Rating of
3.5/4
When gun meets sword
Holas - wrote on 11/12/09
If I had only seen the last half hours of the movie I would still call it "Incredible." I simply adore a good movie where the Protagonist and the Antagonist switch places. One minute you're routing for this team, and the next for the other. But all along, you want Cruise's character to come on top. During some scenes where Cruise is training with the Samurai and he just can't beat this one guy. The training happenes a few times with the same fate--cruise is beaten down. But the last time, it comes to a draw.....and everybody pauses. This is what I believe is the pivital point of the film where Cruise is officially one of them. I don't know much about the Japanese culture, but I know that respect is high on the list, and Cruises character has just earned theirs. The fight scene at the end is brilliance and breathtaking. The samurais are gunned down one by one and still charging forward. You can see the respect they have even by thier enemies who soon start to shed a tear as their fellow country men fall to their death and take with them a major part of their history. It is a must see for everyone who likes any genre.
