Verdict: In short, 'Hero' is a dazzlingly lensed, highly stylized meditation on heroism and the point at which individualism conflicts with the common good. Zhang Yimou may have dipped his cinematic pen in mere genre, but in doing so, he has inscribed a masterpiece. The film is a stunning achievement. Nearly every shot is beautiful, impossible, or both. Stretching the envelope for imagery we've never seen on the big screen before, for a lot of people, there's nothing better than the quite astounding, 'Hero'.