what a disappointing movie. :(

i had high hopes as this movie is based on one of my favorite comic series - lone wolf and cub. i rented it - and started watching it when to my joy the intro of the movie was familiar to me. i had heard it in Kill Bill part 2 when Uma's character and her daughter watches a movie... it's this movie.

so with gleeful content i watched, only to be utterly disappointed. first the main character choice... it was just hard for me to believe a fat-ish guy with a double chin to be a bad ass samuria, plus the movie seemed more like a compilation of fight scenes from another movie / show. the story arc was poor - if you can even find it and they butchered the characters.

they made the final villian the shogun who happened to be a wizard??!?!?! WTF?

avoid it... avoid it at all cost. read the comic series instead.

saw this yesterday. rented this based on it's trailer - it looked like a romatic comedy, and it started out as such but then mid way changed.

this movie reminded me of bitter moon - where the story explores love, both it's happy side as well as it's dark side.

this movie starts out with two kids, one with an ailing mother and another a porlak from a poor family which everyone teases. they become friends and to make each other happy they play a game of dare. initially it's cute, then funny and as they grow older you see that they have something very very special.

then the turning point when the girl can not distinguish if the boy truely loves her of if it's all just a game... then the story turns very very dark.

it's a great story and well told, just not for the faint of heart and not for those looking for a happy ending. it is NOT like 'when harry met sally' as much as it seems so in the beginning.

watch it, but be forewarned it isn't your typical love story.

just finished watching this movie.

it's good - but very very hard to watch. it's a movie of a 12 year old boy who lives with an abusive father. the story is told very well showing a slice of life of a 'normal kid' and a 'bad kid' and the family life each lives. they become friends and the 12 year old boy is exposed to a happy family.

he then has to go back to his home where his father awaits. the voilence isn't gratuitous but the movie will have you at the edge of your seat as there are moments of tension where you think something will happen and hope that it won't.

it's a great movie on a very hard subject matter.

fyi - the movie is from film movement (i'm guessing it's the distribution company) and i'm gonna have to rent more movies by them.

ADDITION :
just finished watching the extras on this dvd and i'm very glad that i did. there was a makings of which was mildly interesting, but it also had a short movie called 'More' directed by Mark Osborne which received an Academy Award nomination in 1998. it's a great animated short. don't forget to view it when you rent this dvd.

WOW! the preview looks amazing. the high contrast of the city scape looks more detailed + cooler (in different ways) then sin city. not diggin' the look of characters - looks alittle cartoony - but the over all look + animation / motion looks great.

is this sucker even available in the US?

redotted from : roldy

yes she is - but the movie (i thought) was so so. :P

dchang said : Takeshi Kaneshiro is hot!

redotted from : dchang