Yakuza Princess

First half of the movie is gold then from the point where they arrive at the farm one can stop watching because its just bad ..... It starts like a true blockbuster then it goes to a grade B movie and it pisses you off you wachet the first half of the movie just to get crap in the second half.

2 amazing actors: Jonathan Rhys Meyers & Tsuyoshi Ihara , manage to deliver amazing performance but the director and the rest of cast are week and the script is trash and not even this guys with there great performance can not save this trash of a movie and the talent of this two great actors is just waisted.

One should only watch half of the movie and it will not be desapointed .

Movie gived a first good half and it gets half of the stars .

...had any one of the five writers actually created a screenplay that wasn't so choppy, derivative, incoherent, convoluted and riddled with plot and technical issues.

In the 111 min runtime, there was too much walking and talking with hardly any depth to the story or its characters. It had too much filler and very little substance. Many scenes were too long and/or unnecessary. Was this even edited? The scene transitions were horrible. And all that nonsense mystery didn't help the story either.

What this film did have going for it, was decent cinematography, well choreographed fight scenes with awesome gore effects, and excellent performances. Considering this was MASUMI's first full length feature film - as a lead, with only three prior small T. V. roles, she nailed it, wow! I can't wait to see her in more action films, she's a natural. The location and production sets were on point, and the score was fitting and not overbearing as it usually is in many B films.

Had this film been cut down to about 90 mins, with better editing and scene transitions, and more character development instead of all the filler, I may have given it an 8 or 9, but as is, it's only a generous 6/10 from me.

The basic plot is a good one, unfortunately the speed of the movie is painfully slow. The acting is acceptable and the action scenes are not well choreographed, but if they make a sequel, which is definitely their intention, I'll watch it. Just don't expect anything great.

I truly wanted to love it, but I just couldn't. I don't know any movie which boldly tiled itself with this infamous Japan crime syndicates group. It's always a subject that's visited in movies and not explored.

I expected more of that culture and I wanted to connect to the protagonist but she lacked depth which left me with a sense of emptiness and frankly, if she had died I wouldn't care whatsoever for her.

Like others have said... I enjoyed the first half.

After that, it's as if the writers and director changed.

2nd 1/2 was all over the place. Was never an A movie, but had potential to be one.

Worth an early A. M. watch if like me, you have insomnia. Save your daylight hours for something more productive.

It's rated as less than 5 stare, and I have to agree with that rating.