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Production Year: 2005 - Action/Adventure - Director: Shusuke Kaneko - Original Language: Japanese - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Chiaki Kuriyama, Aya Ueto more

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The sequel to the popular martial arts adventure 'Azumi'. Azumi and Nagara are on another assasination mission. This time they are accompanied by a young female assassin who is not...
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No Kitamura= awful sequel
A review by paulb22 on Azumi 2 - Death Or Love DVD
March 10th, 2006


Author's product rating:   Azumi 2 - Death Or Love DVD - rated by paulb22

Did you enjoy it? Disliked it 
Story Satisfactory 
Characters / Performances Satisfactory 
Special Effects Standard 
Soundtrack Unmemorable 

Advantages: decent acting,
Disadvantages: forgettable villains, Ryuhei Kitamura's absense

Recommend to potential buyers: no 

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Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Cast: Aya Ueto, Yuma Ishigaki, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shun Oguri

I loved the first Azumi, it was shot beautifully had character development, and memorable enemies such as the main bad guy Bijomaru, but with the absence of Ryuhei Kitamura, this sequel pales in comparison to the original.

The story starts straight after the events of the first film, with Nagara and Azumi the only two surviving assasins, they are pursued by the men of a warlord they assasinated, outnumbered they are forced to join forces with a resistance group and a group of fighters in order to eliminate the final warlord.

One of the main things i loved about the original Azumi film was that the vilains were very memorable, and you even found yourself rooting for them at times, but i found the enemies in this sequel to be boring and almost like cartoon characters, and instead of long epic swordfights most were very boring and did'nt last long.

Onto my next point, Azumi had a beautiful array of landscapes mountains, forests, and majestic towns and temples, but the majority of the locations in its sequel is set mostly in a forest area, and you soon get bored of the same setting.

I also thought that Chiaki Kuriyamas character was criminally underused, we got to know hardly anything about her character, i was looking forward to the film when i hard that Chiakia (Battle Royale, Kill Bill) would be appearing as an assasin in the film, but her short role in the film was a huge letdown, through no fault of her own though.

One of the films redeeming points is that it does contain a romance sideplot with Azumi and Gonkaku (one of the fighters she meets), Gonkaku very much resembles one of Azumi's fellow assasins Nachi in the first Azumi film who she was forced to kill). But while this romance subplot is welcome, it doesn't save an already dissapointing sequel

I'd only reccomend the film to people who absolutely must see the climax after the events of Azumi. 

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How does it compare to similar films? Unmemorable 
How does it compare to others by the same director? Not applicable 
Value for Money Poor 
What format are you reviewing? Film only 

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