Dances with Samurais

Rating: Null/10 (24 December 2003)

The story, as the Village Voice review pointed out, is Dances with Wolves with Japanese standing in for Native Americans.
Typical TC character arc-Cocky young guy gets his feelings hurt, has brief loss of confidence/pseudo crisis, the shakes it off in time to win the car race/dog fight/court case/sword fight/ whatever, get the girl & live happily ever after. (yawn)
Beer cans and plastic bottles should be recycled as much as this plot!
Another issue is the bullet-proof TC. He is shot 7-8 times in the final battle, a time before trauma centers, antibiotics and aircare, yet later strolls into the Emperor's presence as if he were just a little sore from a game of touch football.
I am just grateful that there wasn't a Phil Collins soundtrack...

Yours Faithfully, BBB