dr-t-tolentino
Joined Apr 2013
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This is a good, entertaining, slightly-cheesy, mystery/action movie you can absolutely watch with your kids.
I honestly don't understand the low ratings. Note that it is "Indiana Jones LIKE" in nature, but Indiana Jones it is not. It is not meant to be and it is not meant to be taken too seriously.
What it is, is:
1:Fun 2:Clean 3:Well acted (for the most part. I suspect some characters were meant to be cheesy) 4:well filmed.
I enjoyed it. I feel it's completely safe to watch with young children, and that is a rare thing. I recommend you give this movie a chance, ESPECIALLY if you're a parent looking for something you can watch with your kids that YOU can enjoy at the same time...
I honestly don't understand the low ratings. Note that it is "Indiana Jones LIKE" in nature, but Indiana Jones it is not. It is not meant to be and it is not meant to be taken too seriously.
What it is, is:
1:Fun 2:Clean 3:Well acted (for the most part. I suspect some characters were meant to be cheesy) 4:well filmed.
I enjoyed it. I feel it's completely safe to watch with young children, and that is a rare thing. I recommend you give this movie a chance, ESPECIALLY if you're a parent looking for something you can watch with your kids that YOU can enjoy at the same time...
I loved this movie...
The story line is an excellent that is loosely based on (as far as I can tell) Japanese tales of Ronin. Consider all the movies that are 'loosely based' on the tales of King Arthur; even if they do not stick to the exact details of the original, they make for great stories.
The fighting choreography is as good as any I can recall. I LOVE the fact that the fighting here isn't the 'hokie' stupid physically impossible type of fighting you might see in John Wu movies (although, I like those as well.) What I mean is, you don't see one person spinning kick another and the victim goes horizontal to the ground while spinning many times...in the wrong direction... You don't see people flipping from a high roof and landing on the ground in that oh so cliché 3-point landing (both feet, one hand down, knees bent, and one hand behind their back for some reason... SO SICK OF THIS) The fighting in this movie, while exaggerated, can be believed... Of course, there are times when magic is used and you have to attribute that to magic...
The ACTING IN THIS MOVIE IS VERY GOOD! I believe every person in this movie played their role well... They weren't cheesy, hokie, or cliché...
Even the ending was not a "hollywood" everyone gets what they want type of ending.
Now, I have seen complaints about this movie and many of them deal with the fact that Keanu Reeves is not Asian... To those of you who can only enjoy a story about Vikings only if everyone in it is tall and white with blonde hair...to those of you who can ONLY enjoy a movie about Hawaiians if everyone is big and brown skinned with black hair...to those of you who believe ONLY Asian people can use swords...Well, I suggest you get over it... Get over your xenophobic belief that only your race is good or right or perfect or the best... I am Hawaiian, and yet I believe white people can surf...A good friend of mine is black, and yet he believes that Japanese people can play basketball... Half breeds have existed all over the world since before the time of recorded history... genetic testing bears this out... So, get over yourself and just enjoy a good tale...
The story line is an excellent that is loosely based on (as far as I can tell) Japanese tales of Ronin. Consider all the movies that are 'loosely based' on the tales of King Arthur; even if they do not stick to the exact details of the original, they make for great stories.
The fighting choreography is as good as any I can recall. I LOVE the fact that the fighting here isn't the 'hokie' stupid physically impossible type of fighting you might see in John Wu movies (although, I like those as well.) What I mean is, you don't see one person spinning kick another and the victim goes horizontal to the ground while spinning many times...in the wrong direction... You don't see people flipping from a high roof and landing on the ground in that oh so cliché 3-point landing (both feet, one hand down, knees bent, and one hand behind their back for some reason... SO SICK OF THIS) The fighting in this movie, while exaggerated, can be believed... Of course, there are times when magic is used and you have to attribute that to magic...
The ACTING IN THIS MOVIE IS VERY GOOD! I believe every person in this movie played their role well... They weren't cheesy, hokie, or cliché...
Even the ending was not a "hollywood" everyone gets what they want type of ending.
Now, I have seen complaints about this movie and many of them deal with the fact that Keanu Reeves is not Asian... To those of you who can only enjoy a story about Vikings only if everyone in it is tall and white with blonde hair...to those of you who can ONLY enjoy a movie about Hawaiians if everyone is big and brown skinned with black hair...to those of you who believe ONLY Asian people can use swords...Well, I suggest you get over it... Get over your xenophobic belief that only your race is good or right or perfect or the best... I am Hawaiian, and yet I believe white people can surf...A good friend of mine is black, and yet he believes that Japanese people can play basketball... Half breeds have existed all over the world since before the time of recorded history... genetic testing bears this out... So, get over yourself and just enjoy a good tale...