Reviewed by: j.crawford Date: 07/30/2006 Summary: [1999 was a good year.] [1999 was a good year.] This film was made to cash in on the box office success of The Storm Riders and the uncanny popularity of Ekin Cheng as some sort of martial arts superstar' with the Hong Kong movie-going audience. He does 'look good' when performing, that's for sure. Teamed with producers Wong Jing and Manfred Wong, director/cinematographer Andrew Lau had been quite prolific during the 4 years spanning 1997 to 2000. After beginning his career in the 1980's shooting films like Where's Officer Tuba? and As Tears Go By, Lau rose to prominence as a director with the extremely popular Young and Dangerous and its wildly successful sequels. This is another case of some very cool cinematic sequences that don't add up to a complete film experience. Again CG effects are used to enhance the film; most notable is a spectacular sword battle on and around the Statue of Liberty. Unfortunately, the screenplay is tainted with the most politically incorrect retelling of the Chinese experience in the American West since Sammo Hung's Once Upon A Time in China and America. More at happyfortune.org Copyright 2001 j.crawford Reviewer Score: 8

Reviewed by: Arshadnm6 Date: 04/11/2005 Summary: Too Many Stars and Too much Crap, not a good sequal at all..... ‘A Man Called Hero’ is the follow-up to the hugely successful ‘Storm Riders’ produced by Andrew Lau again. Another manga-style martial arts / fantasy stardom with once again little emphasis on character development apart from ‘Ekin Cheung’, whom is the lead actor is this grandeur. Wah Ying-Hing (aka Hero, played by Ekin Cheng) is the legendary chinese hero in the early 20th Century, wielding the legendary ‘Blood Sword’. Wah Ying-Hin is born under the star of death and so causes harm to people around him, whether they are family or friends. Therefore he must live his life out in solitude, all alone, in such a tragic predicament. Ekin Cheng portrays this character well, but at times can be dull when his presence is not always noted. His love interest is played by ‘Kristy Yeung’ whom can’t always help but play the damsel in distress. Although later in the movie (about half way through), just as in ‘The Storm Riders’, she gets rubbed off, due to an unfortunate chain of events. Fortunately Ekin Cheng’s Character development is very well done, where we get an insight into his family principles and background, without the unnecessary use of reading the comics before watching the movie. Ekin and Kristy have a son and daughter (twins), and so that no harm shall be bestowed on his family, Ekin leaves to America, leaving his wife and son in the capable hands of his best friend ‘Jerry Lam’ (whom you might have seen co-star in the young and dangerous series alongside Ekin Cheng). Although this movie contains an entire full-course meal of stars, which include ‘Anthony Wong’, ‘Francis Ngan’, ‘Nicholas Tse’, ‘Ken Lo’, ‘Shu Qi’ and ‘Sam Lee’, Andrew Lau can’t help but give them all a few minutes of screen time before they mysteriously disappear from where ever they came from or worse get rejected by ‘Ekin Cheng’ (now that would be heart felt blow for anyone!!). Once again Shu Qi plays the other love interest (second choice preference, as in Storm Riders) of Ekin Cheng this time and only really gets a few intimate scenes with him, after Kristy Yeung passes away. This is a replica of the side-story line developed in storm riders and Andrew Lau should have noted this and taken it out of the picture before it was too late. Also Nicholas Tse plays the rejected son of Ekin Cheng, who holds resentment against him due to his departure to America and his mother’s sudden death. Typically this father-son relationship goes nowhere and sadly ends up in tears, of course no one wants to see Nicholas Tse cry in the first place. Overall not as good as Storm Riders, but some memorable action sequences which do keep the movie above the rest of the garbage that might have come out in the same year. The last climatic fight between Ekin Cheng and Francis Ngan, is set on top of the ‘Statue of Liberty’ and the result is a whole lot of rubble, which you might think is an cheap blow on the Americans, but you never know?? Overall Rating: 7.1/10 Reviewer Score: 7

Reviewed by: Jackal Date: 01/12/2005 Summary: Very Beautifully I very like on comic books and I very like wuxia. This film maked very charm highly. Aaron Kwok is charismatic personality. The martial arts episodes distress. I like on this film.

Reviewed by: Wu'xiaBadger Date: 01/22/2003 Summary: Holy Lau I thought this was another great Andrew Lau movie. His use of special effects incorporated with the fighting has progressed nicely, and I enjoyed this a great deal. As with all his movies, an outstanding opening credit sequence sets up the style of the piece, then his actors set the story in motion. This is the kind of movie that I really liked but would have trouble defending. Yes, the plot is cheesy, Yes, its full of historical inaccuracies; but who gives a shit? I love the style and flavor of the movie, and I even liked Nichoilas Tse's acting. His work in "Time and Tide" is better than here, but he's still got plenty of time to improve. Another solid Lau comicbook movie. 7/10 Oh, and I got the "Special Cut" DVD, which, judging from the other reviews, is missing some of the more silly sequences. For example, Ekin doen't fly to the moon in my version(unfortunantly). Reviewer Score: 7

Reviewed by: Kyashan Date: 06/06/2002 Summary: Good A good movie, beautiful plot story and beautiful action. This movie is a part of chinese comic "Chung Wah Ying Hung" and is a good copy. I never read the comic but I seen some page. If you liked The Storm Riders (a part of comic with same name), you must see this movie too. This movie have less action than Storm Riders but it's good like plot story and like special effect. Rating 9.5/10

Reviewed by: thewarrior1516 Date: 05/26/2002 Summary: Great movie A man called hero was a great movie. Great story, great acting, great music and great special effects. The figthing scenes were great only they were too short. The genre of this movie is more like drama then action. But it doesn't matter it is still a great movie.

Reviewed by: Tatus Date: 03/26/2002 Summary: Where to begin? I was extremley excited about this film, having seen a small portion of it on a T.V program, the scene in question was the water fight so it was no wonder that i wanted to see it as this particular scene is truley stunning stuff. Sadly the rest of the film was not to follow suite - a boring mish mash of characters that i couldn't care less about talking proposterous drivle. Admittedly all the fight scenes are super, but when i say all.... i mean all four very short ones, and if it's one thing this film needed it was more fighting as this was the films greatest asset,The fighting scenes where really amazing though(the statue of liberty scene was sweet)......but they left you gagging for more. Sad to say this was my first trip into the land of hong kong cinema (Apart from the odd film my mates have slapped on - John Woo and alike), but i shall not let this one film ruin my enjoyment of what i'm sure will be a long and enjoyable stay in the land of HKC (as i am also waiting for stormriders, the duel and black mask to arrive in the post as i type, just hope they're good) I would only recomend this film to people with alot of time to waste. as beautifully shot as it is, it's just too much vegetables and not enough meat. If you catch my drift. 3/10 A sad waste of time and money. Reviewer Score: 3

Reviewed by: Inner Strength Date: 02/21/2002 Summary: Terrible Well, it seems only 1 or 2 people liked this, and it's not surprising that the rest of the sane world finds it as bad as me. Again, it's like watching Storm Riders over again, but a lot worst. Despite most of the good cast (with the exception of Nicholas Tse), the film as a whole is a bore. Rating: [2/5]

Reviewed by: SOJay Date: 07/02/2001 Summary: Not so great, but not that bad either...... It would appear that a lot of people felt very little for this film and even though I tend to agree with most of the negative criticism, I do feel that some bright spots have been greatly over-looked. Ekin Cheng's performance was far from spectacular, but he's beginning to show some growth in his acting skill. Compare his acting in this film to the work he did in Storm Riders and you're bound to see what I mean. The use of flashbacks to tell the story did lend a certain degree of confusion to the narrative structure, but something interesting to me came out of this narrative device. I felt that as the story was handed from one person to another the tale became taller and ultimately a legend was formed and like any legend it needs to be taken with a grain of salt. This film is obviously going to be compared to Storm Riders and believe or not I actually liked it better. For a change the story was a little engaging and characters were given some emotion. The real crime was a lack of direction and a script that never bothered to tie up any of its loose ends. -Jay Grinder

Reviewed by: tomliffe Date: 06/23/2001 Summary: Rubbish Hated it! Messed up story, terrible acting (Ekin never shows an emotion on his face!) and just very dull. I sometimes got confused in whether I was in a flash back or the present time. Parts which were supposed to be sad made me laugh - You're just looking at Ekin Cheng with this grimace(the one he wears throughout the whole film) on his face when someone important to him has died, it's laughable. A terrible mess. A lot of good actors wasted.

Reviewed by: runo_jp Date: 06/02/2001 Summary: a man called hero Exactly the kind of good movie that goes wrong. I mean, the story looks good, the characters are fine, and then, all of a sudden, they lost it ! Half of the story is going nowhere, the final battle is ending with multiple loose ends, and the speech of the “good Americans” sucks a maximum! Too bad after such good premises : 6/10

Reviewed by: Trigger Date: 05/29/2001 Summary: Rental - yawn... A Man Called Hero wasn't that great... the CGI was ok, but not all that spectacular. It was by the same team that did Storm Riders. Not nearly as much action though. It was set in the early 1900's and was about this flying swordsman guy and his sad sad life during his time in America as slave labor. The fight scenes were few and far between and weren't all that great either. On the plus side, it had Qi Shu (chick from Jackie Chan's Gorgeous) in it - yummy... This film was more of a drama than a swordplay movie and the drama wasn't all that interesting. It is apparently an adaptation from a comic book or possibly a Manga. I'd never heard of it. Much like the story in Storm Riders - they leave alot of loose ends untied and also don't fully explore the characters. Most of the film is told as a story in the past tense so it reads and plays out like a history book - yawn. It's for sure a rental title. This DVD also included a subtitled "Making Of" documentary which was actually more interesting than the movie itself. It focused on the special effects and how they made them and how they were "better than the best CGI effects in Hollywood today" (yeah right). It also included a decent (but not great) DD5.1 soundtrack and a pretty clean print... given that the film is only a few years old, the image quality could've been just a bit better - although it was good compared to other DVDs released from HK at that time. Seen on: Universe Laser DVD Ratings: Movie - 4.6/10 DVD Presentation - 6/10 DVD Extras - 5/10 Reviewer Score: 5

Reviewed by: Sydneyguy Date: 05/05/2001 Summary: Ummm.......... Nowhere near as good as STORMRIDERS!! A bit boring actually and the fight scenes and computer animation wasn't as good as STORMRIDERS!! Too much reminising about the past and it made it a bit boring!! Anthony Wong once again plays a Master but my FAV character in the movie is Francis Ng as Invisible!! Nicolas Tse DOES look like Ekin Cheung and them ppicking Nicolas as Ekin's son is a very good pick!! Once again Yuen Biao plays a BIG BOSS but i just can't see him playing this role because he looks too young and his past movies...........oh well my bias!! A disappointment!! 4/10

Reviewed by: GenXcops_Jack Date: 05/04/2001 Summary: stormriders was better prodution and special effects were great but script sucked. action scenes were good and slightly evoled from stormriders. recommended but still far from good.

Reviewed by: nomoretitanic Date: 04/23/2001 Summary: Sin It's a sin to put Yuen Biao and Ken Lo in a movie with big budgets only to completely disregard them. It's also a sin to put Ekin Cheng and Nicolas Tse in movies. I'm not talking about sin like cheating or stealing wallets--I'm talking about sins in the same ballparks as having dirty incenstuous anal sex with your own brother. This movie belongs to the subgenre I'd like to call the "Low Self-Esteem Chinese" cinema. Where our heroes are incredible Chinese people who can do anything such as flying or catching bullets. And the crazy non-Chinese people keep on giving them crap. It's a cinema founded by the great Bruce Lee, only to evolve into Once Upon a Time in China and America and this hideous piece of crap. This movie excuses all of its flaws: the contrived plot, the cardboard characters, the Pokemon-inspired special effects, the bad acting, and all else to one thing: it's an adaptation of a comic book. Oh, no wonder, you see, I've always thought that special effects aren't supposed to suck, but oops I guess I forgot that you guys were making a COMIC BOOK MOVIE, my bad. The whole movie is basically this: Ekin Cheng's character, Hero Hwa, believes that he's offended "The Star of Death" and that no one who is associated with him can be spared by the Star of Death. So the whole movie is different characters approaching him and asking him for his love, only to be disappointed with a stern "I'm sorry, I've offended the Star of Death." A line that has been repeated at least six times in the movie--that's once every fifteen minutes. That's the plot. Oh of course there are subplots involving Chinese people getting crap from the Japanese and the gweilos. A lot of homages from Speilberg's Amistad and the earlier TV series Roots--Chinese people living in awful conditions. I can't wait until Speilberg sees this movie and enslaves director Andrew Lau and his entire production team--including that writer who looks like a Hobbit who wouldn't shut up in the Makings documentary. According to this guy, KKKs are a prominent part of New York City in the 1920's. And even though these Klansters descriminate against the Chinese, they're apparently buddies with them dirty Japs. They are a real smart bunch too, these boys in white gowns. At the climax of this movie they invade the New York Chinatown and start to fight with these poor Chinese people. Who try their best to fight back. Then the evil KKKs pull out their rifles and start to shoot them all. The Chinese retreat into this inn-type of building. The Klan members then stop shooting, there is no attempt to torch the house or to invade it. Instead they stand outside the building, chanting "get out get out get out...", what pieces of works are these krazy klansmen. Okay this movie might not be that bad. It does have some good actors, Francis Ng--who is wasted because of the Evil Evil Bwahaha Jap Who Kills His Family And Blinds Himself All In The Name Of Martial Arts. Anthony Wong has his five minutes, not bad, but it's five freaking minutes. And Ekin Cheng, our main character, plays a kungfu master, who, is capable of shooting fireballs and flying to the moon (I'm not exaggerating), but he CAN'T throw a basic double switching kick? What kungfu school did he goto?

Reviewed by: pjshimmer Date: 03/19/2001 Summary: WAY COOL! To tell you the truth, I really couldn't tell ya what it is I like so much about this long, forgettable, slow-paced production with bad acting, ok action, and a not-so-really-flowing story. All I can say is, I find the special effects to top that of "Storm Riders"--my favorite was the sword fight scene between Ng and Anthony Wong in the rain.--and the timeless music is definitely staying in my mind for a very, very wide duration of time. Finally, I can stop the tape just before the finale on statue of liberty and say to everybody, including my American friends and Chinese family, "Hey, this is deeply impressive HK movies are. I bet ya haven't seen anything like this before!" Indeed, A MAN CALLED HERO is a perfect example of how magnificently remarkable special effects can just turn an otherwise-would-have-been-a bad movie into one you will never forget. This movie had a good story, but with countless flaws. I especially find it unconvincing that nobody ever mentioned at the end what happened to HERO's daughter, or is HERO ever going to be reunited with his family or his senior brother, GHOST SHADOW. The story also drags on forever; very boring during the first hour or so when flash-back memories is the primary concern. There are some bad editings in the movie as well--one in particular when HERO first returns and uses his supernatural power to destroy the labor exploiters. Just keep that in mind and you will know what I'm talking about when you see Ekin Cheng merely holding his arms out as if stretching, when just before he supposedly cast a sweeping-through "sheng gong" (supernatural power). I also feel Yuen Biao is once again, underperformed in this movie. We know from ABOVE THE LAW, DREADNAUGHT and PRODIGAL SON just how skilled in martial arts he is. Sadly, it seems Yuen Biao just got himself into a dozen of movies, like this one, where he just doesn't do much at all. Some examples are DEADFUL MELODY, ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA 1, SWORD STAINED WITH ROYAL BLOOD, HERO, ICEMAN COMETH, as well as some others. It is really a shame, because I feel Biao demonstrated the least skills here, as far as kung fu is concerned. But the music is truly first-rate. Right from the beginning and at the very end, the theme song, much similar to the one in Storm Riders-but 10 times better-is as memorable as can be. And the special effects are even better! 3 major fights when they are used are all top notch! Very different from the Matrix/Charlie's Angel style, but in my opinion unique and more impressive. I highly recommend this newer wave kung fu/swordsplay film. You will never know whether it will serve as a complete waste of time, or as a astonishing gem, which was the case for me. [9/10]

Reviewed by: Fuck You Date: 01/25/2001 Summary: Nicholas Tse Ting Fung= wanker Once again the wanker Nicholas Tse Ting Fung spoilt the film by being 'in it'.

Reviewed by: David Harris Date: 06/08/2000 Review courtesy of Hong Kong Superstars (www.hksmag.co.uk) This is the biggest cinematic hit of recent times in Hong Kong taking something in the region of HK$30 million at the box office. This is still a relative disappointment though as the "related" film "The Stormriders" (1998) took over HK$40 million (I say related because a large percentage of the cast and crew worked on both films and their style isn't dissimilar). It is indeed a star-studded cast : Ekin Cheng ("Young And Dangerous") , Shu Qi ("Gorgeous") , Nicholas Tse ("Gen-X Cops") , Francis Ng ("Bullets Over Summer") , Yuen Biao ("Dragons Forever") , Anthony Wong ("Beast Cops") , Elvis Tsui ("Sex And Zen II") and the UK's Jude Poyer ("Hitman") all feature. The film is sumptuously shot by Director Andrew Lau ("Young And Dangerous") and there are more special effects shots than you can count on your fingers and your toes put together. Sounds like a good film right ? Considering all the talent that was behind as well as in front of the camera and the obviously huge - in Hong Kong terms at least - budget this rates as a major disappointment. There are a lot of positive things that can be said for it but sadly the script (not so much in terms of dialogue but rather in terms of its structure) hangs around the ankle of this film like a ball and chain constantly bringing it down - there is also the matter of the special effects..... I can't say that they are technically bad because they are not - they are very good by Hong Kong standards. How can I put this ? If I didn't know better I'd swear someone had spiked the special effects department's food with some mind-altering substances. I've nothing against effects heavy pictures when the effects serve their purpose (to aid the telling of the story) but in this case the weight of effects swamps the picture and exacerbates the negative aspects of a less than ideal script. To rip a line from "Jurassic Park" - they were so excited by the idea that they could that they did not stop to think whether they should ! I don't want it to seem like I'm totally down on this film so here are some good points - you get to see a swordfight between Anthony Wong & Francis Ng which isn't something I thought I'd ever see in a film (a gunfight yes but not a swordfight). Also one of the characters wears a mask that looks like it would be equally at home in a Japanese wrestling ring (that's a good point to me anyway). Before I sign off let me recount to you the silliest moment in the entire film - Hero (Ekin Cheng) meets his son (Nicholas Tse) after a great many years and they have quick chat on a rooftop before Hero flies away to the moon (literally) in a single bound. You have to see this film if only to see that one scene - it is a true unintentional comedy classic. A lot of people liked it (HK$30 million isn't chump change) but I'm sorry to say that for me it had the words "This should have been good but wasn't" written through it like a stick of Blackpool rock !

Reviewed by: sharon Date: 04/21/2000 Summary: Straight from the comic books The so called follow up to Stormriders, this movie proves to be a disappointment. The only thing worth watching is special effects, which is the only good thing. Where to start with the comments. But I guess the acting in the movie is always a good starting point. It seems as though the actors were just saying the lines as they read it off the pages. The emotionless, plain faced actors were just horrible. But then again, it's not all their fault. There is still the script, which delivered some of the stupidest lines I've ever heard. Hard to believe that the actors can say it without laughing. The writers and director had tried to put too much into the movie and it showed, since the whole movie didn't flow evenly and the gaps in the movie was too big to repair. Not really worth watching, but hey, if you want to see the action sequences, then I guess that's worth it.

Reviewed by: Dai Lo Date: 04/13/2000 A movie made by the same people who made storm riders, in half the time and about half as good. Ekin Cheng plays 'Hero' who flees china after murdering a white merchant who killed his parents. The rest of the movie is made of long dragging flash backs. And for an action movie boy is it light on action, with only 3 fight sequences, although good were not enough to save this movie from putting me to sleep. Hsu Chi and Christy Yang like in storm riders both play bit roles and will be in the sequel along with Ekin and Nicholas Tse. Let's hope they do a better job the second time around. (by man-kin chan)

Reviewed by: magic-8 Date: 02/19/2000 Summary: Comic Book Hero Having finally seen "A Man Called Hero" after reading endless debate as to its entertainment value, I must say that overall, it was an enjoyable film. Granted there were enough flaws to fill a black hole, but it still had some excellent production values. As Andrew Lau's follow-up to "Stormriders," it's hard to not to make any comparisons when many of the cast and crew worked on both movies. While the special effects didn't break any new ground, the situations were more far-fetched and befitting a comic book. As the movie was made from another comic book by Ma Wing Shing (I haven't read any of them), it had more of a comic book feel. That is both its strength and weakness. The pacing was more fluid by sacrificing characters, reducing them stereotypes. Thankfully there was less brooding from the main characters than in "Stormriders." Good guys were all morally righteous and the bad guys were all venal and heinous, except for Hsu Chi, who was spared by Hero during one of the fights between Hero and the Japanese ninjas. The stereotyping of the "foreigners" was particularly painful, due to the black and white depictions and the contrived plot. The narrative technique of using flashbacks to tell the story grew tiresome quickly. What saved the movie was the pacing and the interspersed action sequences, but shortchanging the characters into cardboard cut-outs. Regardless, it's always good to see Yuen Biao, as limited as his role was in this outing. The finale duel at the Statue of Liberty is totally outrageous, but it doesn't measure up to the fight where Hero and Shadow go against the Japanese ninjas. Although it's apparent that the actors are in front of a blue or green screen, you soon forget when the action goes overboard. "A Man Called Hero" is something that you can watch during a lazy Saturday or Sunday matinee, when you don't want to strain your brain and can suspend your disbelief with more abandon. The surprising roles were filled by Ken Lo and Francis Ng. Ken Lo seems to have broken out of his bad-guy image of being only a bruiser, playing a monk in this flick (he must have a better agent these days because he seems to be in a lot more than just Jackie Chan movies), and Francis Ng, becasue I always notice that he's left-handed (strange way of identification, I know), and that he has become more of an actor and less of a snarling reactionist. Ekin Cheng appears to have only one expression: stolid and emotionless. He's gotta do something with his hair and the same coif in all his movies. The "Young and Dangerous" look is way over. The opening credits with the comic book-inspired background images were great.

Reviewed by: MilesC Date: 01/20/2000 Summary: Worst of '99 A truly agonizing experience. Looking for some martial arts action? There are really only a few brief scenes to be had, and they are all inferior to those found in the average wuxia film circa '93. How about a good story? No. The story consists of: 1)People having flashbacks. So many, in fact, that once or twice I forgot which time-period I was seeing. 2)Bad gweilos and Japanese doing bad things because, well, they were just born evil. 3)A lot of talk about nothing. Characters are introduced only to disappear or die nearly unused. Love interests crop up and vanish. A seemingly MAJOR plot line is given considerable screen time, then dropped. Basically, everything that happens in this movie happens for no real reason. And it's not even stupid entertainment! Like I said, there's scant, sub-average action. Apparently BOB thought people wanted to watch ninety minutes of filler instead of either creating some real drama or AT LEAST loading it up with eye-candy. This movie is true garbage, and a slap in the face to audiences everywhere. If Andrew Lau were here I'd punch him; this movie may actually be worse than The Storm Riders, which at least COMPLETED its lame storylines. Seriously, this film is absolute garbage, even worse than its American counterparts. On the positive side: there's a scene where Francis Ng shouts at Ekin from across the city, and the shot as his voice "zooms" through the city is, while unremarkable in American films, the first time I've seen such a thing in HK. Still, it hardly makes the film less wretched.

Reviewed by: ryan Date: 11/21/1999 Summary: Man Called Hero, A (1999) When we talk about Hong Kong movies this summer I'm sure that one of the main attractions in you head is 'A Man Called Hero'. This title is up not only because it is another blockbuster movie adaptation of comic artist Ma Wing-Shing's most famous work 'Chinese Hero' with the crews from last year's box office champion 'The Storm Riders' (1998), the selling of visual effects and martial arts also attract audience to come. In fact, they started the promotion since Easter. Today it is showing in Hong Kong. The story started with the death of Hero HUA (Ekin CHENG Yi-kin) due to CHIN Mo-yi (Elvis TSUI Kam-kong) with the foreigners, Hero killed Peter, one of the murder. Hero subsequently went to United States as slaves to escape the warrent from the Gov't there. During the days in the states, Hero meet a monk (YUEN Biao). The Chinese were sent to a core and live under strict control without freedom. Four months later, Hero's master brother Shadow (LAM Dick-on with Jordan CHAN Siu-chun's voice) rescued Hero. At the same time Hero's wife Jade (Kristy YEUNG), pregnant, came to the States to find Hero. Finally they met but ....... Definitely, when you want 'A Man Called Hero', you will easily compare the movie with last year's 'The Storm Riders' as they were made by the same crew. In view of the main selling point martial art and visual effects, I consider 'A Man Called Hero' has overall done a good job. The fighting between Hero, Shadow and the five Japanese were well-done. The visual effects do make the scene fantastic. However, it seems that they abuse the use of visual effects and resulted in the illogal feeling among audience. One of the main scene is the 'flying' of Hero. It seems to be too unrealistic. At least I think more elaborations can help audience to accept this fact. For the final scene of fighting between Hero and Invincible (Francis NG Chun-yu) at the Status of Freedom in the States, I regret to say that the visual effects is a bit disappointing. The close up of fighting scenes shows how fakeness the scene is. At least I consider there should be some move of the clouds at the background. In terms of the plot, when compared with 'The Storm Riders', the plot is smoother. The use of memories to say the story of Hero is good. However, I consdier the full contents seems still to be long and the movie can be longer to tell more about the whole stuff. One thing that we find good is that this time they put more efforts in presenting the love between Hero and Jade, Hero and MUK Sau-law (HSU Chi) and the relationship between him and his son. On the contrary, I think if they can make some of the scenes more smooth, it would be bettwe. Sometimes audience laugh due to the broken links. For example, after Shadow told WAH Kim-hung all about his Dad. Some guys has made a stupid dialogue asking how Kim-hung thought about his Dad. I do think this shouldn't need to be said. In terms of performance, I consider Ekin CHENG, CHENG Ho-nam and HSU CHi has done a good job. CHENG as the head of the five Japanese, successfully showed his character as a cold-blooded guy. I consider there are still not enough scene for Kristy YEUNG and HSU Chi to show the interesting relationship between them and Hero. One point I would like to point out is about the image of the foreigners in the movie. Unless the ending scene, the images of all foreigners are very negative. I found this is a bit uncomfortable. Though lots of Chinese were suppressed by foreigners in the States, it is not necessary to stereotype them at all. Non-Chinese viewers may find it a bit uncomfortable. In short, I think the overall production of 'A Man Called Hero' is better than their last production 'The Storm Rider'. Most of the visual effects are fantasic and the plot is more smooth. However, there is a danger for the abuse of visual effects and some broken connections still exists. In short, I think this is a quality production. Audience should be confident to support their hard work.