Top flight production

Rating: 9/10 (17 December 2003)

Period adventure tale starring Tom Cruise as a Civil War vet who travels to Japan to teach the Imperal Army modern warfare so they can fight the Samurai.. of course he soon gets captured by the Samurai and begind to apreciate their way of life. A splendidly produced epic with top flight production values. Ken Watanabe as the Samurai leader is excellent and Cruise does his best with a cliched role... While the story has some holes and the ending is a tad unrealistic, the battles are great and it certainly keeps you interested throughout. GRADE: A-