BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Ghoulumbe Better than most people think

Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

carbuff Ninjas vs. ninjas vs. outlaw cowboys vs. circus freaks. Violent, surreal, strange, and stylish, but nearly totally vacuous. I watched it, but regret I spent the time, because there is no here here. Purely a time-killer.I'm desperately trying to write a longer review about this film, but it is so completely empty, that it's like trying to detail the nutritional benefits of cotton candy.If I'm going to be totally honest, the people who will probably get the most out of this movie will almost certainly be under the influence of some illegal substance, since I don't think even alcohol would bend the mind enough to make this experience worthwhile.Yeah, this was another movie that inspired me to scrub my Netflix queue, since I so hated myself for the time lost on this mindless fluff.

ModroMore This movie is really easy to watch due to great visuals and very cute and stylish costumes, but also because of very lovable characters. The main characters Lynn and Yang both have an edge which i like when watching a movie. Also, their background stories are both sad what makes them broken so it draws them to one another, but disables the film to end happily(which i really wished to have ended differently). The key element of the movie might be the little baby, who is the reason of the warriors journey and who explains his soft heart and inability to do morally wrong, so it makes you care for him. The action scenes are dynamic and agreeable again due to effective costume designs and fine choreography, but a bit over the top with the flying ninjas. There are also those "revenge angles" in the movie, considering Lynne against the man who killed her family and the warrior against his teacher, which are essential for the viewer to feel content and for the characters to relieve themselves from suffering from the past and to move on. All in all, really enjoyable and would like to recommend.

Lloyd Bayer Debutant director and screen writer Sngmoo Lee took a big gamble with this one, as you will see why. In an almost Quintin Tarantino styled narration, the prologue introduces us to Yang (Jang Dong-Gun) and his mission to become 'The World's Greatest Swordsman…Ever'. He does so, within the first five minutes of the movie, by vanquishing an entire enemy clan; all but one…an infant princess. Rather than thrusting his Samurai sword through the toddler, Yang has a change of heart and decides to head West, because sooner or later, his own clan will hunt him down for not finishing the job. Arriving at a desolate town rife with down and out circus freaks, Yang finds work in an old Laundromat. Before long, he befriends 8-Ball, a wise cracking midget (Tony Cox), Ron, a hopeless drunk (Geoffrey Rush) and the sassy knife throwing Lynne (Kate Bosworth). With the infant in safe custody, Yang learns of Ron and Lynne's tragic past. An ex-bank robber, Ron laid down his guns at the wish of his dying wife. Lynne on the other hand, watched her family brutally murdered by an outlaw called 'Colonel'. Even as Yang blends in with the town folk, he realizes that a storm is approaching; a storm dark enough to wipe out the entire town. Produced by Barrie M Osborne, you would expect this film to have the same grandeur as his previous productions, most notably, THE MATRIX and THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. In fact, the opening sequence is interesting enough to grab your attention. What follows in the middle is a dialogue based drama that has a very theatre production feel to it. However, it's the last 20 minutes that has all the action that we are promised in the beginning. But is it worth the wait? In high definition, close-ups of flying bullets and blood rinsed blades look cool. Ninjas floating in and out of the action add an extra oomph, complemented by an equally engrossing soundtrack. Director Lee was also prudent enough to not leak out the best moments in pre-release trailers. But at the end of it all, if you enjoyed Zack Snyder's carnage in 300, don't go expecting anything better in this film. Sure, one particular scene even has the protagonist slicing and dicing a hoard of endless enemies in a fashion similar to those six-packed Greek warriors, but that's about all the comparison you can make to 300. Lee is generous with scenes of blood splatter towards the end, but manages to keep guts and gore to a minimum. Special effects vary in depth as well as quantity, and so you never get too much or too little of it. Perhaps that has all to do with the pacing of the plot. This is precisely where Lee could have done better. In terms of the pace, what I got was an interesting opening sequence, followed by a slow mid-section, only to be concluded by an intense yet rushed ending. While other critics might support Lee's pacing with "character building", this reviewer is opinionated by the fact that action movies do not deliver a knockout punch if action itself is inconsistently paced. Playing the titled character, Dong-gun is no Jet Li, nor Jackie Chan; maybe because this is not a kung-fu movie. But what level of acting can you expect from Dong-gun, when he does a lot of the talking with just his facial expressions while relying on some fancy moves to do the rest? Having said that, whoever says Jet Li or Jackie Chan can act must be a really big fan of either or both. Opposite Dong-gun is Kate Bosworth in a role that easily outdoes her Lois Lane from SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006). Vibrant, cheeky, and energetic, this has to be one of Bosworth's best performances to date. Then there is Geoffrey Rush of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN fame. Although given little screen time, Rush does steal some of Dong-gun's miserly thunder and plays a key role towards the end. Also worth mentioning is Danny Huston as (one) of the bad guys, while ironically also offering some of the film's lighter moments. So there you have it. THE WARRIOR'S WAY has its moments, good and bad, watchable or otherwise. If you overlook the slow pace in-between (during what seems like forever) and the lead actor's lack of emotion or enthusiasm (he is an assassin anyway), then Sngmoo Lee could be given the benefit of the doubt for an otherwise decent action flick, inclusive of some exceptional cinematography.

nerd-263-545417 In Sngmoo Lee's directorial depute he as the honor of directing Academy Award® Winner Geoffrey Rush, and Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston and International Korean sensation Jang Dong Gun, from the highest grossing Korean film "Friend" star in this overly stylized martial arts western mash-up.After a lifetime of training as a assassin or soldier in some grand battle between families, the world's most dangerous swordsman/samurai Yang (Jang Dong-gun) with the exodus of his homeland and well-trained obedient warrior clan, to start a new life in the American West after a change of heart when practically single-handedly slaughtering his rival's army, our hero spares a newborn child. Yang and the orphan find the beat-down town of Lode, "The Paris of the West" a home for outcast, circus performers, an old drunks (Geoffrey Rush), and a knife-thrower (Kate Bosworth) who is looking for revenge & redemption from "The Colonel" (Danny Huston) a sadistic rapist for killing her family as a child. Yang takes Kate Bosworth as his student. Soon "The Colonel" and his gang wage an all-out war against the town. "The Warrior" Yang must lead the town into an epic battle. Meanwhile Yang's old master and his army of Ninjas hear the call of Yang's weeping sword, "yes you heard right, the weeping sword". Let me explain, when the sword is unsheathed the swords weeps for all the lives it took. Lame as all hell.The film begins as cartoonish as it ends; with over the top choreographed fight sequences and gravity-defying stunts and over the top cg, annoying coolness, fans of 300 will love this film. I'm considering on starting a campaign in which studios are forced to reveal the percentage of cg to practical effects on all releases, I think people will be surprised on the number. I want to know if I'm watching cartoon or not. We are constantly reminding that the actors are interacting in front of a green screen, taking us out of the film. "Or am I the only one that cares" Very much influences by comic book and video game action, not to mention cheesy video game duologue which seemed to be written by a 14 year old or a video game designer that knows very little about storyteller just regurgitating images and lines they thought sounded cool in other movies. Fortune cookie freshman eastern philosophy one liners.If there is a silver cg lining in this disgrace of a western is the narration of the great Geoffrey Rush, with his worn growl of a voice which acts of story teller to this thing called a film. Geoffrey Rush is one of the most honest actors still working, and yet again he is wasted in another bad movie. Kate Bosworth a true beauty and wonderful actress and like Rush just wasting away in bad movies.Our main character Yang (Jang Dong Gun) played with a great stockiness', a classic character type "man with no name" a stereo type that exist in a good number of westerns. A story told a thousand times over – the hard man trying to make amends putting down his weapons taking the straight and narrow, only to be pulled back into the world he is trying to escape.With a bit of Sergio Leone campyness – without that small sense Leone's realism this is truly a Jonah Hex companion piece, at least in same level of quality. Trying to play a bit on the surrealism of Kung Fu Hustle but missing badly on the entertainment value.A little past midpoint the film screeches to a halts with a meandering laughable pointless series of scenes with Geoffrey Rush and Jang Dong-gun having "deep thoughts" at the desert garden which now grows beautiful foliage.Dead horses on the battlefield attempting to evoke Akira Kurosawa "for shame Sngmoo Lee , for shame". Jang Dong Gun is a true talent and has all the potential of crossing over to an American audience with the right role choices; this is diffidently not the right vehicle for him. He has great look about him and a natural ease on camera, he has been compares to a younger Chow Yun-Fat, yes unfair and a little racist, not every new young Asian actor that has moderate success in the US should feel that measurement.At the conclusion and what should have been most climactic scene in the movie – with the grand, epic long awaited show down with the greatest swordsman in the world and the teacher that taught him everything he knows, once again the films crescendo completely breaks down with a meaningless flashback. And the movie is over… the after the fact caper is laughable, I'll just let you witness that on your own. If your not 14years old you should not like this movie… -Will- nerdvanainc.com