A band of samurai set out to avenge the death and
dishonor of their master at the hands of a ruthless shogun.
Director:Carl Rinsch
Writers:Chris Morgan (screenplay),
Hossein Amini (screenplay)
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Stars:Keanu Reeves,
Hiroyuki Sanada,
Ko Shibasaki
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Storyline
While hunting in the forest, Lord Asano of Ako and his samurai find a
young half-breed and take him with them to live in the castle. Several
years later, Lord Asano holds a tournament to welcome the Shogun to Ako.
The night after the tournament, Lord Asano is bewitched into hurting
Lord Kira of Nagato, and is punished into committing seppuku by the
Shogun. Realizing that it was a Lord Kira's evil plot, the samurais and
the half-breed sets out for revenge against the Shogun's order.
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Ronin is a highly fictionalized take on the story of the 47 ronin who
took revenge on a court official who had the 47's leader commit seppuku.
In the film, Keanu Reeves portrays Kai, a half-British Half-Japanese
outcast who is called upon by Oishi, the leader of the 47. The 47 seek
revenge on Lord Kira, who also has an evil witch (Rinko Kikuchi) serving
under him, who killed their master.
The movie itself looks
absolutely phenomenal, with amazing visual effects, an emotional and
gripping musical score, and strong performances from Keanu and Hiroyuki
Sanada, who portrays Oishi. The major problem that i saw with the movie
was that, it was over way too fast. They left out important character
development for the witch and a few other characters, which really could
have added more emotional flame to the film. Plus, the movie overall
could have easily been twenty, thirty minutes longer. If it were, i
would say it can rank alongside 13 Assassins and The Last Samurai. The
script was well-written in terms of dialogue (some cheesy lines), but
the overall script was devoid of real depth and thought. Then, Carl Erik
Rinsch's directing was actually pretty good, but had a few too many
cut-aways.
47 Ronin is an extremely action-packed samurai/fantasy
epic that is something you don't want to miss on the big-screen (for a
cheap price). Though, if you want to see something award-worthy in terms
of writing and directing, hope for a Director's/Extended cut on disc,
for you won't find it here. But great performances, visual effects and
emotion really help make this movie stand out, even with The Desolation
of Smaug as competition.
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