13 Assassins reviewed by Mark Kermode

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Uploaded by on May 5, 2011

Dr Mark reviews Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins, a tale of warfare between two codes of honour in ancient Japan.

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  • Anyone who is even vaguely interested in Takashi Miike films should check out Gozu. Gripping, bizzzare, hillarious and disturbing all in equal measure. I implore you to check it out.

  • Sounds like an compelling film with ideas as well as action set peices.

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  • a group of shoguns get together ? its samurai you tit still good review

  • @hellsfoxes Miike also said that the character can just be seen as so badass that not even a knife to the throat can stop him. :D

  • @kickass552 two options thrown out by the director. 1) he died and the one survivor just imagined an encounter with his ghost. 2) he was essentially a forest spirit (his backstory is supposedly very similar to an old japanese tales of spirits and demons) and he represented the old forces and traditions joining sides with the assassins.

  • This movie is FANTASTIC!!

    

  • @jd899 the final fight is so amazing man...and also very very long fight sequence

  • The film is really good. It is basically the movie "300" except not completely retarded. lol

    Good acting, good cinematography, good story, good characters, good villain, good action..etc Please don't mind the subtitles..check it out.

  • I saw 13 Assassins last night and man, what an awesome film. While my favorite Miike film is still Gozu, 13 Assassins was great.

  • @SuperAdamMan64 Interesting, Miike was one of my favourite directors up until Gozu which was when I started to lose interest - seemed all style over substance and kinda poor mans David Lynch, and marked the beginning of a downward spiral in Miikes work with films like ZebraMan and the simply awful Django Sukyaki Western.

    Still, based on Kermodes recommendation I will check 13 Assassins at some point, sounds like it could be a return to form.

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