Zhang didn't want to replicate any of these, so in Hero he set out to define a new wuxia aesthetic. In one scene, Zhang has two swordswomen strike at one another against a backdrop of golden leaves as if they are performing a piece of modern dance. In another, Zhang again reveals his peerless aesthetic sense with the death scene in the beautiful Jiuzhai Valley.
他把《英雄》定位在創造一種新的武俠美學，因此，黃葉漫天的樹林中二位女俠過招的畫面，像是一齣翩然躍起的現代舞蹈，九寨溝的殺戮場景，卻呈現一種空谷足音的美感。