Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

almost perfect:

A touching story coupled with highly realistic and detailed battle scenes. If you want excitement, this movie should have
no problems whatsoever to elevate your blood pressure with all
its furious swords fights, ninja assisnation, bows vs rifles
and the spectacular showdown between two armies with thousands
of real actors(no CG used) filling the entire screen. It is
simply superb in term of visual satisfactions.

As for the story itself, it is reasonably well constructed but
not without... more info

The Last Samurai:

The Last Samurai was certainly a surprisingly refreshing escape from the many senseless movies that've recently been released into theatres. The movie was beautifully shot, paying close attention to detail, plus even the acting wasn't as dreadful as I'd expected it to be. To add to everything, the writers even had the sense to put in little sequences of comic relief, whether you found it remotely funny or not...

I thought the casting was fantastically done. It was interesting to see Tom Cruise playing... more info

Don't expect too much:

What's the reason for watching The Last Samurai? The sword-fighting scenes. There are a lot of sword-fighting scenes, they're well-done, and if you enjoy watching them you'll find entertainment value in the movie. Also, the Japanese countryside is filmed beautifully here, so if you have an appreciation for nature, it's another incentive to watch.

Otherwise, The Last Samurai is nothing special. The storyline is simplistic; the samurai are all two-dimensional and unquestionably the fine and good people in... more info

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