Director: Sngmoo Lee;
Actors: Dong-gun Jang, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston;
Actors: Dong-gun Jang, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston;
Genres: Action | Fantasy | Western
Release Date: 3 December 2010 (USA)
Release Date: 3 December 2010 (USA)
‘The Warrior’s Way’ is a broody film that is a mash of different genres of films – spaghetti western, kung fu and samurai. Its main plot and subplots are taken from a variety of films in these genre, including many of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns and Akira Kurosawa’s Samurai films.
Yet, despite a few commendable moments and highly stylised special effects, it fails as a film overall. The reason could be an overabundance of cliches from its multiple genres.
It is a lost opportunity as the buildup in a ghost town populated with some bizarre circus characters, foretells of a lively and bizarre action comedy. But the film never manages to pick the gems it lays for itself.
Besides Geoffrey Rush as the drunken madman of the village, and Danny Huston as the villain Colonel, the rest of the cast waltzes through the film without semblance of any acting talent. Yet, considering that it’s the first film from writer director Sngmoo Lee, the film can be seen as a foreshadowing from some wonderful work from this man in the future.
Yet, despite a few commendable moments and highly stylised special effects, it fails as a film overall. The reason could be an overabundance of cliches from its multiple genres.
It is a lost opportunity as the buildup in a ghost town populated with some bizarre circus characters, foretells of a lively and bizarre action comedy. But the film never manages to pick the gems it lays for itself.
Besides Geoffrey Rush as the drunken madman of the village, and Danny Huston as the villain Colonel, the rest of the cast waltzes through the film without semblance of any acting talent. Yet, considering that it’s the first film from writer director Sngmoo Lee, the film can be seen as a foreshadowing from some wonderful work from this man in the future.