Wednesday, October 19, 2011

I'm Back! Review: 13 Assassins

Hello everyone.

It's been a long time away. I took a break while finishing up school and then never seemed to get going again. Well here I am. Back to it and hopefully now things will be in the full swing again.

Review! Foreign Film! 13 Assassins!

This is a fairly new release from Japanese director Takashi Miike, perhaps most well known for his film Ichi the Killer. What to say. This is really your prototypical Samurai pick. The kicker here however is that instead of being made thirty to fifty years ago it's a modern piece, shot in col er, and shot well. The visuals are striking, it's gritty and real, to go along with great scenery and sets.

Being a samurai flick you get kinda what you're expecting. A somewhat slow pace ripe with duty and honor. Also, here you get one hell of a climactic ending. The final fight scene goes something like a half of and hour, and it's worth it too.

Really, nothing here to complain about. Perhaps a bit tedious in the middle, but as long as you pay attention and follow the story it's worth it.

Everything has been done well, a very effective film doing what predecessors did, but you know, better. Worth the watch for a follower of the genre, and probably not a bad intro to it either, easier to follow and with bright fancy colors to draw people in to what is truly a great style of film. 3 stars.

That's that for now. See everyone soon.

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