Hero (2002) movie poster

Hero (2002)

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"One man's strength will unite an empire."
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👍 85%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 90%
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Director
Zhang Yimou
Runtime
1h 39m
Country
Hong Kong, China
Language
Chinese
TMDB Rating
7.5/10 (2,447 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
85

Cast

Jet Li as Nameless · 78% avg
Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Broken Sword · 82% avg
Maggie Cheung as Flying Snow · 83% avg
Donnie Yen as Sky · 76% avg
Zhang Ziyi as Moon · 82% avg
Chen Daoming as King of Qin
Liu Zhongyuan as Old Scholar
Zheng Tianyong as Old Servant

Is Hero good?

Yes. 85% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 90%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#644 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#35 / 149 · 2002
Rank among its director's films
#5 / 6 · Zhang Yimou

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago. Wikipedia ↗

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