the new Marion Morrison

Rating: 7/10 (5 December 2003)

"The Last Samurai" is an epic 'eastern' with lots of blood, violence, and Mr. T.C. Mapother IV (Tom Cruise) trying to be the new Marion Morrison (John Wayne). Overlong, overdone in parts, and predictable. The photography is excellent and certainly deserves an Oscar nomination.
GRADE = "B"