recognition. The theme song, Hero (.

It is unavailable in the American versions of the film DVD and soundtrack album. It is available only in Leung's album of the same name. The guqin music for that scene was performed by Liu Li. References. Chicago Sun- Times. Retrieved 2. 00. 9- 0. Box. Office. Mojo.