The Last Samurai? Or the BEST Samurai? (And/or the worst samurai?)

Rating: 9/10 (27 March 2013)

Its definitely the best samurai. This has to be my favourite Tom Cruise film (along with Jack Reacher, Rock of Ages, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Knight and Day, Tropic Thunder, Mission: Impossible III, War of the Worlds, Collateral, Mission: Impossible II, Jerry Maguire, Mission: Impossible, Cocktail and of course, Top Gun). I don't usually watch art-house films but I never miss a Cruise film and as usual he did NOT disappoint.
In the film Cruise gives a commanding performance as he LITRALY plays a performing commander who has to travel back in time to ancient Japan to reclaim his honour (which has been stolen by the British again). While there he learns important new things like how to eat with chop-sticks and use a sword but most importantly he learns about himself and what's inside. Basically an f-load of honour. I think what made this film really excellent was that as well as having some super cool action scenes it also made me think about like, honour and what I would do if I was sent to ancient Japan?
Just as a warning to people THERE ARE SOME SUBTITLES IN THIS FILM. I know what you're thinking, 'if I wanted to read I'd buy the Daily Mail' and usually I'd agree, but if you stay to the end its totally worth it for the last fight scene alone (three words, CRUISE v NINJAS).
To conclude my review, I liked this film A LOT and would give The Last Samurai 11 Bens out of 14 bens (that's a strong recobendation). ;)