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The3AcademySinsOct 31, 2018

Easily one of the worst and disappointing films of 2013. It feels like more than half of the movie is missing, and the story, in fact, THE WHOLE MOVIE would have been a lot better if the fantasy elements were removed, and it stuck to tellingEasily one of the worst and disappointing films of 2013. It feels like more than half of the movie is missing, and the story, in fact, THE WHOLE MOVIE would have been a lot better if the fantasy elements were removed, and it stuck to telling the true story. Also, the character with the skeleton tattoo who was so prominently featured in the advertising? HE ISN'T EVEN IN THE MOVIE! It's utterly terrible. Keanu Reeves is the one saving grace of this film, however.… Expand

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StriderKiwiDec 26, 2013

Bad action scenes that come and go way too fast. Bad writing and dialgoue. A dull narrative and uninspired acting all around, and some great cg for a not so great everything else. I love Keanu Reeves as an actor, and I was sure I'd love thisBad action scenes that come and go way too fast. Bad writing and dialgoue. A dull narrative and uninspired acting all around, and some great cg for a not so great everything else. I love Keanu Reeves as an actor, and I was sure I'd love this movie but 47 Ronin is nothing short of a colossal disappointment.… Expand

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nicholasbertMay 9, 2014

They really should have let a Japanese director do this. Apart from the misleading narration and the exaggerated graphics, this film also lacks the profundity and strength the original story communicates, which is, true, very difficult toThey really should have let a Japanese director do this. Apart from the misleading narration and the exaggerated graphics, this film also lacks the profundity and strength the original story communicates, which is, true, very difficult to grasp if you weren't born and raised in Japan. As for Keanu Reeves, whom everybody keeps panning, he was an obvious marketing choice. Again, if they had let this be done by an all-Japanese crew, I think it would have been a wonderful piece of foreign cinema, faithful to the story and theme of the legend. I'd watch Princess Mononoke a thousand times over this.… Expand

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epocDec 27, 2013

It's a real shame how bad this movie is because it has a very interesting, unique and promising ethos and premise, mixing Japenese culture with fantasy style adventure and lore. And with an all star cast what could go wrong? FLIPPING LOTS!It's a real shame how bad this movie is because it has a very interesting, unique and promising ethos and premise, mixing Japenese culture with fantasy style adventure and lore. And with an all star cast what could go wrong? FLIPPING LOTS! Like bad story! Like bad action! Like bad characters! Like being exrusatingly dull and pointless! Why didn't they just make a film about the awesome background of this world, because at the moment it's the only thing stopping this movie from getting a 0!… Expand

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namelessJan 2, 2014

I was very excited about this movie but in the first two minutes it was clear no one was steering. The opening dialogue just repeated what you were already seeing. This is not a character movie but a plot movie that cultures which value theI was very excited about this movie but in the first two minutes it was clear no one was steering. The opening dialogue just repeated what you were already seeing. This is not a character movie but a plot movie that cultures which value the group over the individual would enjoy more. The movie just moved from scene to scene to keep the story plotting along. What really drove me crazy was that leaders don't have to be responsible for their bad decisions and that the greatest sin was disobedience not wrongs. Not something that the culture in north america would understand. Also the insertion of magic that undermined us taking the consequences seriously.… Expand

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DrexlerN7Jan 1, 2014

Dances with Wolves 1990
The Last of the Mohicans 1993
The Last Samurai 2003
Pathfinder 2007
47 Ronin 2013

Another movie with the white man showing up to save the day. Never mind the term 'half-breed' in the description.

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bobbythebrownDec 26, 2013

I wanted to like this film. Unfortunately, the pacing is terrible, and it builds up to nothing. Action scenes are scarce and often truncated. In between are cliche-ridden monologues and drab dialogue between flat, uninteresting characters. ItI wanted to like this film. Unfortunately, the pacing is terrible, and it builds up to nothing. Action scenes are scarce and often truncated. In between are cliche-ridden monologues and drab dialogue between flat, uninteresting characters. It aspires to be an epic, but instead straddles the line between farce and Nyquil. Its only saving grace is the cinematography, which is top notch. However, it can't compensate for the fact that sitting through this 2-hour movie felt like a lifetime. A boring, pointless, boring lifetime.… Expand

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JackSakamotoDec 26, 2013

Pointless scenes. Again,and again. That's sad,but this film was not only boring it was also ridiculous. NOT the film of the year. There's nothing good to keep in it.

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RetroView25Dec 26, 2013

RetroView25, Here again and 47Ronin is not is not a film to waste 2 hours of your life on to watch!!!

Number One I understand the fact that the story needs a half-breed character to tell this story but why does Hollywood constantly keepRetroView25, Here again and 47Ronin is not is not a film to waste 2 hours of your life on to watch!!!

Number One I understand the fact that the story needs a half-breed character to tell this story but why does Hollywood constantly keep using caucasian actors to play the lead role of a character who based on ethic descent from the source material!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Dragonball Evolution circa 2009 anyone???

And YES: Keanu Reeves does have Chinese and Hawaiian descent from his Grandmother side, but a Half-Breed in Japanese culture usually means a Korean or someone having both Chinese & Japanese descent within them!!! Keanu Reeves comes off as a white guy not as a Half-Breed in this film!!! This is not the Matrix!!! And you saw how well "Man of Tai Chi" circa 2013 did for Mr. Reeves box office success at the box office, for his next role to be "Superman"; Get It !?!

Second: Why was the CGI so horrible??? Bringing flashbacks of "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" circa 2013... As, they spent $225 million on the budget on what??? Costumes???

Thirdly: If you came to watch for some High Entertaining Fight Scenes then YOU will leave severely wanting!!! I mean, Kai is supposed to have "Special Powers" which translate into seeing a fox with different colored eyes and some kind of Steve Winwood "Valerie" music video jump move performed twice in the film!!! You better off watching "The Blind Swordsman Zatoichi" circa 2003 or Rurouni Kenshin live action film circa 2012 instead for Feudal Japan Period films!!!

For extra credit: Azumi series, Ichi (2008), Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011) and The Twilight Samurai (2002)...

Fourth: The translation of this beautiful and epic story got turned into a paint by the numbers picture film, that had more bathroom break scenes to make it a tv movie having built in commercial breaks... Where was the editing or pacing of this film to make it worth being TWO HOURS LONG!!! I got had easily slice it down into ONE HOUR including credit rolls!!! It's that type of film folks!!!

And lastly: What is with Hollywood having caucasian actors being the SAVIOR of another race or last of their kind!?!!?! What is UP with that??? The Last Samurai circa 2003 anyone??? Anyone??? The Last of the Mohicans Circa 1992 or Dances with Wolves circa 1990... Are YOU getting the picture to see the picture...

I would love to see a movie title Last of Caucasian" being played by a Lead Asian Role; now that would be irony to see that!!! LOL… Expand

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NAQURATORApr 2, 2014

only one question, where the hell did that big ass budget go?? Give 1/10 of it to tarantino and he'll still make you a masterwork. Waste of money (a lot, like how did they get that kind of budget) and time, just watch 13 assasins or the lastonly one question, where the hell did that big ass budget go?? Give 1/10 of it to tarantino and he'll still make you a masterwork. Waste of money (a lot, like how did they get that kind of budget) and time, just watch 13 assasins or the last samurai again, you'll thank me for not having to waste your time.

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BartDec 28, 2013

What a piece of crud. Another display that KR is not capable of acting, unless mumble mumble mumble is actling. Dude, where is my katana? With all the CGI, maybey they could have used some of it to make KR look Japanese and to show some acting!

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LuosMar 21, 2014

All the action the movie has can be seen in the trailer. The acting is not what made the movie bad, i can't even put my finger on what made it bad exactly, all i can say is that it's a very boring movie, you keep waiting to the action toAll the action the movie has can be seen in the trailer. The acting is not what made the movie bad, i can't even put my finger on what made it bad exactly, all i can say is that it's a very boring movie, you keep waiting to the action to start only to see the movie is about to end and no decent action scene was seen.… Expand

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okutoxJan 8, 2014

47 is a very slow movie....the first 40 minutes of the movie are god awfully boring. Many of the characters are forgettable besides the two main ones. Reeves is little more than marketing, he doesn't add too much and his role is largely47 is a very slow movie....the first 40 minutes of the movie are god awfully boring. Many of the characters are forgettable besides the two main ones. Reeves is little more than marketing, he doesn't add too much and his role is largely pointless. It's a pretty movie though....but thats it. Save your money… Expand

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JohnMasterLJan 4, 2015

De las peores películas que e visto en toda mi vida, no gasten su tiempo y dinero viendo esta porquería. por donde la veas es una montaña de mierda. Ya se los advertí.

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MeritCobaMar 3, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In a past that probably never existed an American actor ends up as the protagonist in a tale set in a half legendary Japan surrounded by an almost exclusive Japanese cast that has something to do with two Japanese noble houses currying the favor of the Shogun, a surrogate Emperor who was the real power monger at that time. In this movie he can be spotted with ease, he is the guy with the golden bucket on his head, which he wears whenever he puts in an appearance.

The tale works towards a climax that isn't about beating the bad guy, but is about committing suicide en masse, beause of some wacky code of honor that only Japanese will get. But this is at the end and we have to sit through the rest of the movie before we get relieved.

At the start I was at a loss at once for I could not figure out why we would root for the 'good' side who is otherwise indiscernible from the bad except that we just have to feel for them because their 'honor' has been hurt. Not that they, say, are the better people because they are better for their people or the better people because of how they are. Nothing is made clear.

Alas Keanu Reeves doesn't endear either. He might make a nice Constantine but here he reprises his Neo role by showing barely any emotion. He lacked chemistry with Trinity in the Matrix, he lacks chemistry with Mika, the female lead in this movie. Perhaps bubbling expressions of love have blossomed between them, but that must have happened off the screen for they lack any chemistry on it. Not even CGI, used in abundance in this movie, can fabricate emotions that aren't there.Just assume there is

The story itself turns out to be your average revenge tale that can't quite focus on the telling. We get all kinds of pointless excursions that just muddle the story line but barely any time is spend on the 47 ronin mentioned in the title, which just goes to show that the makers of this movie didn't bother to check out the Seven Samurai or Lord of the Rings, or failed to learn from it: if you don't bring your characters to live people don't care whether they suffer or die.

An example of a pointless side story: at some point the ronin have to get swords. So they go and ask the demons who reared Reeves(and whom he deserted) to give them some and after some kind of nonsensical conversation and a silly test they give them the swords for no reasons at all. Not that the swords really matter, as they lose most of them and their bunch of their fellows to an trap set up by the witch. In the final attack they don't even use them but instead they use bows and knives to kill their adversaries after scaling the walls of the enemy fort. All of which they could have done at the start of the movie without all the sidequests that thus end up being pointless.

The final confrontation is a let down. The huge animated armor that supports the evil side (where does it come from?) never gets defeated in a fight, but gets blown up almost as if by accident. The fight between the head bad guy and the good Japanese leader of the good side is underwhelming. And Reeves gets to fight the witch who turns into a cgi dragon-snake, which was funny as my eldest daughter guessed she would become a giant snake and I guessed she would become a dragon: we were both right. Reeves hits the witch on the head with a sword, which leaves no mark but kills her anyway. It is one of these things CGI can't replace either.

This movie just is bad because it doesn't bother with giving us believable people to connect with. The 47 ronin are an amorphous mass of people who we have no clue about who they are, what motivates them and why we would care about them dying. This goes doubly for Keanu Reeves, who gets most of the screen time yet is a total bore. The whole movie has no interesting dialogue and no interesting scenes, except for one where the Shogun remarks to the Lord of the good guys that he has a nice looking concubine and he answers: that is my daughter.

The only mildly interesting character in this movie is the witch. We never get told why she does the things she does. She is just evil, therefore supports the evil side. But at least the actress, Rinko Kikuchi, puts some emotions in it. There is one scene where she taunts the female lead, Kō Shibasaki, in a way that is very sensual which made us guess that maybe her motivations are a scorned love, envy or even a repressed lesbianism. If they had made the movie more revolve around her and her confrontation with Reeves it might actually stand out: the wild passionate witch versus the controlled cold fighter. Who would you choose to win?

Luckily everyone either gets killed or commits suicide at the end, thus forestalling any sequel. I hope.… Expand