Good but very farfetch'd

Rating: 7/10 (18 May 2004)

The Last Samurai was a good movie in fact. Well maybe it was good. I liked the beginning and middle of The Last Samurai indeed. The action was impressive and learning about the Japanese culture was very neat. But there are loads of negatives. One I'll start off, it is very farfetch'd. (Spoilers) The Japanese are riding there horses and charging at the other Japanese soldies. There shooting Algren's men and Katsumoto's men down even Katsumoto. Everyone dies but Nathan Algren, who is played by Tom Cruise. He was shot 4 times, but still survived and of course Tom Cruise always survives in his movies. I also can't stand Tom Cruise in this movie, he is a decent actor playing in good movies such as Jerry Maguire and Risky Buisness. He has terrible lines. But you know oh well, it's hollywood. I thought the movie was entertaining at least. The ninja battle was very cool and I liked the gore. It had neatly details in the film about the Samurai warriors and how in love they are with there culture. Good film at least but could've been better as I was expecting it to be excellent like many people say it was
7/10 or maybe 6.5