Martial arts epic &#39;Hero&#39; is poetic, exhilarating
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The Chinese call them &quot;wuxia,&quot; which translates to chivalry in battle, but now refers to movies in which dazzling martial arts are employed to preserve honor, most often in historical or fantastical settings.
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In many ways, director Oliver Stone's "Alexander" is an epic like they used to make 'em: big, bold, undeniably cinematic and crammed with star power.
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The Anupam Kher-starrer is a pleasure to watch, if only for the choreography.
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Hero: Action/historical drama. Starring Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Dao Ming, Donnie Yen. Directed by Zhang Yimou.
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A comic book hero mounts a comeback in the footsteps of many others.
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All it took to beat back Satan and an army of oversized snakes at the box office was some Zen-like concentration. Quentin Tarantino may be the real hero of the #1 Jet Li film &quot;Hero.
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The much-anticipated &quot;House of Flying Daggers&quot; (Shimian Maifu), a follow-up to the internationally acclaimed director Zhang Yimou&#39;s martial-arts epic &quot;Hero,&quot; has met with a mixed market response.
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COM Zhang Yimou channels Akira Kurosawa in Hero, which is even more visually stunning than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Like Kurosawa&#39;s Ran, it features huge armies with
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Chinese martial arts film "Hero," starring Jet Li and Zhang Ziyi, opened at No. 1 at the North American box office this weekend. The flick, which was nominated for a foreign-language Oscar in 2003, grossed $17.8 million. Another new movie...
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A mighty wind blows through Yimou Zhang&#39;s martial arts epic &quot;Hero,&quot; filling the air with dust, ruffling the curtains, setting the candle flames asputter, and blissfully sending Maggie Cheung&#39;s raven hair afly in the sunlight.
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For four years, Wong Kar-wai fought to bring his vision to life. What's the result? A romantic masterpiece
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Beneath The Incredibles&#39; quick-tempo action, family fun and family feuds, this audacious computer-animated adventure asks a big question: If honors are bestowed upon everyone who simply shows
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``Presented by Quentin Tarantino,&#39;&#39; Zhang Yimou&#39;s long-delayed ``Hero&#39;&#39; often seems less like filmmaking than sorcery.
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Jet Li's martial arts flick makes it big.
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After 2 years&#39; long wait, the Zhang Yimou movie &quot;Hero&quot; has nabbed the chance to make its debut in US. Featuring Chinese martial art and ancient love story, Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi and Maggie Cheung, star the movie.
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TORONTO -- Zhang Yimou&#39;s masterful film Hero brought Jet Li and Donnie Yen together for the first time in a decade. For martial arts fans, that is history in the making.
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Joaquin Phoenix is an extraordinary talent, and his performance as a blue-collar, average guy, aw-shucks firefighter in &quot;Ladder 49&quot; is no different.