Hero (2002) poster
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FilmPG-132002

Hero

DramaAdventureActionHistory

Directed by Zhang Yimou

During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago. From TMDB

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Hero is a 2002 drama adventure action film, directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Maggie Cheung Man-yuk.

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  • REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 16, 2026

    i find it very cool that two of the greatest movie soundtrack songs of all time - We Don't Need Another Hero and Goldeneye - are Tina Turner tracks. legend

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  • Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2025

    Famous Ukrainian film director Stanislav Prytula was killed while carrying out a combat mission on January 22.He was 40. Stanislav abandoned his directing career & a job with the Ukrainian State Film Agency to join the AFU during the first days of the war. Eternal memory to the Ukrainian Hero

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  • Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2026

    So Aneurin Barnard, our Rogue Trooper, is out here in Annecy, to help promote the film at the festival and went proper HERO today, chasing down, rugby tackling & holding a bag snatcher who had robbed a little old lady in front of him today. Held him till police arrived and then gave the handbag

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  • Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2025

    OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR: I loved this movie, felt it was a real bolt of indie lightning. Stars Jaeden Martell. It made me think of MEAN STREETS.

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Dec 22, 2024

    James Gunn says #Superman has largely shown ‘nothing’ from the movie “A lot of [the trailer] is in the beginning. There are a couple moments that are from later in the movie” (via Phase Hero)

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  • Lyuka @lyuka.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2026

    Yaika was inspired by the goat'd Yoneyama Mai's promo piece they did for the Ribbon Hero movie

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Jan 6, 2026

    Michael B. Jordan on the last time he cried watching a film or TV show "'Armageddon' ... big time" "'My Hero Academia' ... It's like the last season of the series" (via W Mag)

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  • Ron 🇳🇱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇩🇪 @ronsteenvoorden.comBluesky · Feb 21, 2026

    Sunset from “Ben’s beach” Morar, Scottish Highlands. Movie location Local Hero 😍 #sunset #Scotland #photography #fyp #nature

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  • Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2025

    Least favourite film tropes. 2ndary character: I shall stay and hold them off so you can escape. Hero: thanks. I shall stay and breathlessly watch your heroic demise so your sacrifice can buy me as little time as possible.

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  • Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 14, 2025

    “The Last Action Hero” was a charming and fun movie that was ahead of its time

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2026

    Last Action Hero (1993) Directed by John McTiernan

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  • Zi Xu @ziqqix.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 11, 2025

    Private poster commission for the movie HERO dir. Zhang Yimou! Thank you Ramon for commissioning me I had so much fun with this one!

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  • ETPC @etpc.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 29, 2024

    I would buy the Duke Nukem IP and then immediately make it public domain. I'd also make the fake Hamlet from Last Action Hero a real film

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  • VirtuaLilly 💜 The Glitch Witch 💜 @virtualilly.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2025

    The Vigilante, Quiver, is coming Quiver: Hero Coming THE MOVIE - Full fandub movie of @spicymancer.bsky.social Character: Quiver (I gay for her) Full video on my second channel youtu.be/tVj2TqGf-y0 #VA #Comic #Voiceacting

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  • Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 2, 2026

    “Hero rushes to save a woman kidnapped by a giant ape. Film at 11.” - Ben Mulroney (probably)

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Sep 9, 2025

    The live-action ‘MY HERO ACADEMIA’ remake is moving forward at Netflix. Jason Fuchs (Wonder Woman) is writing the script. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)

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  • uwu Jarvis @uwujarvis.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2024

    @stagwinter.bsky.social and Hero the wolf have a relaxing time watching a movie until someone starts getting hungry~ #Vore #Deer #Wolf

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  • Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zoneBluesky · Dec 18, 2025

    The best part of this amazing short film is when the snow plow shows up and you're like AWW YEAH HERE COMES OUR HERO, and then it just glides into failure

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · May 13, 2026

    Last Action Hero (1993) 🎬🖤 Directed by John McTiernan

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  • Daily Tokusatsu @dailytokusatsu.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 13, 2025

    Tomica Hero: Rescue Force the Movie: Rescue the Mach Train!

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  • yuzuBOO @yuzupool.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    until we got the dragon ball Super Hero movie Piccolo putting belt to 17's ass was the last time he got to be this cool

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  • Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.comBluesky · Aug 15, 2025

    "Bill Forsyth’s 1983 masterpiece LOCAL HERO is perhaps the greatest film ever made about attuning to the frequency of a place, of someone fitting in where they least expected."

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  • film-authority.com @film-authority.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2026

    Let's celebrate arguably the best movie made in Scotland, Bill Forsyth's 1983 classic Local Hero. A fab Mark Knopfler score, wonderful playing from Burt Lancaster and Fulton Mackay, and a moving story of a US businessman finding his ain folk in Scotland. 5 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/09/18/l...

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  • Fuck ice @gaytv.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2024

    Hero shot. A still frame from the film. Not a photograph.

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  • Dan Nexon @dhnexon.netBluesky · Dec 16, 2024

    Last Action Hero is actually a pretty good film.

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  • Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.comBluesky · May 15, 2025

    "Bill Forsyth’s 1983 masterpiece LOCAL HERO is perhaps the greatest film ever made about attuning to the frequency of a place, of someone fitting in when and where they least expected."

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  • Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.comBluesky · Nov 20, 2024

    "Bill Forsyth’s LOCAL HERO is perhaps the greatest film ever made about attuning to the frequency of a place, of someone fitting in when and where they least expected."

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  • 🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2024

    every netflix original movie looks like a fake poster for a movie from the blockbuster video scene of LAST ACTION HERO

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  • Crimson Mayhem @crimsonmayhem.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    The Tale of the Princess Kaguya lost to Disney's Big Hero 6 at the Oscars because the Academy believe it was too obscure to win Best Animated Film as well as having a xenophobic bias against it by writing the entire film off as "Chinese fuckin' things".

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  • Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 7, 2025

    11 years ago today, ‘BIG HERO 6’ released in theaters. The first Disney animated film to feature Marvel Comics characters.

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  • Swords | The Webcomic @swordscomic.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 6, 2026

    Depluralize a movie: BIG HERO 1

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Oct 18, 2024

    Crunchyroll is now streaming the My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising anime film.

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 2, 2025

    Love this Movie. LOCAL HERO (1983)

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Apr 23, 2026

    Netflix and Twin Engine have revealed "The Ribbon Hero," a new anime film from director Yuuki Igarashi and studio OUTLINE based on Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight manga.

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  • 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.socialBluesky · May 8, 2025

    Without saying Last Action Hero, fav Arnold Schwarzenegger film? 🎥 For me… ‘Commando’ (1985) 🖤

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  • RX @henshinrx.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2026

    DB Super Hero is an incredible movie for many reasons but its funniest effect was that it led to people shipping Piccolo with Pan's teacher. I think he deserves it

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2026

    Love this movie. LOCAL HERO (1983)

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  • 𝕮𝖗𝖞𝖕𝕿𝖎𝖈𝖚𝕾 @crypticus.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    This is your yearly reminder to watch COBWEB (2023) - A crazy slept-upon movie which I adore. AVOID SPOILERS! IMO this film is the introduction of a new Horror Hero & I really want a sequel ASAP. #Horror #FilmSky #Cobweb

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  • David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2026

    I've just watched the ultimate Astronomy observing film, "Local Hero."

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  • Needlejuice Records @needlejuice.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 9, 2026

    Action Movie Hero Boy 🎥

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Apr 20, 2025

    Crunchyroll will stream the My Hero Academia: You're Next Film starting later today.

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  • PandaMonium @pandamonium.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    “I swear, Geoff, I can explain. You see, Aunt Cass is a character from the hit film Big Hero 6…”

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  • Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.comBluesky · Apr 18, 2025

    My Hero Academia: You're Next is next on Netflix!

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  • Pazuzus fathers brothers nephews cousins former roommate @mark-80.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 24, 2026

    #NowWatching Last Action Hero (1993) Dir: John McTiernan

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  • That Tom Hall @thattomhall.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 20, 2025

    Tonight. The gorgeous martial arts film. #cinema #hero

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  • RetroPAT @retropat.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2026

    'Flash Gordon' (1980) Dir. by Mike Hodges "Savior of the Universe! He'll save every one of us!!" One of the greatest Space Opera/Super Hero film ever made!

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  • The Voice Artist’s Spooky Spotlight @voiceactors.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    Kellen Goff @kellengoff.bsky.social Voice of: Roy Website: kellengoff.com IMDb: www.imdb.com/name/nm69819... Notable Voice Roles: Glamrock Freddy (FNaF: Security Breach) Foxy/Toy Freddy (FNaF: The Movie 1 & 2) Overhaul (My Hero Academia) Diavolo (JBA: Golden Wind) Carnage (MARVEL Tokon) #SpookyMonth

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  • karlie (taylor’s version) @memorygarden1989.swifties.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2026

    Taylor Swift songs we don’t talk about enough: 💙Anti-Hero (feat. Bleachers) ❤️I Almost Do 🤎Renegade 💜If This Was A Movie 🩵I Know Places

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  • Diem @diemtf.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    I'm one tallboy in and that means it's time to get excited about Guyver. Tonight I'm thinking about Guyver: Dark Hero, a movie made on a budget of approximately nothing, and 90% of that nothing went into sick costume work

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  • Hot Alan Wake @iainnd.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2026

    They should put Holding Out for a Hero in a superhero movie or the trailer for one, has anyone thought of this yet

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    Alice Childress (with scenes from the film "A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich". The screenplay was written by Childress, based on her novel of the same name.)

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  • Lizzylizumab @lizzylizumab.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    Combine 2 Film Titles 2 make a New Film. Big Hero 6 Se7en

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  • Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Silent Hill Townfall made me think a lot about the movie Local Hero lol

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  • DreadwoodGirl @redwoodgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    Add “Between My Legs” to a movie title. Local Hero Between My Legs

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  • YoungJay76 @jim1993.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2026

    Dope film He a Hero to me

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  • Sandy King @sandrawking.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2026

    Day 21 "Hero" Tell me why the theme song for the movie ThunderDome played in my head while I was working on this. Kid on the left is looking at you. Tired of it yet? The active shooter drills? The actual blood? We don't need another hero. All we need is what's beyond... #Intober #Inktober2026

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  • dollymama07.bsky.social @dollymama07.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2026

    So I Finally watched Ten Inch Hero. And I really loved it. It was sweet, and poignant, I laughed and cried and got all warm and fuzzy with the whole darn thing. It was fun to watch Jensen in such a different role.

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  • Zach Wilson @televisionaryzw.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    Inspired by these listings I’m watching Local Hero. Northern Exposure (maybe my favorite series now) owes a LOT to this movie doesn’t it?

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  • Mike Scott-World's #1 Fire Birds Fan @hibachijustice.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    Favorite film in haiku: The hero is no more Doctor eight legs comes knocking Hero comes back swinging

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  • John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    LOCAL HERO gets all the kudos, and it's a lovely film. But COMFORT AND JOY is my Bill Forsyth go to... #FilmSky

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