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Azumi (2006)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:12
Rotten:16
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: This adaptation of the popular manga series offers exquisitely choreographed violence -- and little else.
Theatrical Release:Jul 21, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: A young orphan is raised to be a deadly assassin in AZUMI. With Japan at war the only hope is for the murder of the deadly warlords who wreak havoc on the country, leading to some fearsome battle... [More]
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10/18/08
...teen idol Ueto...is not believable as a warrior for even a second.
07/27/06
What will slay you first--the often histrionic acting or the drag-out boredom of that hulking, two-hour-plus thing in the distance that faintly resembles a plot?
09/11/07
Azumi may be an outstanding assassin, but the makers of this movie killed any chances of her being the next great action hero.
10/01/06
Nothing can lift the glaze from your eyes through the endlessly recurring hokey fight scenes of the movie's interminable 128-minute running time.
03/01/07
Plot and character development are quickly sacrificed to over-the-top action, but with a miniskirted menace in the lead, it's safe to say that fans, at least, will love it.
07/21/06
Dull characters and dry storytelling are to blame here.
02/18/04
This is fun because it's soo damn stupid.
07/21/06
Though it contains some superbly staged and highly lavish action sequences...[the film] lacks the tautness of its heroine.
07/25/06
Ryuhei Kitamura is 37, but he makes films like a 15-year-old fanboy. That is, he has no sense of story, his visual style is basically point-and-shoot, the boys are cool and rebellious and the girls are cute.
07/28/06
Failing in its attempts at Zhang Yimou–like poetry, Azumi calls to mind a long, blood-splattered director’s cut of a Power Rangers episode.
07/27/06
Adapted from the manga of the same title, this 2003 action flick tracks the blood-spurting adventures of its title character, a young female assassin who wields a lethally mean sword.
07/20/06
An uneven effort overall that when it is working has a strange, engaging energy that is often overturned by an uncertain staidness.
07/27/06
The world seen through the bloodshot eyes of Xbox zombies.
07/20/06
Top CriticCompared with his geekily gonzo comic book/samurai/zombie splatterfest Versus, Ryuhei Kitamura's Azumi (itself an adaptation of a popular manga) is surprisingly tame and lucid.
07/19/06
Though Kitamura wades into blood-and-guts spectacle with panache and infinite death-dispensing ingenuity, the wraparound moral tale feels weak, igniting dramatically only when oddball villains appear.
08/02/04
Azumi (based on a 25-part manga series) has eye-popping battle sequences, but the story is superficial at best.
07/21/06
The tone is bleak and the comic-book violence relentless, but the wirework and Yuta Morokaji's stunt choreography are impressive.
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