Crouching Tiger has injected new life into the martial arts film genre, becoming in the process the pride of Chinese-language film. Unlike Crouching Tiger, which is based on a martial arts novel, Hero is grounded in historical reality, the interpretation of which has ignited controversy in the market.
《臥虎藏龍》賦予武俠片新生命，成為華人電影的驕傲；有別於《臥虎藏龍》取材自貨真價實的武俠小說，《英雄》內容借自史實，僅僅內容的討論就在市場鬧得沸沸揚揚。