Storyline, lots of action, great ending, etc. Overall a great movie. IDK why the critics are so critical. I've recently seen Sorry to Bother You and that movie was absolute horse-d***. I can't believe critics gave that movie an average of mid 80s and 47 Ronin an average rating of 45s. 47 Ronin is a must watch. Very understand.

Yet another retelling based on 47 Ronin . Here is set in a weird world of witches , necromancy, giants and monsters . It deals with an adopted young Kai : Reeves who enters at an official combat when the original fighter is blinded . Things go awry when a feudal lord , Kira: Asano , is bewitched by an ominous witch : kikuchi , and commits a wrong and is then condemned by the Shogun : Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa , being punished into committing Seppuku or suicide by sword Katana . The samurais led by Oisi : Hiroyuki Sanada , set out to avenge the dishonor and death of their master at the hands of a ruthless , corrupt lord .Commanded by a fallen samurai and a half-breed warrior, Kao : Keanu Reeves , raise against the sadistic ruler . Kao teams up Oisi and 45 other banished Ronin , in order to not only save Ako , but Kai's sweetheart , Mika: Shibasaki , from a cruel lord As their entire fate lies on the hands of two knights , Kai and Oisi. Their threaten people made them leaders , history made them heroes . Features strong rivalry, thrills , emotion , spectacular combats , intense drama and lots of sword-play .It is plenty of good human values such as bravery , knighthood, honour , redemption , comradeship , and deep sacrifice . It has a dramatic style and full of color with a lot of scenarios as interior as exterior .Keanu Reeves gives a decent acting as Kai , a person who was found at a ditch being adopted by Samurais. His role seems to be pattered by 3 important figures : William Adams , an English sailor who became the first Western samurai , the character Nathan Algren from Edward Zwick's The last samurai played by Tom Cruise and Minamoto Yoshitsune , a 12th Century warrior . The movie is full of notorious Japanese secondaries who were cast alongside Keanu to make the tale more authentic such as : Sanada, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa , Akanishi , Rinko Kikuchi as a nasty witch , and Shibadaki as Keanu's girlfriend .The colorful cinematography by John Mathieson is generously laden by views of palaces and Japanese fortress as well as paronamic vistas . Thrilling and rousing musical score in Oriental style by Ilan Eshkeri , though composer Javier Navarrete composed a soundtrack for the original cut but it was not used by the production company . The motion picture was well directed by Carl Rinsch, being his directorial debut , howewer , he clashed with Universal over the final vision of the movie .The film didn't have excessive success in the cinema theatres , if did well in video clubs , DVD retails and Blue-ray .This is the sixth cinematic recounting of the 47 Ronin incident , as : version 1942 by Kengi Migozuchi this is the largest renditionbof the Kabuky story by Deika Mayama ; the loyal 47 Ronin from year 1958 ; Chusingura 1962 ; Ako jo danzetsu ; 47 Ronin 1984 ; Saigo no Husingira 2010 ; and the recent rendition 2015 titled Last Knights with John Cusack , Morgan Freeman, Cliff Curtis , Aksel Hennie .

If you, like me, have a heart for trash- and B-movies, I don't have to tell you that you simply cannot avoid films of a certain reputation, no matter how hard you try. It's like the old story with the flies and a heap of manure: there just is no helping it but to occasionally dive right in. And rarely does one get to see such a heap with such a price-tag.At the same time I had a little spark of hope left, which came in the shape of Hiroyuki Sanada. Sanada had worked hard for the past 40 years, transforming himself from a teen-heartthrob to a distinguishable actor ("Sunshine", "The Last Samurai"), having a gift for shining even in the occasional dud ("The Wolverine", "Rush Hour 3") that he'll appear in. But I should have known better, that even actors armed with an army of Oscars would have little chance against the living mediocrity that is called Keanu Reeves.If you have a basic idea about what the historical story of the 47 Ronin is about, you'll know fully well that the half-caste character of Reeves has been dumped into the storyline like an infant into a virgin; utterly unnecessary and utterly pointless, for no other reason than having a Hollywood-name attached to the project. Speaking about virgins and infants: Reeves acting his way out of a paper-bag, now that would have been another biblical miracle. Like misery personified he drags himself through the picture and here I have to admit: I have not coined the term "Prozac-Samurai", though I often wish I had.As for the rest of this convoluted mess: Is it at least entertaining on a popcorn-level? I'd say, about 50/50. Perhaps it could have worked if the studio would have "allowed" the director to steer his project more toward the direction of historical epos. But those elements simply didn't sit well with a load of fantasy, dragons, Japanese demons and animated beasts. Take for example the scene at the "Dutch colony", which had the potential to be the visual highlight of the flick. Again, the producers had other plans for the audience, opting for a blend of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and a man-monster straight out of "300" thrown in for "good measure". This is also the scene with Rick Genest, better known as "Zombie-Boy", who is featured so prominently on the movies poster. Didn't clock it but his appearance should be around 10 – 15 seconds of screen-time, that add nothing to the storyline.So, is it a Samurai-epos, CGI-Fantasy-standard or simply template Hollywood-factory-fodder? Well, it does not only sit between those chairs, it falls straight through them. In essence this really ads up the whole mess: plenty of promises that generally remain empty, interrupted by some pretty visuals, a bore that had gone through editing-hell and a "star" that has outstayed his welcome for about 13 years. Every moment shows. 4/10 should not be too much.(And etymological trivia for the road: I have been told that, if I happened to dislike this movie or his "star" – which I obviously do – that makes me a "hater". It would appear that the word is used for anybody that disagrees with you or holds an opinion that differs from your own. So it's not a negative expression per se, but might indicates that you don't necessarily fall for any hype or have a disdain for mediocre productions).

47 RONIN tells the famous story about vengeful ex-samurai seeking revenge for their former master and of course is one of the most famous true life events in the whole of Japanese history. This big bucks Hollywood adaptation of the tale takes the basic facts and moulds them into an expensive, expansive fantasy film. If you're looking for somebody to blame for what might be termed a travesty, go no further than Universal, who apparently viewed the first cut and told the director to add more 'Harry Potter style fantasy sequences'.Because Harry Potter-style action is just what this film needs, of course. Thus 47 RONIN is full of incessantly poor CGI action spectacle that reminded me a little of THE EMPEROR AND THE WHITE SNAKE, a similarly silly production made by the Chinese. Take out the fantasy and you have a moderately interesting revenge story; leave it in and you get a ridiculously overblown story with effects that have already dated in just the few years since the film was released.The cast is the most interesting thing about the production. Keanu Reeves, no stranger to the wiles of Asian cinema, takes on the same role as Tom Cruise in THE LAST SAMURAI, acting as the western audience's way into the tale. It's not one of his better performances. Thankfully, the casting director has gone out of their way to include genuine Japanese talent, including Masayoshi Haneda (MEMORIES OF MATSUKO), Tadanobu Asano (TOKYO ZOMBIE), Ko Shibasaki (ONE MISSED CALL), Min Tanaka (THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI), and of course the great and immortal Hiroyuki Sanada, one of my favourite Japanese actors. All give solid performances, and the main casting problem lies with Rinko Kikuchi (PACIFIC RIM), whose acting as the evil witch is pantomime-style over the top.47 RONIN does have plenty of action and spectacle to recommend it, but even scenes of the characters crossing a wild landscape are reminiscent of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. The action scenes are quite good and I liked the attempts to bring certain creatures from Japanese mythology to the screen, even if they're not always successful. It was also a delight to see Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa NOT playing a villain for a change. In the end, though, this is another Hollywood bastardisation of an eastern fable, and as such it can't be forgiven easily for its mistakes.