The Warrior's Way (2010)

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

A Disappointing Continuation

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

I have no idea what kind of person would rate this movie with 4 or fewer stars; certainly no one I would want to share a brew with.This film is very entertaining, the visuals are beautiful, the story-line is a classic morality play,and acting very believable.Script well done Visuals are outstanding Score equally well done Visual Effects indescribableWhat more do you need to highly rate a film? If you came to this film looking for a shoot-em up..look elsewhere. If you came to this film looking for a Bruce Lee rip off..look elsewhere.Should you have some interest in innovative script, visuals, acting with a touch of Fellini---RENT THIS FILM, heck BUY THIS FILM.

First of all, because the movie is well below the level of drama Jang Dong-gun is capable of expressing. Although the story is gripping, the moral conflict resolved by the main character is very interestingly expressed, the movie is (in my opinion) more of a commercial one than a film reflecting an idea or sending a message.The second reason (and the minus in stars) is represented by the relatively useless comedy accents. Why ? Well, because a movie with so much bloodshed can never be a family movie.Well, the 8 stars are indeed deserved. I regard the film as being a necessary bridge between western and eastern movie industries.On the other hand, the story, although not very deep, being constructed around the idea of honor vs/and humanity, is easy to follow in a good sense.But let's face it. If you truly enjoy the idea of East meeting West, watch Red Sun. Watching Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mifune in the same moving picture is a precious treat.

'The Warrior's Way' is A Fair Entertainer, that works best as a lazy Sunday afternoon watch. 'The Warrior's Way' Synopsis: A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.'The Warrior's Way' is a time-pass entertainer, that doesn't even attempt to be legendary. Its a watchable action fare, that offers some very good action & crisp editing. The Screenplays is written ably. Sngmoo Lee's Direction is efficient. Cinematography & Art Design are passable. Graphics leave a lot to be desired. Performance-Wise: Geoffrey Rush does well, as usual. Jang Dong Gun plays the protagonist nicely. Kate Bosworth is fabulous, while Danny Huston has a blast playing the notorious villain. On the whole, 'The Warrior's Way' works till it lasts.

In Sngmoo Lee's directorial depute he as the honor of directing Academy Award® Winner Geoffrey Rush, and Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston and International Korean sensation Jang Dong Gun, from the highest grossing Korean film "Friend" star in this overly stylized martial arts western mash-up.After a lifetime of training as a assassin or soldier in some grand battle between families, the world's most dangerous swordsman/samurai Yang (Jang Dong-gun) with the exodus of his homeland and well-trained obedient warrior clan, to start a new life in the American West after a change of heart when practically single-handedly slaughtering his rival's army, our hero spares a newborn child. Yang and the orphan find the beat-down town of Lode, "The Paris of the West" a home for outcast, circus performers, an old drunks (Geoffrey Rush), and a knife-thrower (Kate Bosworth) who is looking for revenge & redemption from "The Colonel" (Danny Huston) a sadistic rapist for killing her family as a child. Yang takes Kate Bosworth as his student. Soon "The Colonel" and his gang wage an all-out war against the town. "The Warrior" Yang must lead the town into an epic battle. Meanwhile Yang's old master and his army of Ninjas hear the call of Yang's weeping sword, "yes you heard right, the weeping sword". Let me explain, when the sword is unsheathed the swords weeps for all the lives it took. Lame as all hell.The film begins as cartoonish as it ends; with over the top choreographed fight sequences and gravity-defying stunts and over the top cg, annoying coolness, fans of 300 will love this film. I'm considering on starting a campaign in which studios are forced to reveal the percentage of cg to practical effects on all releases, I think people will be surprised on the number. I want to know if I'm watching cartoon or not. We are constantly reminding that the actors are interacting in front of a green screen, taking us out of the film. "Or am I the only one that cares" Very much influences by comic book and video game action, not to mention cheesy video game duologue which seemed to be written by a 14 year old or a video game designer that knows very little about storyteller just regurgitating images and lines they thought sounded cool in other movies. Fortune cookie freshman eastern philosophy one liners.If there is a silver cg lining in this disgrace of a western is the narration of the great Geoffrey Rush, with his worn growl of a voice which acts of story teller to this thing called a film. Geoffrey Rush is one of the most honest actors still working, and yet again he is wasted in another bad movie. Kate Bosworth a true beauty and wonderful actress and like Rush just wasting away in bad movies.Our main character Yang (Jang Dong Gun) played with a great stockiness', a classic character type "man with no name" a stereo type that exist in a good number of westerns. A story told a thousand times over – the hard man trying to make amends putting down his weapons taking the straight and narrow, only to be pulled back into the world he is trying to escape.With a bit of Sergio Leone campyness – without that small sense Leone's realism this is truly a Jonah Hex companion piece, at least in same level of quality. Trying to play a bit on the surrealism of Kung Fu Hustle but missing badly on the entertainment value.A little past midpoint the film screeches to a halts with a meandering laughable pointless series of scenes with Geoffrey Rush and Jang Dong-gun having "deep thoughts" at the desert garden which now grows beautiful foliage.Dead horses on the battlefield attempting to evoke Akira Kurosawa "for shame Sngmoo Lee , for shame". Jang Dong Gun is a true talent and has all the potential of crossing over to an American audience with the right role choices; this is diffidently not the right vehicle for him. He has great look about him and a natural ease on camera, he has been compares to a younger Chow Yun-Fat, yes unfair and a little racist, not every new young Asian actor that has moderate success in the US should feel that measurement.At the conclusion and what should have been most climactic scene in the movie – with the grand, epic long awaited show down with the greatest swordsman in the world and the teacher that taught him everything he knows, once again the films crescendo completely breaks down with a meaningless flashback. And the movie is over… the after the fact caper is laughable, I'll just let you witness that on your own. If your not 14years old you should not like this movie… -Will- nerdvanainc.com