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The Last Samurai Movie Rating:  Entertaining | |
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Alcoholic Civil War veteran Woodrow Algren (Tom Cruise) is recruited by the
emperor of Japan to train his troops. Crushing the old-fashioned samurai
warriors and modernizing Japan is the goal, but the troops have other plans. They
capture Algren, teaching him their code and fighting skills.
Because this is a Tom Cruise-as-hero movie, you know what happens next: Hero joins their side, becomes the best samurai ever, and fights bravely in a thrilling battle in the final act. All the while, Hero's hair remains perfectly styled, and every close-up makes him look like the most serious - and seriously handsome - samurai around. The movie never lets you forget you're looking at Tom Cruise; and it's that self-important preening that sabotages this otherwise entertaining epic. |
Tom Cruise. ©2003 Warner Brothers.
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