Hero

...and Boston-raised actor most recently starred in the hit biopic of Bruce Lee's teacher, "Ip Man." Other recent action credits include "Hero," ''Seven Swords," ''Flash Point," ''Dragon Tiger Gate" and "An Empress and the Warriors."

In this article: Donnie Yen, Hong Kong, Ip Man, Dragon Tiger Gate, Jet Li, Flash Point, and Bruce Lee

...his first since designing the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics last year. Zhang, whose credits also include "To Live," "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers," last shot the imperial court drama "Curse of the Golden...

In this article: Zhang Yimou, Blood Simple, Stephen Chow, Beijing Olympics, Coen brothers, Raise the Red Lantern, China, Hong Kong, Sundance Film Festival, and To Live

...this clip, an exclusive from John Woo's "Red Cliff." Maybe not as many as there were in the 2002 Jet Li flick "Hero," but I would argue that they're used to better effect here. In this action-packed scene, our heroes storm a fortification...

In this article: John Woo, Red Cliff, Jet Li, and Judd Apatow

...- were banned in China for many years. He has returned to the fold in recent years, delivering two period martial-arts films - Hero (2001) and House of Flying Daggers (2002) - and the Oscar-nominated Curse of the Golden Flower (2006). He...

In this article: Zhang Yimou, Turandot, Beijing, China, Forbidden City, Sandwich, Sydney Symphony, and Carmen

...an (unseen) master controls the lives of his four unfortunate wives. That film was banned. Yet, a decade later, the same director made Hero, a paean to the autocratic rule of China's first emperor. Beijing promptly lobbied for it to win an...

In this article: China, Zhang Yimou, Deng Xiaoping, To Live, The Communist Party, Beijing, Communism, Collectivism, Oscar, and Great Leap Forward

Robert Duvall, Elijah Wood, Tea Leoni and Morgan Freeman headline. "The Ultimate Force of Four": This martial-arts collection includes "Hero" with Jet Li, "The Legend of the Drunken Master" with Jackie Chan, "Iron Monkey" with Chan Siu Wah...

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...Cheung will find herself in by the end of Olivier Assayas' "Clean," but Lord, what it takes to get to that point. Maggie ("Hero," "In The Mood For Love") plays Emily, an all-attitude rock chick who envisions herself as rock 'n' roll...

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...Hero was also approved by Beijing, even if Miramax put up a lot of the money. In many ways, Hero was this film's forerunner. Red Cliff is like Hero with more blood - spectacular, action-packed, less poetic but more brutal, especially to the...

In this article: Red Cliff, John Woo, Zhou Yu, Sun Quan, Cao Cao, Hong Kong, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and Beijing