B-

It's too busy courting genre cliches to mine anything transcendent, which runs counter to the promise inherent in the title.

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05/02/07

B-

Takes all the elements of the classic Westerns, mixes them with Eastern spiritualism, and comes out with a film that is at least noteworthy, if not especially brilliant.

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12/18/04

4/5

There are scenes here that will stick in your brain for days.

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12/08/04

2.5/4

For most of its two-hour running time, it's a pretty solid action yarn that echoes both the swordsman epics of Akira Kurosawa, as well as some of the Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns.

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12/03/04

3/4

The movie has so much that's great that you forgive when it veers into Indiana Jones territory.

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12/03/04

3/5

An enjoyably pulpy story, occasionally slow-moving and pretentious

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10/25/04

4/5

There are extraordinary battle scenes in this film.

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10/01/04

3/4

Remarkable for its stimulating, metaphor-rich setting.

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09/10/04

B-

A fairly rousing example of the genre.

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09/09/04

N/A

Be patient, and you'll get rewarded with a good old-fashioned castle siege that's worth the wait.

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09/09/04

4/5

Easily one of 2004's most thrilling adventures.

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09/05/04

3/5

A rollicking cross between Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

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09/03/04

N/A

Loads of fun.

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09/02/04