The film Hero just doesn’t live up to the hype or the hope. Yimou Zhang created a visually beautiful world but the story is basic at best. While it is told in the great tradition of chinese cinema (complete with the now all-too-common wire work) there is nothing poetic or moving about this attempt at poetic filmmaking. The story is transparent as it attempts to constantly reconstruct the story from different angles. Also, the great plot twist is neither great nor that much of a twist. A fun movie to watch visually…

RATING 6 out of 10

Suspect Zero was the real ‘hero’ of the weekend. The film starring Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley touches on a little-known, but real aspect of a former US Intelligence “remote viewing” program. I was a little shocked by the storyline as it is very close to one that I had written. (As the story started to developed, I was sure someone had stolen the draft of my script, but as it went on, SZ went in another direction.) Overall, this is the type of movie that will be hated by some and loved by others…

RATING 8 out of 10