13 Assassins

A quite enthralling hark back to 60s Samurai movies with a modern twist, solid all the way through. The bad guy is completely bad, and the good guys are tough, powerful fighters that need to take down 200 men in an epic battle to finish their quest – kill the bad guy. It’s well directed by Beat Takeshi, and is somewhat reminiscent of some the the 70s Kurosawa movies in both mood and colour palette – reminded me of Kagemusha, for example.

There are some quite dark scenes in this though, and it’s thoroughly adult, so be warned.

8.5/10