the most amazing twist in a story

Rating: 10/10 (6 May 2014)

The last samurai was exceptionally inspiring to me because of the way the story was intelligently interwoven with a tender twist of fate and choice. Tom Cruise just nailed it. The emotions were so real and I was particularly impressed with the way he managed to fit into the character in the story; especially with the intensity of his personality - even when he is silent. The scene where the wife of the warrior he killed had to dress him up in her late husband's robe was most remarkable and then, the resilience of the samurai warriors in the face of intimidating firearms evoked so much sentiments in my mind - reminding me of the 1897 punitive expedition in the Ancient Benin Kingdom of West Africa.