Oh boy..

Rating: 2/10 (14 November 2003)

This movie is "hip".
With all the manga/anime, japanese and martial arts being so in, this movie was bound to be rated good. But it isn't - that is if you dont care for whack and smack with "cool" anime and "samurai sword hype". Im not a tarantino fan, nor do I dislike his movies, but this sure did make me want to walk out on it. Ok - beautiful in a sense, utter bs plot, characters are well bs...even the assassin squad name made me want to toss it. Action scenes are repetitious, as is all the violence. IMHO rides on quentins name, period. Hear the sheep flock.
Recommended for anime/manga buffs, martial arts buffs. Thats about it, cant recommend it to others, perhaps for film students as it does have some nice scenes.
3 out of 10.