The Seven Samurai...plus six...

Rating: 8/10 (23 January 2000)

Although this flick wasn't exactly groundbreaking, it was just queer enough that I really enjoyed it. Now, I haven't read the Crichton book upon which this movie was based, so I can't judge it by whether or not it was true to the novel... but I do know that this was quite a unique film (which, of course, is probably why a lot of people didn't like it). It was one of the few recent action movies that actually made me care about the characters in it. Another thing I liked about this movie was the way it reminded me of "The Seven Samurai", "Conan the Barbarian", "Braveheart", and other really great films. This was a cool movie.