WOW!

Rating: Null/10 (30 May 2004)

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This movie kicks butt. Tom Cruise is awesome as Capt. Nathan Algren, a has-been military commander who is disillusioned with life. He travels to Japan to train the imperial army but ends up getting captured by Samurais...and begins a new life.
This is a great film. However, it is not spiritually redeeming since it does not include Biblical morals and the violence is in excess ("Lord of the Rings" violence but more of it). This film certainly gave ROTK a run for its money during the Oscars but I doubt this was good enough to win for best picture. 3.75 out of 5 stars