With the indelible memory of the Tiananmen massacre still fresh in their consciousness, they saw the First Emperor's use of massive force to crush opposition-all in the name of unifying China-as a justification of authoritarianism.
接著《英雄》在香港上映，引起另一波抨擊，對「六四」民運念念不忘的人士，認為片中秦始皇以黑壓壓的千軍萬馬鎮壓反對人士，明顯是以「統一」為名，替專制者找藉口。