The Last Samurai: Review

Well, I watched The Last Samurai for the third time last night, and I liked it, so I thought I would write up a short review.

The movie is great, it's not Tom Cruise's best job, but it still is one of his better films. It follows the story of a Civil War veteran who is recruited by the Japanese government to modernize the army and fight against the Samurai. After a poorly faught battle Tom Cruise's character is captured by the Samurai. Over the next 1.5 hours of the movie he is slowly transformed into a Samurai. The movie ends with a climactic battle and Cruise's character going off into the backlands of Japan.

Some of the highlights of the film include a 3 minute battle with ninjas, a huge, very moving, battle, sword fights and martial arts galore.

I can't recommend the movie to everyone because it has braveheart/gladiator levels of blood and gore in it (maybe a bit more). But other than that it is a good, clean movie that teaches a few good lessons about honor. If you can stomach a bit of violence, deffinatly watch this movie at least once.

Story: 9/10
Acting: 10/10
Special Effects: 11/10
Ninjas: 10/10
Reviewers Tilt: 9/10
Overall Score: 9/10

The only reason why I didn't give this movie a perfect 10 is because it drags in a couple of parts, and because the ninja's lost a battle with the samurai (j/k).