The 1080p/AVC transfer is stunning, thanks mostly in part to the elaborate and colorful costumes that pop off the screen. CG is expertly used to enhance the scenery, extended the sets, and blur the lines between fantasy and reality to create something wholly unique and at many times, just as good as any you might see in the Lord of the Rings films.
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More subtle humanoid creatures like the Ogre in the pit fight and Kai’s almost alien-like foster parent tribe integrate perfectly into the story and this world, and the final battle with the witch-turned-dragon is one of the coolest and most majestic things I’ve seen in a movie this year. The movie opens with a fantastic action sequence with dozens of warriors trying to bring down this mythical demonic beast that looks like a creature from a video game. Great care was taken in preserving the integrity and intent of the original story of the 47 Ronin while infusing it with just enough Hollywood fantasy to engage audiences of all cultures and ages. The leader of Asano’s warriors, Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada) is thrown into a pit during that year, released just in time to quickly assemble a fighting force of 47 Ronin and try to stop Lord Kira’s evil plans. The Shogun orders that Mika and Kira will be wed after one year of mourning, thus uniting the two realms. With their lord dead, the samurai under his rule now have no master and become Ronin. The treacherous Lord Kira (Tadanobu Asano), working with a shape-shifting witch (Rinko Kikuchi) manages to dishonor Asano in front of the Shogun who orders him to commit seppuku. The first act of the film does a masterful job of setting up the characters and showing the importance of honor and respect and the role everyone plays in this structured society. Kai naturally falls in forbidden love with Asano’s daughter, Mika (Ko Shibasaki), but their secretive romance is a very minor part of the story. As a young boy he forsakes his tribe and escapes into the woods where he is found by Lord Asano Naganori (Min Tanaka) who takes him in as his own. Keanu plays Kai, a half-breed abandoned at birth and raised by a mysterious and perhaps magical tribe of forest warriors. It is one of the first perhaps only, domestic Hollywood films to have the cinematic style, grace, and production values of a Japanese-made film with an outstanding cast who, for the most part, overshadow Keanu Reeves for much of the film as he is forced to act with pure expression and soulful eyes in nearly every scene. It never stood a chance in theaters, but thankfully, this stunning film has arrived on Blu-ray so it can get the attention and praise it deserves.Ĥ7 Ronin is loosely based on (more inspired by) one of Japan’s most honored and celebrated stories in its illustrious culture.
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Talk about one of the most underrated movies of the past five years…I can just barely remember the few TV spots for this film that were promoting its Christmas Day release in 2013, and honestly, who goes to see this kind of movie on a holiday? The film must have only been in my town for a week at most, quickly getting shoved out the multiplex’s backdoor by a host of other competing films.
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