Afouotos
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Glucedee
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Sarita Rafferty
There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
kent_wow
A second hand store was selling a whole pile of movies for 50cents and I felt like trying to find some funny bad movies. This is the first movie I watched.This isn't a bad movie thou. This is actually really engaging, with well shot action and a fantastic taiko influenced soundtrack (Japanese drumming).I have to talk about the train scene. Where Lambert and his new saviors board the high speed train and move to the bar section (around 12) while the assassins kill the train drivers then start moving through the carts killing everyone is sight. Lambert's savior moves down to meet them and move out the passengers then starts killing them and toying with them as he moves back to the bar section to finish them off. This scene is brilliant and well worth the watch.I'm not going to rattle on. If you haven't seen it yet then you need to give it a go.
bastiaan0740
People should realize there is a difference between ninja movies and action movies. They aren't necessarily one and the same. And this, my friends, is a ninja movie. Sure, there are fights and violence to be found, but they don't give a 'Hollywood' feel to it. Especially the train scene comes to mind, where the ninja's decide to kill everybody in order to leave no witnesses. It's calculated, and it gives a sense of murder and terrorism to it instead of action. The victims aren't generic enemies, they're real people. A lot of care is put into the realism. Cops show up after a murder scene to investigate. How often have we seen a ninja movie where ninja's or people are killed, without that ever happening? The whole movie involves ploy and strategy, leading to the fight scenes. Christopher Lambert receives sword training and his enemy is wounded before the final fight, to give Lambert a realistic underdog chance to win. There's nothing 'romantic' about his training like, say, Van Damme in kickboxer. Lambert is scared and clinging to every edge he can find to live, whilst most of the samurai consider him worthless.I first went into this movie expecting an action flick, and was disappointed. Then, I watched it again, and realized it was great. The movie deserves credit for staying true to the formula.
elshikh4
"Quotes From The Movie As Messages" (You must except your fate with courage) : It's for this movie's viewer ! (I'll wait you in hell) : To all the makers of the movie ! (Now he'll rest easier) : About anyone preferred not to watch such a movie ! "Innocent Questions"Why the evil ninja fighter killed the girl at the start ?! I didn't quite get that ! How could a peaceful American businessman manage to runaway from a trained bunch of assassins ? And twice ?! What their point of view in slaughtering all the train's passengers ? Why the big ninja fighter didn't go to that massacre.. He might've had some real fun ! What about his conscience's sudden waking ? That was totally unexplained ?? How the idiot rookie (Lambert) could kill one of the greatest ninja warriors by himself ??, and what is (Lambert) doing in this movie anyway ? And honestly How I could stand all of that in the first place ?!!!"Try To Be Reasonable.. Unlike Them !"I think it's all a Japanese story, production and stars but they needed a name to sell the movie internationally good, so they added the character of (Christopher Lambert) yet they never made it in accord with the rest of the elements so you'll sense all the time that he's an alien who's out of the picture, or a character which has never been made correctly ! As he's not the guest star, the sidekick, the smart student.. etc. They involved him, the character so its actor, and in too hasty way also !"So What's Good in Here ?!!"Despite the impressive performance of the veteran (Yoshio Harada) as (Takeda) the stiff avenger and the mighty hero.. It was utterly poor production, a TV's kind of work and it seemed as one of the poorest TV's work ever ! The direction was a genius but at destroying any good moments especially the fights' scenes which were too dull to continue watching them (and those were the best things you may expect from a movie like this !!). I've only liked 2 seconds : when (Lambert) decides to leave the ring after the Japanese instructor refused to train him, and the image of the whole battlefield when the evil ninja stands alone in the dark among the corpses waiting for the instructor, both of them looked visually strong but still just 2 seconds in 106 minutes !!"Some Comments"The Razzie's award is not that impartial ! Otherwise why to forget a powerful candidate like this one ? Maybe they're giving the awards to the same kind of movies but when it had been produced in millions of dollars ! How merciful they are, and How underrated (The Hunted) is ! It could've been great for the (Worst Screen Couple)'s award ! After I finished the movie (or the movie finished me !) I found myself say : "OH How many movies for Marilyn Monroe I've got to watch just to forget the effect of THIS ?!!". Did you notice that I've said "to forget the effect" not the movie itself as it's assured to be forgettable by itself ! The beautiful thing about (Christopher Lambert) is that he's not (Steven Seagal) ! Thank God that they didn't bring Mr. Seagal for such a role, the Japanese girl could've butchered herself already just because of meeting him !
ciscokid1970
This is one of my all time favorite "Hero" movies. This is a outstanding samurai movie. In this case it is a final conflict between a Samurai clan and a Ninja clan. Just to make it interesting they throw Christopher Lambert in there as a American business man who is in the wrong place at the wrong time.The acting is very good and well cast. There are 4 good action scenes and 2 of them feature excellent sword play. There is also some great samurai traditions including tribute to sword making.The widescreen version of this is a must. It has brilliant sound starting with the Tiki concert in the beginning and culminating with the rain during the final showdown.It has a little drama and comedy sprinkled here and there. But the sword fighting is absolutely fantastic. If you liked The Last Samurai you will like this movie.
