There is somehow so much to discuss in this dubbed up bloody messy massacre of a movie. Soundtrack is insane and I’m glad that those guys from Staten Island agreed.
First of all, could be the hardest cold open of all time. I couldn’t stop wondering about the motivations of our main character. It seems he does not even want to kill the shogun, he is just a psychopath (or broken man?) who enjoys (or needs?) the cat & mouse with…
Watching this again felt like finding out Santa wasn’t real. 5-year-old me would have called it one of the best movies of all time but unfortunately my brain has grown since then. I feel like they almost did something a few different times (commentary on what it means to be a leader, the cruel cycle of evolution and the way we cope with it) but never fully got there. First 20 minutes felt like Disney just reused their Tarzan plot…
