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47 Ronin

2013

Carl Erik Rinsch

Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi ...

5.4

14,365

Action. Drama. Fantasy An 18th century set story centered on a band of samurai who set out to avenge the death of their master. After a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their kind, 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and restore honor to their people. Driven from their homes and dispersed across the land, this band of Ronin must seek the help of Kaiâ

	Author	Review
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"While the visuals are lovely to behold, this unremarkable version of the classic 18th century Japanese legend is stiff and uninvolving. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"As impressive as these visual elements prove to be, the film struggles to grab and maintain audiences’ interest, whether or not they know the underlying legend by heart."	NEU
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"It falls short on character definition, emotional involvement, narrative drive and originality."	NEG
United States	Nicolas Rapold The New York Times	"'47 Ronin' can’t entirely paper over the void at its center, traceable partly to the shadowboxing of computer-aided filmmaking or studio tinkering."	NEG
United States	Joe Neumaier New York Daily News	"Memo to Hollywood: Find another use for Keanu Reeves. (...) Rating: 0 (out of five)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"A decent, colourful samurai spectacle with a classical look (lots of symmetrical compositions) and a story which stands up under multiple retellings. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS

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