As good as any recent epic, and better than most

Rating: Null/10 (5 December 2004)

Watch this film if you liked Dances with Wolves, Gladiator, or Braveheart. This film is done with more detail visually than any of them, more cultural depth than the latter 2, and a more solid storyline than the later 2. Samurai is also (at least after my group of viewings) missing the technical errors that plague Braveheart, and made it less appealing on repeated viewings. The MIT reviewer who leads up the comments is dead wrong. There are few American release movies as large in scale and scope as this that are better done than this. Had this movie come before the three aforementioned similar movies, it would have gotten the same if not more acclaim. Cruise is excellent, as is the story, visuals and audio. A great modern movie.