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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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Reviews for Azumi
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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? Full Review |
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The raw visceral pleasures are enough to carry the film past some clunky melodrama that bloats the film to a two-hour-plus run time. Full Review |
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The tone is bleak and the comic-book violence relentless, but the wirework and Yuta Morokaji's stunt choreography are impressive. Full Review |
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Nothing can lift the glaze from your eyes through the endlessly recurring hokey fight scenes of the movie's interminable 128-minute running time. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Azumi may be an outstanding assassin, but the makers of this movie killed any chances of her being the next great action hero. Full Review |
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It's a zippy time-passer. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Ueto -- who was only a teenager when the film was made -- is no great actress, but her impressive agility and magnetic presence provide director Ryuhei Kitamura a perfect centerpiece around which to orchestrate his blistering ballet of blood. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Azumi is slick, violently beautiful and appeals directly to the lower sensations. But just because it thrills doesn't necessarily mean it's artless. Full Review |
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2/5 |
An uneven effort overall that when it is working has a strange, engaging energy that is often overturned by an uncertain staidness. Full Review |
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It's a B-movie through and through and its indulgences come from loving the genre too much, not bracketing it with postmodern quotation marks. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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...teen idol Ueto...is not believable as a warrior for even a second. Full Review |
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Though it contains some superbly staged and highly lavish action sequences...[the film] lacks the tautness of its heroine. Full Review |
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2.3/5 |
This is fun because it's soo damn stupid. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Overdone and overlong, but its lunatic flavor -- check out Joe Odagiri's Tiny Tim as ninja sadist -- saves the day. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Azumi (based on a 25-part manga series) has eye-popping battle sequences, but the story is superficial at best. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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. Full Review |
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