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Takashi Miike's electric remake of Eiichi Kudo's 1963 period action film is a wild spectacle executed with killer, dizzying panache.
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The excessive mind of Japanese director Takashi Miike (Audition; Ichi the Killer) throttles back the gore to deliver a disciplined, refreshingly grounded samurai action film. Sep 14, 2011 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
The excessive mind of Japanese director Takashi Miike (Audition; Ichi the Killer) throttles back the gore to deliver a disciplined, refreshingly grounded samurai action film.
Jim Schembri
13 Assassins looks at honour from many angles, without becoming simplistic. Ichii hasn't lost his edge after all. Sep 9, 2011 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
13 Assassins looks at honour from many angles, without becoming simplistic. Ichii hasn't lost his edge after all.
Paul Byrnes
Familiar though it may be, as samurai movies go, 13 Assassins" is a killer. Jun 10, 2011 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Familiar though it may be, as samurai movies go, 13 Assassins" is a killer.
Tom Long
This slam-bang remake of a 1963 feature by Eichi Kudo builds slowly, accumulating characters and themes, then explodes into a prolonged and masterful battle sequence inside a deserted town. Jun 10, 2011 | Full Review…
This slam-bang remake of a 1963 feature by Eichi Kudo builds slowly, accumulating characters and themes, then explodes into a prolonged and masterful battle sequence inside a deserted town.
J. R. Jones
One can pinpoint the exact moment when 13 Assassins transforms from vivid samurai drama to insane work of genius. Jun 9, 2011 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
One can pinpoint the exact moment when 13 Assassins transforms from vivid samurai drama to insane work of genius.
Chris Vognar
Though 13 Assassins' setup could stand some tightening, it's all necessary prelude to a spectacular, action-packed final hour where all hell breaks loose and the streets and rooftops flow with blood. Jun 2, 2011 | Rating: A-
Though 13 Assassins' setup could stand some tightening, it's all necessary prelude to a spectacular, action-packed final hour where all hell breaks loose and the streets and rooftops flow with blood.
Scott Tobias
A non-stop, thrill-a-second, blood-soaked treat. Mar 6, 2019 | Full Review…
A non-stop, thrill-a-second, blood-soaked treat.
Amie Simon
You've seen this film before, many times. Jan 8, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
You've seen this film before, many times.
Kelly Jane Torrance
It's a reverent throwback to the great 1950s-'60s Japanese samurai films, and it's done in neutral shades of gray and white and tan and black. Oct 30, 2018 | Full Review…
It's a reverent throwback to the great 1950s-'60s Japanese samurai films, and it's done in neutral shades of gray and white and tan and black.
Eileen Jones
Miike has a unique way of making even this historical violence both gross and engrossing. May 15, 2018 | Full Review…
Miike has a unique way of making even this historical violence both gross and engrossing.
Shelagh Rowan-Legg
... Miike's work is impressive... [Full review in Spanish] Mar 14, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
... Miike's work is impressive... [Full review in Spanish]
Laura Hiros
As this finale makes clear, Miike is well aware of the conventionality of "13 Assassins" and clearly is comfortable following and continuing its form. Nov 16, 2017 | Full Review…
As this finale makes clear, Miike is well aware of the conventionality of "13 Assassins" and clearly is comfortable following and continuing its form.
Daniel Kasman
I wish the film had taken some time to explore more the 13 assassins, at least to make us able to better distinguish them in the exhilarating final battle, but still Miike crafts a gorgeous and extremely intense samurai epic in the best tradition of the genre.
Super Reviewer
Beautiful and brutal, chock full of tragic meaning. Lord Naritsugu is possibly the most hateful villain I've met yet; he makes Joffrey Baratheon look like an amateur.
Even though it starts out slowly, the film only takes two gruesome scenes to establish the bad guy as monster. What follows is a lot of recruiting and planning by the 13 Ronin that decide to take him out. That's not particularly exciting but lays a perfect ground for a finale furioso. Once the showdown kicks into gear there is no rest for 45 minutes. It's also refreshing that there are no stylized fights defying gravity or logic, but realistic, bloody and dirty deaths. When the dust settles, the audience is almost as exhausted as the lone survivor. Then again there is quite another pleasant surprise, even if unrealistic one, in the end. A highlight of the genre.
Slick well done period flick. yes its subtitled, get over and enjoy an immensely good action movie.
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