47 Ronin

M
2013
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119 mins
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Fact meets fiction in this stylised blend of fantasy, adventure and action set in 18th Century Japan, based on the... More

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47 Ronin | Ratings & Reviews

"There’s a scene about halfway into 47 Ronin that sees a nicely CG’d demon monk and Keanu “half-breed” Reeves circling menacingly around a sword in the ground, beckoning to be picked up. As the two make their simplistic moral standpoints, the sword is still in the ground. When they reiterate the plot and Keanu’s background for the fourth time, the sword is still in the ground. Then they stop and stare at each other – sword still in ground – before finally going at it, only to have it all end in an unsatisfying instant. Right there you have 47 Ronin in a nutshell."

Flicks, Liam MagurenFlicks

"Avoid, dude."

Herald SunHerald Sun

"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."

VarietyVariety

"“I will search for you through 1,000 worlds and 10,000 lifetimes!” Reeves promises his beloved. Anyone who sits all the way through this glossy folly will know exactly how that feels."

Total FilmTotal Film

"The basics of the story remain unchanged, but it’s the wanna-be-blockbuster additions that rankle, be it the incoherent direction of first-time feature director Carl Rinsch or the copious CGI beasties who look like rejected "Lord of the Rings" villains."

Time OutTime Out

"Can't entirely paper over the void at its center, traceable partly to the shadowboxing of computer-aided filmmaking or studio tinkering."

The New York TimesThe New York Times

"Hollywood's latest play for the growing Asian market revisits the ancient Japanese legend of self-sacrifice, hoping to offset its garbled narrative and grinding humourlessness with 3D and Keanu Reeves as a samurai Jesus."

The GuardianThe Guardian

"47 Ronin is elephantine and lumbering, a wobbly, would-be epic that aspires to the scope and majesty of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, but comes up woefully short."

The DissolveThe Dissolve

"The eagerness of the major studios to cozy up to Asian markets yields awkward results."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"Perhaps a folly and – Kikuchi aside - too deadpan to be a romp, this is still a decent, colourful samurai spectacle with a classical look (lots of symmetrical compositions) and a story which stands up under multiple retellings."

Empire MagazineEmpire Magazine

47 Ronin | Details

Rating
M, Violence
Runtime
119
Genre
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country of origin
USA