zidangus Just watched this on Netflix, and it was kinda alright for a fantasy movie. The set looked nice and the acting was decent. The plot was pretty predictable even if you don't know the 47 ronin story already. The plot where the 'half breed' Keanu Reeves, does everything and anything to rescue the girl so he can then kill himself with the other 'samurai' in a mass suicide, was pretty stupid and kinda ruined what would have been a quite nice good guy wins happy ending. Anyway, if your bored it's worth a watch, but I would not go out of your way to see it.

cinemajesty Movie Review: "47 Ronin" (2013)One of the rare Hollywood multi-million-dollar productions that have beats of high-end entertainment, but then again suffer under a non-existing directorial vision, when former short-to-commercial director Carl Rinsch gets a magical 175-Million-Dollar production distributed by Universal Pictures in Holiday season 2013/2014 based on a ancient Japanese legend of forty-seven masterless "Samurai", the so-called "Ronin", which went out to avenge their assassinated master and fulfill adventurous tasks along the way until the ultimate confrontation with "The Witch", portrayed to viciously-extent by Japanese-import actress Rinko Kikuchi, where leading actor Keanu Reeves as Kai and counterpart Native-Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, known for "Last Samurai" (2003) supporting Hollywood star Tom Cruise and being part of an to this day under-appreciated ensemble science-fiction-drama "Sunshine" (2007) directed by Danny Boyle, dwelling to come along with epic scenes of a cut-down 120-Minutes towards an emotional fall-out editorial by unless masterful editor Stuart Baird, who had been galvanizing motion pictures since "The Omen" (1976), "Superman" (1978) and "Lethal Weapon" (1987) that there is no chance by the end of "47 Ronin" to find some satisfactory state of having seen an enjoyable movie, which it just should have been with a better choice in producing partners.Copyright 2018 Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC

ebiros2 Good but the real story of 47 ronin as it happened in history is not represented in this movie. Kira who was the shogun's manner instructor didn't get the customary bribe, so he didn't teach Asano the proper way to greet the Shogun in the actual story, and was humiliated for improper greeting of shogun which enraged him to draw a sword against Kira in the castle which was crime punishable by death. Ooishi and 47 ronin who lost their master swore vengeance on Kira, and that was the story of 47 ronin. Here the story is more like a fantasy. Since the story here is an American original, this review is for an American fiction movie. It's kind of a bastardization of how samurai lived in their days, and creating good action movie. As such, movie is of good quality, and doesn't disappoint. While some of the premise seems ridiculous to the ones versed in the way of samurai, that is forgiven as ignorance towards the true culture of the samurai. Some American movie has done a better job in this area (like the Last Samurai ),this is an acceptable and interesting version of 47 ronin.

Gavin Cresswell (gavin-thelordofthefu-48-460297) I haven't heard of the 47 Ronin story this was based on, but given it's reception and it's failure at the box office, I might want to do some research when I have a chance. I mean, the trailers looked great and exciting for the most part, but unfortunately, Universal Pictures didn't realize that the marketing for the film wasn't that good. Not to mention that it came out the same month as The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, which garnered more attention There are some good things about the film. The acting is fine for the most part. Keanu Reeves from The Matrix, Rinko Kikuchi from Pacific Rim, and everyone else involved did their best. The costumes are nice and there are some nice details, but there two of the best things about this film. Ilan Eshkeri, the guy who composed the score for Stardust, does a great job with his music here, using authentic Japanese violins, gives some scope to the film, and some really neat action cues. And then there's the visuals. John Mathieson, who did the cinematography for Ridley Scott's films including Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, and Robin Hood, creates some of the best visuals for a live-action feature film. The landscapes, the forests, the mountains, and the medieval-like Japanese setting has some great detail. Oh, and the special effects are really neat too especially the dragon. Kudos to that.And now for the bad parts. I understand that it tries to be accurate to the historical event this was based on, but the only problem is, it takes itself way too seriously. The script is really stale, the dialog is really clichéd, the characters are one-dimensional and are really undeveloped, the writing is really terrible, and the pacing is really boring. Which is a shame, because the money for the production design was well-spent.Overall, 47 Ronin isn't exactly a terrible movie. It's really beautiful in it's production design, but it could've been so much better if they gave more believability to the characters and story. It's sad to say that this receives a thumbs down from me. :(