Samurai Assassin DVD

Advantages: Gory, Violent, lots of fighting and killing.
Disadvantages: Dubbed Voices and Video Quality of DVD

...This film is a cut down of the long story of "Lone Wolf & Cub", which is spanned across 6 DVD's itself! So if you just want a cool samurai movie to sit and watch then this one is perfect, but if you want to go deeper into the story then check out "Lone Wolf & Cub" DVD's, also known as "Babycart". Although it is cut down, the story is still well put together and i still managed to enjoy watching it, so did all my friends who i borrowed it to. I really like all the gory action, and the sword fighting, its just a classic, they don't make them like this anymore! The story involves Lone Wolf's wife being killed after he refuses to pledge allegiance to the head of a clan of samurai. from there he seeks revenge, and kills everyone in his path (try to count how many he kills its a lot) along with his son who is still young and in a push... Read review

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Advantages: good story, action and comic moments
Disadvantages: a bit slow in some parts of the film

...This is a good film to watch when you have some time on yor hands. it is not fast paced or too slow, but the story line is different than you would expect. Ghost Dog lives above the world, alongside a flock of birds, in a homemade shack on the roof of an abandoned building. Guided by the words of an ancient Samurai text, Ghost Dog is a professional killer able to dissolve into the night and move throughout the city unnoticed. When Ghost Dog's code is dangerously betrayed by the dysfunctional mafia family that occasionally employs him, he must find a way to defend himself without breaking the code of the samurai. All assassins live above the law: only one follows the code... Special Features: *Out-takes *Trailer *Interactive menu *Scene access not much special features, and the story does become abit slow in some parts... Read review

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Advantages: Humourous and engaging
Disadvantages: Quirky, offbeat, not to everyone's taste

...'Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai' is an unusual blend of action and black comedy very much of the same ilk as 'Grosse Point Blank' and 'Leon'. Forest Whitaker plays Ghost Dog, a black loner who lives in a homemade shack on top of a building and whose only companionship is in from the pigeons to which he feeds and cares for, an ice-cream vendor who only speaks French (and of whom he has never understood a single word) and a small girl who shares his passion for reading books. He is an assassin who follows the strict honour code of the Samurai (medieval warriors from ancient Japan) and whose life and philosophy is guided by their 'bible', a book called the Hagakure. Betrayed by those he is hired by Ghost Dog finds that there is only once course of action to which he can take. The film is interspaced with visual and voice-over quotes... Read review

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