Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Yuen Wah, Yuen Biao, Yuen Tak, Valerie Chow, Jessica Hester

Director: Cory Yuen

Summary: Ma enters the underworld in Shangai after first getting work as a coolie, but he is ill-prepared to deal with the cunning of his rival... Cantonese dialogue with subtitles.

A young man, Ma Wing-Jing (Kaneshiro) journeys to Shanghai, where he encounters a number of gangsters and crime lords. After saving the life of a nightclub owner, things just get more complicated as he falls in love with a cabaret singer who belongs to a mob boss. The first martial arts film from the Shaw Brothers studio in almost twenty years.

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Director Zhang Yimou brings the sumptuous visual style of his previous films (Raise the Red Lantern, Shanghai Triad) to the high-kicking kung fu genre. A nameless warrior (Jet Li, Romeo Must Die, Once Upon a Time in China) arrives at an emperor's palace with three weapons, each belonging to a famous assassin who had sworn to kill the emperor. As the nameless man spins out his story--and the emperor presents his own interpretation of what might really have happened--each episode is drenched in red, blue, white or another dominant color. Herocombines sweeping cinematography and superb performances from the cream of the Hong Kong cinema (Maggie Cheung, Irma Vep, Comrades: Almost a Love Story; Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, In the Mood for Love, Hard Boiled; and Zhang Ziyi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). The result is stunning, a dazzling action movie with an emotional richness that deepens with every step. --Bret Fetzer

Aspect Ratio:	4:3
Main Language:	Cantonese
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive Menus, Scene Access, Original Theatrical Trailer, Photo Gallery, Cast Information
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1997
Release Date:	April 24, 2000
Runtime:	90 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	H K A C 59486
Keywords:	Martial, Subtitled, Hero, Wide, Screen, Cantonese, Arts
Genre:	Martial Arts