This is the weirdest movie I've seen for some time. Think choreographed martial arts ninja movie, crossed with spaghetti western, telling a story from the old Kung-Fu TV series, set in that semi-derelict town built in the middle of a pile of sand from Jonah Hex (assuming you were the other person who saw Jonah Hex), filmed in the style of 300. With Geoffrey Rush playing the Lee Marvin character from Cat Ballou. Kate Bosworth channeling Doris Day as Calamity Jane (Ya dang varmint!"), and Danny Huston playing (another) bizarre villain. Oh, and for reasons which completely escaped me, there is a circus in town, which is building a fairground (very slowly) in the expectation that this will bring the crowds and rejuvenate the town. Well, they get the crowds alright - the first crowd is murderous outlaws and the second crowd is murderous ninjas. And neither of them appears to be there to have fun on the carousel.
This felt very much as if it was an adaptation of a comic, but I'm not sure it was. It is beautifully photographed - very striking visually - fairly violent, often quite amusing, and always engaging. The warrior - Yang - is played emotionlessly by Dong-gun Jang, a name which may mean something to you if you follow martial arts movies, but which means nothing to me.
And it's left open for a sequel. I'd happily go to a sequel, I quite enjoyed this strange film.
This felt very much as if it was an adaptation of a comic, but I'm not sure it was. It is beautifully photographed - very striking visually - fairly violent, often quite amusing, and always engaging. The warrior - Yang - is played emotionlessly by Dong-gun Jang, a name which may mean something to you if you follow martial arts movies, but which means nothing to me.
And it's left open for a sequel. I'd happily go to a sequel, I quite enjoyed this strange film.