SERIOUS déjà vu, anyone?

Cold Killer · 19th May 2004, 12:11 AM

http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/hero/

Directed by Quentin Tarantino, this film is about a swordsman who is on an epic quest for revenge. On the way, he must take out the empire's "most ruthless assassins to reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat."

Does this remind anyone of another film with an IDENTICAL plot?!

LifesBane[4C] · 19th May 2004, 12:39 AM

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Directed by Quentin Tarantino

Nope, sorry...

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Ying xiong (2002) (producer)
... aka Hero (2003/II) (USA)

He is the producer, just like he was in Iron Monkey. If he was the director, the hubub surrounding that movie would be 20x what it is now.

Cold Killer · 19th May 2004, 12:43 AM

Oh. When it said "Quentin Tarantino presents", I just naturally assumed he directed it

Well, I think it's still worth pondering over. All that was going through my mind as I watched the trailer was, "my god, the plot is IDENTICAL to that of Kill Bill!"

ravens_hawk · 19th May 2004, 12:59 AM

I think the whole point of Kill Bill was that it was supposed to be like every other Japanese revenge film...

UN17 · 19th May 2004, 01:07 AM

I saw that movie in its original language ages ago. Quentin Tarantino is doing little more than providing financial funding for shipping the material from China to the States and paying for dubbing services.

As far as movies go, I didn't like it. Was more fun to watch than this summer's Troy though.

TheShiningWizard · 19th May 2004, 01:08 AM

I hear he's going to make Kill Bill 3 in 15 years, starring some kid from the second one, or something.... Yeah, I haven't seen either of them.

geogob · 19th May 2004, 01:34 AM

Yeah... i've seen the movie like 2 years ago. It's very nice and an impressive movie. And no, it's not deja vue... that movie is like nothing else i've seen. The style is similar to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, but it's still unique from my knowledge.

It has nothing to do, not even slightly, with kill bill. Get that out of your head right now.

Anyway, I recommand the original chinese version... with any translation you'll lose a lot of the mood.

Cold Killer · 19th May 2004, 01:44 AM

The plot seems very similar though. Swordswoman (man, in this case) on a mission of revenge, taking out a number of very talented assassins along the way. Is it much deeper than that?

Freon · 19th May 2004, 02:10 AM

Anyway it's older than Kill Bill so what's your point?

MP_Lord_Kee · 19th May 2004, 02:19 AM

Hero is a pretty good movie. Artistic in its way and not just "action". I loved it.

//Kee

LifesBane[4C] · 19th May 2004, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by FeelTheUniverseXXX

I hear he's going to make Kill Bill 3 in 15 years, starring some kid from the second one, or something.... Yeah, I haven't seen either of them.

You, sir, are correct.

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Originally Posted by Entertainment Weekly

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The star will be Vernita Green's (Vivica A. Fox's) daughter, Nikki (Ambrosia Kelley). I've already got the whole mythology: Sofie Fatale (Julie Dreyfus) will get all of Bill's money. She'll raise Nikki, who'll take on The Bride," he says. "Nikki deserves her revenge every bit as much as The Bride deserved hers. I might even shoot a couple of scenes for it now so I can get the actresses while they're this age."

Who knows if it will happen.

Also:

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Originally Posted by IMDB

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Maverick director Quentin Tarantino is planning an animated prequel to his Kill Bill movies - to show the early life of the deadly assassin. The film will be drawn in the Japanese manga style already seen in Kill Bill Volume 1 and will focus on the three men - pimp Estebian Vihaio and martial arts masters Hattori Hanzo and Pei Mai - who turned Bill into a ruthless killer. The Oscar-winning writer and director will write and produce the film. Tarantino has also speculated that he could return to Kill Bill's world in 15 years time to follow the daughter of a character killed in the first film. The popular filmmaker - who took five years off after directing Jackie Brown to return to the screen with the violent revenge saga - is next set to direct a segment of Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's comic book adaptation Sin City.

And to wrap it up,

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Originally Posted by UN17

As far as movies go, I didn't like it. Was more fun to watch than this summer's Troy though.

I loved Troy, so that movie will probably own me.

geogob · 19th May 2004, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Cold Killer

The plot seems very similar though. Swordswoman (man, in this case) on a mission of revenge, taking out a number of very talented assassins along the way. Is it much deeper than that?

But still, I you watch the movie, you'll see that the story is nowhere close to Kill Bill, even with that little ressemblance in the plot.

BTW, I also like Troy. I think it was a pretty good movie and, as usual, Petersen did a great job.

Nightmare · 19th May 2004, 05:12 PM

Hero was a lot better than the usual action movies. The bad guy has a motive too, beyond killing people for fun.

19th May 2004, 12:11 AM	#1
Cold Killer I will Kill Bill Join Date: Feb. 24th, 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,178	SERIOUS déjà vu, anyone? http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/hero/ Directed by Quentin Tarantino, this film is about a swordsman who is on an epic quest for revenge. On the way, he must take out the empire's "most ruthless assassins to reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat." Does this remind anyone of another film with an IDENTICAL plot?!

19th May 2004, 01:07 AM	#5
UN17 Taijutsu Specialist Join Date: Dec. 7th, 2003 Posts: 669	I saw that movie in its original language ages ago. Quentin Tarantino is doing little more than providing financial funding for shipping the material from China to the States and paying for dubbing services. As far as movies go, I didn't like it. Was more fun to watch than this summer's Troy though. __________________ We can rebuild him. We have the technology. Better... Stronger... Faster...

19th May 2004, 01:08 AM	#6
TheShiningWizard Because it's more fantastical. Join Date: Jun. 26th, 2000 Location: New England Posts: 2,643	I hear he's going to make Kill Bill 3 in 15 years, starring some kid from the second one, or something.... Yeah, I haven't seen either of them. __________________

19th May 2004, 01:34 AM	#7
geogob Koohii o nomimasu ka? Join Date: Mar. 11th, 2000 Location: replication{ reliable if( Role==ROLE_Authority ) Tick;} Posts: 4,134	Yeah... i've seen the movie like 2 years ago. It's very nice and an impressive movie. And no, it's not deja vue... that movie is like nothing else i've seen. The style is similar to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, but it's still unique from my knowledge. It has nothing to do, not even slightly, with kill bill. Get that out of your head right now. Anyway, I recommand the original chinese version... with any translation you'll lose a lot of the mood. __________________ -- Intelligenti Pauca -- Get RealTargets - INF_Loadlim - INF Mod Team addons

19th May 2004, 02:10 AM	#9
Freon Braaaaiinss... Join Date: Jan. 27th, 2002 Location: France Posts: 4,548	Anyway it's older than Kill Bill so what's your point? __________________ "I don't have a **ing clue why I'm wasting precious brain cells arguing with a man who names himself after the fluid that runs behind my fridge." - BadMojo Infiltration - Vega clan - dichlorodifluoromethane **

19th May 2004, 12:43 AM	#3
Cold Killer I will Kill Bill Join Date: Feb. 24th, 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,178	Oh. When it said "Quentin Tarantino presents", I just naturally assumed he directed it Well, I think it's still worth pondering over. All that was going through my mind as I watched the trailer was, "my god, the plot is IDENTICAL to that of Kill Bill!"

19th May 2004, 12:59 AM	#4
ravens_hawk Registered User Join Date: Apr. 20th, 2002 Posts: 468	I think the whole point of Kill Bill was that it was supposed to be like every other Japanese revenge film...

19th May 2004, 01:44 AM	#8
Cold Killer I will Kill Bill Join Date: Feb. 24th, 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,178	The plot seems very similar though. Swordswoman (man, in this case) on a mission of revenge, taking out a number of very talented assassins along the way. Is it much deeper than that?

19th May 2004, 02:19 AM	#10
MP_Lord_Kee Registered User Join Date: Mar. 7th, 2003 Posts: 779	Hero is a pretty good movie. Artistic in its way and not just "action". I loved it. //Kee

19th May 2004, 05:12 PM	#13
Nightmare Only human Join Date: Sep. 23rd, 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 446	Hero was a lot better than the usual action movies. The bad guy has a motive too, beyond killing people for fun.

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