The Last Samurai

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The Last Samurai

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The Last Samurai

Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Ken Watanabe, William Atherton

An epic set in Japan during the 1870s which centers on Captain Nathan Algren, an American who is being requested to carry out a very special mission. Captain Algren, a respected colonial military offi...( read more  read more... )cer, is hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the Emperor attempts to eradicate the ancient Imperial Samurai warriors, in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Samurai. This tension places the colonial officer at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him.

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  • RossCollinsUK
    November 14, 2009
    RossCollinsUK
    Everything you want from a historical epic. It's a long history lesson that remains gripping, with characters defending their honour in big battle scenes. Tom Cruise plays his favourite Maverick role and there's even a bit of Billy Connolly. Very enjoyable.
  • phubbs1
    July 18, 2009
    phubbs1
    This is a great movie, the Eastern look and feel is spot on, the samurai's are awesome and I love their warrior armour and weaponary. Its a perfect samurai flick. Watanabe is brilliant as is his warriors, the battles are great slicing action and the vista's are excellent. Cruise ...( read more)lets it down in my opinion, he just loves himself too much and shows of, it needed a smaller name in the role, with less of an ego, the usual problem with this type of film. I love the oriental Eastern style and look, if you do to you'll like this.
  • 76Majikat
    April 23, 2009
    76Majikat
    A big production with some amazing views, a great quality film with a western view on the Samurai style films. It also captures the spiritual sense.

    It is perhaps a little disappointing that people will watch, and have watched this film purely because of Tom Cruise being the ...( read more)lead, when although this is one of Cruise's better roles it certainly isn't the Cruise element that makes the film, but I'm sure he would have raised the box office ratings.
  • garyX
    March 27, 2009
    garyX
    A disillusioned cavalry officer is ordered to train an army to fight against a rebellious samurai in Japan, only to be captured and come to respect his erstwhile foe. Yes, that's right, it's Dances With Japs. Or maybe, How The East Was Won. This film is exactly what i was expecti...( read more)ng; a typical Hollywood historical epic. Tiny Tom is troubled by clumsy flashbacks of an atrocity which now shapes his entire personality and sets off to do his duty, only to learn to admire the noble savages while they learn from his pig-headed self-destructiveness and provide him with a handily widowed village babe and surrogate family. He then switches sides leading to the wobbly lower-lip inducing heroic final battle after which an American invents modern Japan (probably shouldn't have nuked it 70 years later then, huh?) The script is the usual laughably formulaic nonsense you'd expect (the ending especially provoked one particularly loud and obnoxious raspberry aimed at the screen) and everyone's favourite cultist shouts, gets all dewy eyed and moons over doe-eyed Japanese beauties on cue, although I'd have to say he does not look too out of place with a katana in his hand. Despite the cliche riddled script, there is enough action and spectacle to maintain the interest, with the battle sequences as well staged as you'd expect but it is the smaller scale fight sequences that are the most impressive, particularly the bonding bloodshed Tom and Ken share when dealing with a cadre of attacking ninjas. In fact it falls to Ken Watanabe to provide the real meat of the story and he brings an intensity to his character that is sorely lacking from the rest of the cast. It's a serviceable Hollywood blockbuster that's undemanding yet entertaining enough but I couldn't help thinking that it would have been a much better film if Cruise and his character weren't in it.
  • KhrisP
    January 4, 2009
    KhrisP
    I love this movie - not a big Tom C. fan but he is a good actor- and this movie is really good -
  • amcar07
    November 27, 2009
    amcar07
    it worths it all, I'd watch it for days and days and never stop!
  • aperobot001
    November 25, 2009
    aperobot001
    tom cruise sucks but ken watanabe is awesome
  • mondopimp
    November 23, 2009
    mondopimp
    This movie is fuckin awesome! One of Tom Cruise's best performances as a captain sent to japan to train the emperors new military, but gets captured by samurai's and joins up with them in a big ass war against the japanese military(assholes). This movie is amazing watch it!
  • CptFG
    November 22, 2009
    CptFG
    A voluptuous looking and sounding film. Just seeing it for its visual beauty and outstanding music is worth your time. The film however is much more as it is a wonderful story with intriguing philosophy perspectives within it. The film marks Hans Zimmer's 100th score and as usual...( read more), its utterly sensational. Its easy to notice that every scene flourishes with the love from its creators.
  • sebastian771
    November 20, 2009
    sebastian771
    the best american take on japanese history in a long time. great performances by all the cast. lots of great to perfect in all departments in this movie.
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