Mini-Review: A good story, but horrible action. You might think it should be the other way around, that a flimsy story is used to sell action scenes. But I rather liked the story, with it's philosophical themes of life achievement and direction in life, at least until it fell on it's face later in the movie. No, what bothers me much more is that they have an excuse for decent action, and it's so lacklustre; the settings are gorgeous, yet the action is so predictable and bland. Ugh, so dissapointed.

Mini-Review: Beautiful and confusing.

Mini-Review: Some say it's a manflick, as opposed to a chickflick. About overcoming circumstance, and standing tall while someone is trying to stamp his boot on you. But really, it's a great movie in every sense.

Mini-Review: A movie about death, and the downfall (of samurai) in the broadest sense. A magnificent movie full of symbolism and subtle tension, though losing a lot of it's momentum somewhere after the middle, regains it's power towards the end.

Mini-Review: Rather good maffia flick, with a few classic moments and both gripping and depressing, like they usually are.