Hero (1997)

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Love the Hard Way

Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Love the Hard Way." Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna star in this drama about a thief who falls for a curious, beautiful young woman. As their intimacy grows, a slick cop (Pam Greer) is closing in.

starring: Tkeshi Kaneshiro, Yuen Biao, Husan Jessica Hester, Valerie Chow

director: Corey Yuen

When Wing Jing, a young streetfighter, befriends a powerful gangster he enters into the dangerous and seedy Hong Kong underworld where, to stay on top, he must fight rival gangs as well as corrupt city officials.

January 29, 2004

It didn't come out this year, but there was actually a Chinese movie called Hero, which I really loved. It stars Jet Li, one of my all-time favorite kung-fu guys [who starred in Romeo Must Die], and Zhang Ziyi, who played the girl from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- and a couple of other pretty famous actors from Hong Kong [Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung]. Honestly, I've probably watched that movie more than thirty times this year alone.

(January 29, 2004)

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January 29, 2004

It didn't come out this year, but there was actually a Chinese movie called Hero, which I really loved. It stars Jet Li, one of my all-time favorite kung-fu guys [who starred in Romeo Must Die], and Zhang Ziyi, who played the girl from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- and a couple of other pretty famous actors from Hong Kong [Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung]. Honestly, I've probably watched that movie more than thirty times this year alone.

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