Azumi
Urban Vision Entertainment | Release Date: July 21, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
9
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Features more than enough thrilling wirework, slow and agonizing deaths, and blood-spattered faces to please even the most discriminating fans of the genre. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
As a moody drama, it falls short, but as lightweight escapism, it sets off sporadic but irresistible explosions of pure cinematic delight. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A movie of such cheerful craziness and nonstop ferocity that you can't take it seriously for a second. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
The tone is bleak and the comic-book violence relentless, but the wirework and Yuta Morokaji's stunt choreography are impressive, culminating in a breathless showdown between the title character (Aya Ueto) and 200 foes. Read full review
50
Film ThreatEric Campos
A little boring and extremely long for what it is, all that Azumi really has going for it are several eye-popping battle sequences, including the climax which is a totally delicious celebration of graphic violence, and some nice camera work. Read full review
50
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Inevitable comparisons to Quentin Tarentino's femme-centered carnage extravaganza "Kill Bill" are not unwarranted insofar as both films featurefeature an abstract, self-conscious, and decidedly post-modern approach to a moribund genre. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
It's a bad idea to get too fond of any character, no matter how worthy he (or she) may appear. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Unfortunately, the film itself -- though it contains some superbly staged and highly lavish action sequences -- lacks the tautness of its heroine. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMark Olsen
An uneven effort overall that when it is working has a strange, engaging energy that is often overturned by an uncertain staidness. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
It is probably Kitamura's best film. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
The director, Ryuhei Kitamura, whose earlier films include the cult film "Versus," brings nothing new to the samurai-swordsman game other than some styling shorts for the whelps and a miniskirt for Azumi. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyJames C. Taylor
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. Read full review
38
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The story is superficial at best. And the movie is too long. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
If you're considering the scenario via Japan's ubiquitous pedo-porn tendencies, you're too educated for this exhaustive, manga-based bloodbath, which trails after these angsty teenyboppers on a scorched-fake-earth path through hundreds of growling baddies of every genre size and type. Read full review
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