Actors: Keanu Reeves,
Hiroyuki Sanada, Rinko Kikuchi, Kou Shibasaki, Jin Akanishi
Rating: 8 out of 10, 47 Ronin was
billed as a Keanu Reeves vehicle but is so much more. He’s really just a supporting character and
seemingly added to appeal to the Western audience. This is apparently a very old and honored
story from Japan
about samurai who were treacherously betrayed and fought back to restore their
honor. There’s some heavy CGI work here with some obvious literary license
taken; unless there were eight eyed, elephant sized beasts in feudal Japan along
with witches who could transform into dragons.
The detail and pageantry of ancient Japan is breathtaking and the
battle scenes are among the best ever made.
The problem is trying to shoe horn in a love story (with Keanu of
course) which slows the pace down when it shouldn’t. My wife hated the ending but it is line with
the warrior ethos (bushido) of the samurai, so appropriate, if a little heart
rending (literally).
MVP: Sanada as the honorable Kuranosuke Oishi, leader of
the ronin
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