big problems with subtitles

I downloaded the movie hero, the problems is that its subbed in chinese(i think)...i tried downloading some subs(.rar) but i cant open them on my computer...when i try to open them in my bsplayer they dont appear...what program do i need?
im really really new at this so please help..

[Quietseb]

RAR is an archive format
you can use winrar or winace or power archiver and dozens of other utils (but not winzip AFAIK) to extract the files from this archive

[fluffer]

thanx man! i actually somehowe managed to download an english version(.srt file) to the movie..dont know how, but i did it.....but know,with your help, I can download swedish subs to my movies! thanx a lot!!