Originally posted by: cchen
Can someone explain the story? I just watched it... and I didn't quite understand some of that antiquated mandarin they used...
I have english subtitles for the movie if you want.
*******SPOILER*******************
So Jet li at the beggining wants to pretend that he killed all 3 enemies of the emperor to get the rewards and as an act of good faith.
Then the emperor says "BS!! The died for you so you could get within 10 steps from me and use your super 10 steps killer moves".
Jet li then says "You are mistaken. Broken Sword actually is your ally and he didn't want to kill you" Jet li rethinks about the "All under one heaven" and decides not the kill the emperor so he can conquer all states and unify China. When Jet Li leaves all the emperor's people cry for Jet Li's head. I guess the emperor wanted to save face and decides to kill Jet Li. That's why at the end they say that "Nameless" was killed as a villian but he died as a Hero. He is a Hero cuz he didn't kill the emperor, and hence he was able to unify China.