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A.k.a.
Blade of the Immortal
Year
2017
Runtime
140 min.
Director
Takashi Miike
Genres
Action, Drama, Fantasy
Rating *
6.8
Votes *
10,035
Checks
661
Favs
25
Dislikes
10
Favs/checks
3.8% (1:26)
Favs/dislikes
3:1
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  1. palefire's avatar

    palefire

    Drinking game: take a drink when someone gets cut. 6 years 4 months ago
  2. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    I loved Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins, so I was up for another samurai film from the same director, but Blade of the Immortal is a manga adaptation, so the treatment is a little different. Mostly, it is extremely episodic, with the fast-healing hero - a cross between Rocky and Wolverine - facing one opponent after another while on a quest to avenge the death of a girl's father to whom he serves as bodyguard. It's not unlike Lone Wolf and Cub, but everything happens over 140 minutes as opposed to six films. It also shows its roots by committing one of my particular pet peeves, funky anime hair in live action. Be that as it may, the action standard is high, with lots of diversity, and it looks GREAT. So many "perfect shots" in this, never looking better than in the black and white prologue, which feels like you're watching some Kurosawa classic. It's Takashi Miike, so of course, it's blood-soaked, but the source material makes him avoid some of his trademark disturbia, at least, for the most part. It doesn't dislodge 13 Assassins from its promontory, but it's still a fine, and perfectly shot, entertainment. 5 years 8 months ago
  3. BigDaddy616's avatar

    BigDaddy616

    Of course immortality is quite glaring gift, but nobody really mentioned the gift of carrying so many weapons under his shirt, like in a video game.

    As a die hard fan of samurai slashers this one has everything you'd expect from the genre, even though the script falls apart too many times as for my taste.

    However all the fighting choreography and the work of set artists is pure and deserves an ovation.
    1 year 11 months ago
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