“希望を砕く。野望を斬る。”
大石率いるサムライたちは、吉良とミステリアスな女ミヅキのたくらみによって主君を殺され、自然が豊かな赤穂の領地を追われてしまう。さらなる謀略を企てる吉良の野望を阻止し、主君の敵を討つべく集まった47人の浪士たちは、はぐれ者の混血青年カイと手を組むことに。わずかな人数の彼らは、明らかに戦力差のある敵の軍勢の戦いに命を賭して身を投じる。
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監督: Carl Rinsch
脚本: クリス・モーガン / ホセイン・アミニ / Walter Hamada
音楽: Ilan Eshkeri
制作: Eric McLeod / Pamela Abdy / スコット・ステューバー
撮影監督: John Mathieson
制作会社: Mid Atlantic Films / Stuber Pictures / Moving Picture Company / H2F Entertainment / Universal Pictures / Relativity Media
I had some expectations on this movie. Samurai’s, fantasy, magic etc… Sounds good to me alright. Well, as it turned out after having watched it I feel that my expectations was not entirely fulfilled. It is a decent enough movie. Certainly enjoyable to watch. But it is, in my opinion, not a great move and I cannot give it more than an average okay rating. I have not read the original story which the movie is, supposedly, based nor seen any of the other 47 Ronin movies that have been made. Thus I did not really know what the story was except what was the public storyline nor do I know if the movie actually follows the original story in any great detail. The basic story in the movie is a good one though. Classic, simple and perhaps not very original but a good concept for making a good adventure movie. The movie is entertaining…to an extent. There are plenty of nice scenes, action, special effects that all make the movie worthwhile to watch. The Japanese, samurai, setting is one that is not used very often in major movies except of course for a bunch of fairly ludicrous martial arts movies which cater for a rather limited audience and generally on a very low-budget. However, I never really felt much attachment to any of the characters. Even the half-breed, which are supposed to be the hero, never seemed to lift above the ordinary. The bad guy could have been any two-bit crook in a TV-show. The witch was a bit better but still rather meh. The Shogun at least provoked a bit of emotions but not in a good way. What an asshole! Not a shred of investigation when Lord Asano was bewitched. Just “go kill yourself”. Then after the 47 Ronins had actually proven his innocence as well as proven themselves to be the most loyal and capable warriors around the dumb fuck wants them killed because they disobeyed his orders which where total nonsense from the start. As a matter of fact, the ending dragged down the movie quite a lot for me. Still a movie worth watching but it could have been a lot better.
I didn't have much expectations for this movie but it was enjoyable enough. Maybe it has some holes that were created to appeal the action movies viewer. I also "borrows" without shame from "Princess Mononoke" and other movies but, as a whole, it is decent enough.
