Bunraku (2010)

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“"Great lessons are often found in defeat." Bunraku is one big mishmash of several different genres, with writer-director Guy Moshe sourcing element”

An ambitious misfire

“"Great lessons are often found in defeat."

Bunraku is one big mishmash of several different genres, with writer-director Guy Moshe sourcing elements from samurai films, gangster pictures, spaghetti westerns, Hong Kong martial arts flicks, graphic novels, pulp exploitation films, musicals, and anime. It's an interesting concoction, and the result is frequently ravishing to behold thanks to the impressive collaborators that Moshe recruited, including production designer Alex McDowell (Watchmen, Corpse Bride) who co-produced, and Oscar-winning editor Zach Staenberg (The Matrix, Lord of War). Yet, in spite of the impressive technical accomplishments, Bunraku fails to hold together as a coherent whole. Its narrative is dull and empty, not to mention the characters are completely borin” read more

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" Watched on 01/04/13"

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"First Viewing Viewed: 31st March Review here"

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" In a world with no guns, a mysterious drifter, a bartender and a young samurai plot revenge against a ruthless leader and his army of thugs, headed by nine diverse and deadly assassins. Assassin movies are pretty intriguing. This has a pretty good cast of well known actors including Ron Perlman, Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore, and Josh Hartnett. The set seemed quite artsy and I like the comic book style of violence and subtitled dialogue bubbles. I wasn't a fan of the narrator though. It had som"

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"Josh Hartnett as The Drifter Martial artsy actioner with yet another mystery man with no name that Hartnett pulls off with ease. It really shouldn't surprise me anymore when this guy delivers a fantastic performance. "

“The only reason I watched this film was because Woody Harrelson is in it. Can't say I was really expecting much from the reviews I heard but anyway it turned out to be alright, I would watch it again, just not anytime soon. Some fairly good action scenes in it, Josh Hartnett is great as well.” read more

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"Watched on the 5th. The only reason I watched this film was because Woody Harrelson is in it. Can't say I was really expecting much from the reviews I heard but anyway it turned out to be alright, I would watch it again, just not anytime soon. Some fairly good action scenes in it, Josh Hartnett is great as well."

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"1-12-2012 one of my new favorite movies it stylish and good characters and lots of satisfying fights "

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