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Format: DVD
Program Type: Movie
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Product Name: 13 Assassins
UPC: 876964003933
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Really good Samurai film
Similar to the classic film Seven Samurai, this movie focuses on a small group of group of samurai trying to defend a small village in rural Japan. It is loosely inspired by true events. The first half of the movie concentrates on plot and characters, while the second half is non-stop action. The acting is quite good and I really liked the cinematography. The choreography of the action is also good. The special effects for the most part are solid except for the cgi flaming bulls that run through a town. But this movie was working with a small budget so I can't be too hard on that. Overall.good movie. Especially if you enjoy sword related combat.
The only thing you can expect when going into a Takashi Miike film is the unexpected. The über-prolific Japanese auteur has helmed over 70 theatrical features, TV shows, and straight-to-video offerings since 1991—that's 3.5 outings a year, including the span between 2001 and 2002, during which he made a baker's dozen worth of films—and he's dabbled in just about every genre, from westerns (Sukiyaki Western Django) and kid movies (The Great Yokai War) to yakuza epics (Dead or Alive) and my personal favorite, the nutso zombie-musical-claymation-family drama/comedy Happiness of the Katakuris. Of course, he's best known for pushing the boundaries of extreme cinema in the ultraviolent Ichi the Killer, the sadistic Audition, and, most explicitly, in the taboo-busting Visitor Q, which voyeuristically revels in incest, necrophilia, and "lactation sex." Miike frequently courts controversy, and this makes it doubly unexpected that his latest film is so comparatively traditional. A remake of a 1963 film of the same name, 13 Assassins fits neatly into the classic samurai movie mold. Instead of overturning the genre—as his reputation would suggest—Miike has simply reinvigorated it, to great effect. If films like Seven Samurai, Sword of Doom, and The 47 Ronin are your particular cup of green tea, 13 Assassins will go down just as easy.
