47 Ronin

2013

Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / History / War

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 48% · 88 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 48% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 178747 178.7K

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Plot summary

Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.

Director

Carl Rinsch Photo
Carl Rinsch

Top cast

Keanu Reeves Photo
Keanu Reeves as Kai
Aaron Ly Photo
Aaron Ly as Kira Samurai
Hiroyuki Sanada Photo
Hiroyuki Sanada as Ôishi
Clyde Kusatsu Photo
Clyde Kusatsu as Drunk Official
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2 hr 8 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by benntune 7 / 10

I know it's bad, but i liked it

Everyone has movies like this. You know they are bad and you know they are ridiculous but for whatever reason, you just thoroughly enjoy them. This is one of those movies for me. Maybe it will be for you too.
Reviewed by peterp-450-298716 7 / 10

I don't get the negativism about this one ...

I see only samurai before me.After reading some reviews about "47 Ronin", I expected a terrible Hollywood attempt to make a film about a Japanese legend. In the international press, the movie has been mercilessly, how appropriate, put to the sword. Some of the jargon on "Rotten Tomatoes" : cloddish, dour, tedious to watch, a funeral march, humorless as your junior high principal, as Japanese as a grocery-store California roll, Keanu Reeves looks as miserable and bored as the audience ... ". And it goes on like this. The 13% score is in that case logical. It's obvious that Keanu Reeves is seen as unsuitable for this role as a samurai.Well then there is something wrong with me, cause I didn't really saw it that way. Personally, I have a feeling that this is just another exaggerated hassle and rabble rousing in a negative way. "Gravity" was praised by the experts and overwhelmed with Oscar nominations (erroneously , except for the technical part of course). "47 Ronan " in contrast gets the full load and then got slated.On 3 February 1982, there appeared in the weekly magazine "Spirou " a new comic hero, Kogaratsu, a samurai who became a ronin, made by Michetz . On the front page it said « Kogaratsu , a comic like you've never seen before ... ". Since the 70s , I am an avid reader of this magazine, and have therefore read the first episodes with growing amazement. It was a totally different way of approaching a comic and I also devoured these stories . What was so unique about this comic besides the style ? That was the introduction to a unique Japan : the traditions and customs that surprises us western people, the loyalty, the honor, the calmness and serenity, the rituals, the mystical and magical atmosphere. All contained in this comic, and to be honest, I thought that was also present in "47 Ronin" .This action-adventure film went on for two hours and was finished before I knew it. Kai (Reeves) is a half-breed, half-Japanese, half-British, which was found by Lord Asano in the woods. Asano took him under his wing. However, Kai was never fully respected and ostracized by the other samurai led by Oishi. One day their master Asano is sentenced to death by the shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and the samurai are banished and became ronin. Kai is removed and sold as a slave. Eventually these samurai take revenge with the help of Kai for what was done to their master.Keanu Reeves actually did a great job playing the role of Kai. He looks a bit Asian and he also has the right appearance. Reeves really has such an apathetic and emotionless facial expression. But most Japanese people also have that look, so he fits very well in between those other samurai. Besides, Tom Cruise already played such a part as samurai in "The Last Samurai". And to be honest, I really think Cruise wasn't suitable for that. That the Japanese are speaking a flawed (although not as flawed as stated) stuttering English, didn't bother me. You can enumerate many WWII movies where the Germans always speak English with a greasy dialect. Or even more recent in the movie "The Family", where an entire village in France speaks flawless English. You can be certain this was a commercial decision to keep it English and ask Keanu for the title role.The film has a variety of beautiful images of nature and the community where Kai resides. Smooth action and battle scenes with other samurai, mythical creatures and magical characters. And a lovely surrounding with lavish and colorful settings and costumes. Various times we are treated with stunning digital effects. The orange-colored monster with six eyes and an immensely dangerous swishing tail. The witch Mizuki who repeatedly changed form, moving around like a flapping garment and adorned with Medusa-like winding tresses. The most successful effect was the low hanging clouds which formed human figures. The test the samurai had to undergo in the forest Tengu was pretty exciting. The grand finale is the storming of the palace of Kira.An underrated action movie mixed with elements of a fantasy. I was afraid that Reeves would look like a Japanese "Neo", but it turned out better than I thought . A wonderfully successful film for me.More reviews at http://opinion-as-a-moviefreak.blogspot.be/
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