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After moving to Shanghai with his friend Tai Cheung (Yuen Wah), and finding work as a coolie, Ma Wing Jing (Takeshi Kaneshiro) saves the life of crime boss Tam See (Yuen Biao), earning the enmity of rival gangster Yang Shuang.

Ma becomes successful running an underworld club, but the cunning Yang has sworn revenge, and hatches a bloody plot against him.

Film: Hero
Release date: 8th November 2010
Certificate: 12
Running time: 90 mins
Director: Corey Yuen
Starring: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Yuen Tak, Valerie Chow
Genre: Action/Crime/Drama
Studio: Cornerstone
Format: DVD
Country: Hong Kong

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Film: Hero

With the new focus on smart and philosophical history pieces for martial arts films that was occurring at the time, it’s not hard to sift through and see the brilliance of Hero.

The fact that it opens with Jet Li and Donnie Yen doing battle is enough to make most kung fu fans flip, but then throw onto it a more intense and slightly less arrogant version of philosophy and historical context than the ever popular Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and this is just a pure winner. Not to mention the twist ending is a bit of a nice touch.

Fan: Matt Reifschneider

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