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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
Takashi Miike has created a reverential and vital film in a genre that many may have thought as moribund and passé as its subject. Nov 5, 2019 | Rating: 3.7/5 | Full Review…
Takashi Miike has created a reverential and vital film in a genre that many may have thought as moribund and passé as its subject.
David Harris
13 Assassins is a samurai movie dedicated to giving you what you expect in a samurai movie Sep 16, 2019 | Full Review…
13 Assassins is a samurai movie dedicated to giving you what you expect in a samurai movie
Noah Berlatsky
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
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