It has been awhile since I have
seen my last movie, so I thought that I should venture to the movie theater and
see what’s new. I had seen trailers
advertising the new Keanu reeves movie, 47 ronin recently, so I thought that I
should go and watch it. But how does this stack up to his older movies that
were oh so good?
The movie is loosely based on an
old Japanese story about a king who was shamed by another ruler, and forced to
kill himself to redeem his honor. When
the king died, his samurais became ronin which kind of make them freelance
samurais. They all banded together and took revenge on the “bad” king to
reclaim their honor. And this is where the similarities end with the original
tale and the movie. Keanu plays Kai, an outcast born of white descent that was
found in a forest by the king Ashono and taken back to his land. There, he was
raised like his son, although he was always treated differently by the
villagers because of his race.
Fast forwarding to his adult years,
Kai still lives as an outcast of society, living in the outskirts of town. He
is perked up by the fact that the famous shogun is coming to his village to
host a tournament between samurai against villages. Panic strikes as Kai has to don the samurai
gear, while breaking his code, because the fighter for his village was
bewitched by Lord Kiras mistress. Lord Kira is the leader of an opposing town
and wants to win the tournament and steal the heart of Ashonos daughter. Kai
fights well, but is beaten by his opponent, who also knocks off his mask to
reveal his face. He is brutally beaten, while lord Kira reigns victorious.
Later that same night he sends his mistress once again to bewitch the king into
thinking that Kira was attacking his daughter. He runs into his room and almost
kills him before the guards find them. Ashono is punished by having to kill
himself, and the kingdom falls into ruins by lord Kiras hand.
This is where I’m going to stop the
review so I don’t spoil it for any of you. I enjoyed the movie greatly and hope
that you will as well. The actors take their roles quite seriously, and it
shows with great performances. The story
is action packed and seems to always have something interesting going on. The
CG is pretty good, with it being used in many scenes to really make them stand
out. Overall I think that Reeves shines
in his role and that this movie is a definite must see.
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