FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Hero
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Scores
- IMDb7.9/10as of 2026-04-09
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer94%as of 2026-01-11
- Rotten Tomatoes average8.2/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic85/100as of 2025-08-30
What it is
Hero is a 2002 epic wuxia film directed, co-written, and produced by Zhang Yimou, and starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen and Chen Daoming. The film is a Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, with cinematography by Christopher Doyle and musical score by Tan Dun. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards.
At a glance
- Genres
- Action / Drama
- Original language
- Chinese
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