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13 Assassins

13 Assassins

2010
Drama, Action
2h 21m
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Avg Percentile 61.48% from 1583 total ratings

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Rated 17 Apr 2013
80
86th
An uncharacteristically subdued Miike does an updated version of 7 Samurai, and as ... HOLY SHIT!!! AMBUSH! FUCK YEAH!! KILL 'EM ALL!!!
Rated 26 Mar 2012
83
81st
Miike's tribute to the samurai genre features subdued drama contrasted with an explosive forty-minute long climax. In order for that climax to work in the time allotted it must sacrifice some characterization, but it makes up for that with the sheer spectacle of the action, incredible visuals, and the rich subtext attacking honor and patriarchal values. My soft spot for samurai flicks probably helped a bit too, but this is some pretty great fun all around.
Rated 06 Sep 2011
84
80th
Those that say Miike is playing it straight are ignoring his sinister, sly smile. Miike's work has always been about exaggeration, and here the stab is at bushido and patriarchy - which is why the sadism and melodrama, respectively, works. There is a lot to love, from the candlelit cinematography to Koji Yakusho, who completely carries the film, as he always does.
Rated 20 Aug 2011
70
79th
Don't let the slow start fool you, it's just building up momentum for an insane finale.
Rated 15 May 2011
83
95th
Where Seven Samurais is more a drama than an action film, 13 Assassins flips that around. Chess game strategy, clever tactics and more action replace the villagers and more nuanced character development--with the slight exception between the leader and his nemesis. The latter recalled the dynamics of De Niro and Pacino in *Heat* (much better in this film, imo). More than that, though I think of this as a Sam Peckinpah version of Seven Samurai.
Rated 17 Aug 2011
79
77th
A mix of movies we've all seen before. That doesn't mean 13 assassins is bad, it was even surprisingly entertaining. At times a bit dark, never too over the top, and then there's a huge final battle where scores of people come to a bloody end. Too bad most characters weren't developed enough for you to care about their fate, and as a whole it just isn't satisfying enough to become truly awesome.
Rated 11 May 2013
90
92nd
"Blah blah blah" *hour long fight scene
Rated 27 May 2019
93
94th
It's like 300, but way better, and not that much like 300. The film does a great job of cultivating a hatred for the villain as well as building up the stakes and tremendous odds facing these 13 Assassins before unleashing a record smashing 45 minute battle sequence that leaves you in blood-soaked awe.
Rated 01 May 2011
80
86th
Pretty badass. It's like an old school jidaigeki film tinged with chaotic and wonderful action of this generation. Don't expect an ultra-violent Miike movie--this is pure homage to the classic samurai film.
Rated 05 Jan 2012
85
91st
A group of samurai are tasked with assassinating the mad half-brother of the Shogun before he can rise to any kind of political office and disrupt the peace. A surprisingly serious samurai drama from Takashi Miike, capped by an incredible massive battle sequence as the 13 ambush the evil Lord and his 200 men in a tiny village. The set up is pretty leisurely paced but the explosive finale is worth it...there's some great sword fighting and a stellar one on one duel at the end.
Rated 31 Dec 2011
90
86th
Wow, what a good movie. I really loved the cinematography, it was downright beautiful. The characters were really fun to watch and they carried the plot forward at a great pace. Quite the serious work by Miike, but it still includes his typical dark humor and violence. The ending is amazing.
Rated 01 Aug 2013
72
71st
Never develops into the something deeper that the first 30 minutes hint at. Not that I'm complaining, I still enjoyed this alot, but the excellent performances are much better than the simplistic writing & woefully underdeveloped plot & characters deserve. The last third is pretty epic however, with the village ambush nothing short of balistically entertaining & the final sword fight supurb. Miike's photography is as crisp as ever & Kōji Yakusho & Gorô Inagaki are the pick of the cast.
Rated 10 Apr 2011
80
88th
If you like Samurai flicks... Do not miss out on 13 Assassins! It has it all. A vicious Lord, an old samurai who gathers a team only to be wastly outnumbered, harakiri's and of course lots of talk about honor and the way of the sword! An almost hour long battle sequence is alone worth it, but Miike's build up is also great. Especially the evil lords wrongdoings to his people leaves you with nothing but hatred and a wish for him to be head-chopped!
Rated 02 Jun 2011
98
98th
Halleluja! After 40 years of non present Samurai Flicks Miike created this wonderful genre gem. This movie is simply amazing from the beginning til the end. Setting, costumes, battles, characters, this one has it all. I guess Kurosawa would be proud.Furthermore I had never expected such a great and epic movie.
Rated 29 Jan 2012
79
86th
Ode to "Seven Samurai" is a strong entry in the genre. Not as nuanced as "Twilight Samurai," but a lot of fun. If the end seems over the top, then pretend you're watching a fictional movie.
Rated 03 Jan 2014
46
8th
As much as I tried to concentrate, I could not bring myself to care the slightest bit about this film, its characters or their story. Lots of death death death death and nothing else.
Rated 18 Aug 2011
79
77th
Pretty entertaining. One quite creepy moment at the beginning of the movie, and the final fight was pretty cool. Lost some points with one of the last sentences: "I'm going on a ship to America and screw many women". That totally lost the '19th century Japan' feel' for me
Rated 11 Jul 2011
80
70th
Essentially a populist critique of the Japanese Shogunate past, this samurai revenge tale presents stately, sometimes creepy widescreen compositions in its first half and delivers furiously choreographed fight scenes in its second, bursting with appropriately nihilist energy. I was reminded both of Cimino's unfairly maligned Heaven's Gate and Eisentein's October!. It held my attention throughout and seems like the sort of film that gets better on a second viewing.
Rated 07 Jul 2011
35
19th
Overall Enjoyment: 15/40, Plot/Themes: 5/20, Cinematography/Direction: 10/20, Acting/Writing: 5/20 This psuedo-remake of seven samurai suffers from a serious identity crisis . The first half of the movie has a slow build up with very dark overtones, while the second half forgoes the serious atmosphere in lieu of slapstick sterotypical B-grade action movie gags and fight scenes. If that wasn't jarring enough the film then attempts to switch back to the more austere atmosphere for the finale.
Rated 30 Aug 2011
6
70th
Rather entertaining samurai flick with a crazy, lengthy finale, a cool hero and an enjoyable evil villain. Moves like crazy and felt shorter than its runtime. Only about four or five of the titular assassins receive any depth beyond a name, though, which holds it back from greatness (oh, and CGI flaming bulls).
Rated 21 Jan 2012
68
32nd
A few of the 13 have distinct personalities, but for the most part they're kind of a bloody blur. It doesn't help that the first act is a whirlwind of names, locations and second-hand stories. Once the action kicks in, it's fairly enjoyable. Miike's talent for creative gore is put to good use and he crafts some inventive battles. But despite a few interesting moments, there's an emptiness to it. I don't mind Miike getting more conventional, but something more original would have been nice.
Rated 03 Apr 2011
95
96th
This was jaw-droppingly awesome. Despite being one of Miike's most "conventional" movies in terms of plot and crazyiness its also its best looking and best directed movie. Obviously one could go on and on about how amazing those 40 minute action scene at the end is without ever getting boring but that would be an insult to the great tensionbuilding 80 minutes that come before it.
Rated 26 Sep 2015
94
96th
Beautiful tribute to classic samurai. Expertly paced as it builds to its main event...which for its scale and runtime the word "climax" doesn't do it justice. Great cinematography, a must for any good samurai film. Nearly every character gets one badass moment of both drama and violence. Not normally a fan of miike but this is an incontestable classic
Rated 04 Jul 2011
83
72nd
A little uneven, with too much political intrigue in the first half and somewhat repetitive fighting scenes in the second half, but on the whole it's pretty enjoyable.
Rated 31 Mar 2011
60
32nd
The craft is there in the excellent photography, costumes, and exciting fights, but there's little art to speak of and as a whole the film feels oddly empty and confusing.
Rated 23 Jun 2011
70
74th
13 Assassins moves Miike's visual and sardonic flare into the realm of the Samurai complete with a 40 minute third-act battle, two instances of harakiri, a limbless and tongueless farmer's daughter, a batshit crazy feudal lord, and bulls on fire.
Rated 15 Aug 2017
80
74th
One of the few "X badasses" movies I actually liked. It's impossible to keep track of who's who, but this simply does not matter once the film gets into its insane non-stop action sequences, some of the best epic-scale sword battle scenes ever committed to film. Action, action, action are the 3 top reasons to watch this film. Maybe there is some semblance of history, characterisation, meaning as well, maybe that is under-developed, but honestly who cares with such awesome fight choreography?
Rated 17 Jul 2011
40
54th
13 Assassins suffers from it's length. Characters are introduced and plot is explained but it all feels shallow. The last 45 minutes is an awesome, bombastic fight sequence that suffers because the viewer knows so little about the heroes. Not much is felt, when one is struck down. The best non-fight scenes all involve the insane (and very well acted) Lord Naritsugu, who is now one of my favourite bad guys. In summary, this movie taught me that there was a reason 7 Samurai was 3 1/2 hours long.
Rated 14 Jun 2012
89
90th
Like Ocean's Eleven with murder and samurai instead of money and thieves.
Rated 01 Jul 2011
80
85th
Can I really say something relevant about this movie? Total Massacre.
Rated 04 Apr 2011
70
56th
Some shades of seven samurai here with characters that seem inspired by that film and an OK plot but the payoff isn't all that good. We don't get to know the characters well enough to care about them. At times the action scenes use too many close ups and not enough wide shots as in the classics to show dramatic set pieces. The gore was somewhat subdued for a Miike film but there was still lots of sadism on screen. Overall a nice current interpretation of the jidaigeki genre but nothing special.
Rated 28 Jun 2011
83
71st
Definetly more conventional than the other films of Miike that I saw, but not worse. The problems first: 120 minutes are just not enough time to introduce 13 charakters. At the end, when the action really starts, it's hard to say who is who. The Plot isn't that good either (this guy in the woods reminded me a little bit too much of Toshiro Mifune in "The Seven Samurai), but I had the feeling that Miike really brings this "Samurai honor" thing into question and the film was very entertaining too.
Rated 18 Jan 2012
4
51st
It's like watching a violent but imaginative child smash action figures together for two hours. Govern yourself accordingly.
Rated 06 May 2011
60
31st
This film was like a kids painting ... you have no idea what it is supposed to be but it looks like they had fun making it ! ... the plot is simple enough, but the film doesnt know whether to ram the samurai message of honour down your thoat, to be a comedy ( 13th samurai for eg ) or to be gorily and brutally realistic, which it most definitely wasnt. I was left wondering what the aim of the film was. As we did not get to really know the assassins, I for one didnt care about their fate one bit
Rated 31 Aug 2012
70
65th
Well-produced samurai flick which moves slowly up until the battle bonanza that is the last third.
Rated 15 Feb 2012
72
62nd
Leave it up to Miike to breathe life back into Samurai films in such a spectacular, if not flawed, fashion. Probably his most visually astounding film to date, everything looks perfect for the time period and the locations are breathtaking. Whilst not as impressive as scenes from "Warrior King/Ong Bak 1&2", the almost hour long battle is a true spectacle to behold. This probably would have worked better as a miniseries, to focus more on character development so we actually care when people die.
Rated 27 May 2011
65
63rd
It's been some time since I've seen a film with long, interesting battle scenes, and for about an hour at that. It's a simple story, evil guy is evil, a few people take on a lot, and battles galore.
Rated 13 Nov 2014
77
72nd
Dark intrigue within dying power-structures, dualistic frame of character setup & explosive action, a hardened master in search of redemption, unyielding loyalty to the bitter end, graphic deconstruction of the bushido ideal. Any of this sound familiar? It's kinda like, well... EVERY SAMURAI FILM EVER MADE. Strong themes, strong drama, strong violence & ageless classical style (surprising from Miike). Plus it works hard to present the well worn ideas in proper historical/cultural context.
Rated 14 Aug 2011
75
79th
Great historical romp full of stern-faced samurai and honour and all that nonsense. Takes a while to get going and we never really get to know the assassins well enough to care about their fate, but the lavish visuals and epic final battle make up for it.
Rated 16 Jan 2012
80
90th
I thought this movie was awesome. The samurai always make interesting subjects, with their high sense of honour and duty. It had a lot more humour than I was expecting, and I liked that. Also, I was expecting more blood and gore, but there wasn't too much. Overall, it was a really enjoyable movie with fantastic action, great dialogue and beautifully shot by Miike.
Rated 06 Apr 2011
50
38th
A good film, but I felt the beginning left a lot to be desired. The nearly hour-long action sequence makes it more than worth sitting through though. Definitely Miike's most "normal" film that I've seen, and I can't really decide whether that's in its favor or not. It's similar in many ways to Sukyiaki Western Django (at least as far as the (never-ending and awesome) battle sequences are concerned) and I must admit I prefer that one, but this is definitely a worthwhile samurai flick.
Rated 02 Aug 2011
85
89th
I rarely see such beauty and brutality juxtaposed so well.
Rated 25 Mar 2015
3
38th
Like most, I can't compare this to the original, but I can compare it to its most obvious and widely-seen influence: Seven Samurai. And while this lacks the complex characterization, epic sweep, and emotional resonance of that film, what it does have is a hell of a lot of brutal, bloody action. It's like Hard Boiled with swords. Take that as you will.
Rated 06 Jul 2011
75
79th
It takes a wild to get the momentum going, not helped by overstating how bad the bad guy is, and lacks a fair bit of characterdevelopment, but once the old man gets it up the rear, it's gung-ho all the way through to the end.
Rated 20 Jul 2012
85
88th
It knows exactly what it wants to do and it does it very well. Other reviewers should stop being so dickish about the director, dude wanted to get paid i respect that. TOTAL MASSACRE
Rated 12 Sep 2011
50
23rd
Its disappointing that the first Miike film to be this widely praised in a while is a generic samurai film lacking any of the subversiveness that made me a fan of him. (There's also something dubious about his most 'accessible' film for English viewers getting more push than anything else he's done). It is made exceptionally well, but without the unique flourishes that made Miike such a cult name it feels questionable that such a middle-of-the-road work is celebrated more than anything else.
Rated 10 Nov 2011
93
89th
I haven't seen that much Miike yet, but this one takes the top spot from Fudoh for me. Very nice Samurai film - the intrigue and action is top notch. Inagaki Gorou did a surprisingly good job as the villain of the piece. This is just one step behind Seven Samurai and Lone Wolf and Cub.
Rated 16 Apr 2020
54
21st
I found the battle quite boring and predictable. There was never any doubt exactly how this was going to end.
Rated 19 Feb 2012
80
89th
A very fun modern take on the great Samurai epics of yore. The third act is some of the most fun ass-kickery you'll see
Rated 27 Jul 2014
70
70th
Poorly paced first half with too much politics and old culture. Then the atrocities committed by an evil man rising to power cause 12 swordsmen and 1 woodsman to join forces to assassinate him. They transform a small town into a death trap then battle 200 men with arrows, bulls on fire, explosions, and lots of swordplay. A few good scenes, but also a lot of chaos and confusion. Not so original story and cheesy graphics are not entirely satisfying, but overall it was worth watching.
Rated 29 Oct 2012
60
12th
Craving for a samurai film that`s different every other samurai film. Gets a generous 60 for the gruesome awesome badassery. 10 is for the limbless girl and her tongue typing. Then again, i'm not a dude.
Rated 21 Sep 2013
83
79th
Quality throwback
Rated 19 Jan 2013
60
45th
There are better exemplars of this kind of film, but nonetheless this is pretty enjoyable.
Rated 02 Nov 2014
70
83rd
jap_eng; [Jûsan-nin no shikaku; 13 Assassins]; eine gruppe von samurai schließt sich zusammen um edo von einem bösen herrscher zu befreien, auch wenn das ihr eigenes ende bedeuten sollte.; (der waldläufer ist sehr lustig);
Rated 07 Apr 2012
75
91st
Good movie 13 take on 100's done well.
Rated 15 May 2011
74
56th
Much more conventional than Miike's other films, but just as cool. The elegant and slow build-up in the first hour is sent home by a rip-roaring finale. Awesome.
Rated 09 Nov 2011
79
70th
Flawlessly taps into the spirit of the samurai genre. My one nitpick is that the assassination plot seems a little over the top for the serious tone of the film.
Rated 11 Mar 2012
4
63rd
Miike's latest pits the values of the old collective samurai honor code against one's individual moral code; set during the twilight of the samurai era. Plus it has some gnarly action
Rated 29 May 2012
79
38th
Twice the samurai of the famous seven, and less than half of the character development. If all you want is action, you've got it. If you want some plot, there's a good first ten minutes. If you want character, forget it.
Rated 07 Jun 2013
80
80th
With his signature sadism and ultraviolence, Miike raises the stakes for the samurai film in this revisionist take on the genre. And oh what glory!
Rated 15 Nov 2011
72
64th
Takashi Miike does Kurosawa; a big, very violent historical drama about a small troop of samurai setting out to take down a very well-armed warlord who, technically, can do anything he wants without legal sanction but is threatening to throw the entire country into civil war. Builds slowly to an amazing climax, a 40-minute action scene with more swordplay and distinctly non-honourable fighting than you can shake a katana at. A bit predictable, but impressive.
Rated 17 Apr 2012
73
64th
It was a little hard to follow for the first 15 minutes or so, when a million characters' and locations' names are getting thrown around in every line, but it quickly filters down into something easier to follow. The only Miike film I'd seen before was Audition, so I was expecting a lot of brutal imagery, but most of the violence was relatively tame. I mean, it's still R-rated, but it could have gone a lot further.
Rated 03 May 2011
85
73rd
Uma homenagem aos filmes de samurai. Com um toque especial do estilo peculiar do Miike é claro. A batalha final é realmente um banho de sangue e não desaponta! Ótimo climax para um ótimo filme.
Rated 15 Aug 2011
73
38th
Hmm
Rated 20 Feb 2014
6
54th
The bloodshed is fun, but you have to wait about an hour and 10 minutes until the movie starts, and that is not fun.
Rated 28 Mar 2012
7
68th
A cool movie but I just couldn't get over how unauthentic the entire thing felt. Everything felt staged and fake which is even more distracting considering what they are asking you to believe. That said, pretty badass fight scenes. The characters aren't bad and it has some disgusting and shocking moments. It bugged me that they kept harping that it was 200 vs 13 when it clearly was more like 500 vs 13, they just kept coming like a cheesy 80s action movie. Not a masterpiece but not bad.
Rated 20 Sep 2011
85
98th
Simply awesome. Ever so rarely does a film live up to its awesome trailer and 13 Assassins simply blows it away. Its a tale of vigilante justice woven with Miike's unflinching examination of brutality and callous evil. I appreciated the slow burn that builds to the 30 minute battle-climax after so many summer films with front loaded action pacing. Definite recommendation for anyone with fond memories of Kurosawa and a fortitude for graphic violence.
Rated 05 Apr 2013
89
91st
very well executed movie. starts of slow but builds up to one of the best action climaxes I've ever seen in a movie. the violence eventually begs the question 'am i watching men or beasts'.
Rated 17 Jul 2017
80
67th
Beautiful, action was not as disturbing or as graphic as I thought it was going to be. The first hour or so was okay but it kicks it up when the action really starts and you get an extended fight sequence that lasts a good portion of the film... that's when this is at its best. A lot of people die and there's not much of a reason to care, but it's stylish and exciting so who cares? If the first half was better this would be amazing, but there's just a lack of depth during it when it was needed.
Rated 25 Jul 2011
60
54th
If it sounds a bit like 7 Samurai or 47 Ronin it's no coincidence. Miike made a distinctly oldschool samurai movie in 13 Assassins, upgraded to modern high production standards. Like a lot of them tend to be, it is morally vile and often ridiculous, even farcical at times with its gallows humor. But it isn't utterly tasteless like some of Miike's produce (say, Django). Fans of the genre will dig it. Mindless excitement abounds and to me it was a guilty pleasure.
Rated 07 Dec 2014
50
24th
Middelmådig moderne samuraifilm som ikke skjønner noe av hva som gjør de klassiske samuraifilmene så ikoniske. Kjedelige actionscener, noe som er en stor synd når de opptar rundt halve filmen. Miike er ikke en regissør som har overbevist meg enda, men jeg håper hans gjenfortelling av Hara-kiri er mer interessant.
Rated 22 Aug 2012
98
97th
This movie is amazing! It reminded me of the movie 300. Except instead of Spartans there are 12 Samurai plus one crazy man from the wilderness versus 200 evil Samurai protecting their terrible Lord who has been murdering the people of feudal Japan. This is a Japanese foreign film by Takashi Miike. I felt like the movie was just directed wonderfully, I loved the action, drama and even comedy that was brought into the film. One of the best Samurai films I've ever seen. Samurai rule, that is all.
Rated 24 Dec 2015
50
89th
Strong initial setting of tone lost in the dissonant, poorly filmed latter battle: the beauty of the beginning didn't carry over to the end. I'm definitively repulsed and not sure if pleased by its gruesomeness.
Rated 15 Jun 2012
85
86th
While it has a bit of a slow start, it really kicks in gear when the blood starts showering.
Rated 11 Oct 2012
79
74th
Beautiful!
Rated 01 Aug 2013
3
73rd
The orchestral score and samurai going rogue to serve 'the people' felt too Western; inauthentic. That aside; the shocks of the first part and battles of the second were plenty disgusting/entertaining to make it worth watching.
Rated 19 Sep 2011
60
34th
Beautifully shot and pretty well acted, but the story is derivative and extremely thin. I just got bored of all the endless swordplay.
Rated 28 Sep 2011
60
18th
Well made but feels like a giant missed opportunity. The first act should be spent introducing us to the Assassins so we actually care when they die. Instead it's spent taking overly long to set up a very simple plot. As a result about 10 of the 13 Assassins might as well be faceless grunts and we still don't actually care about the other 3. The fight is cool but without any real investment in the characters it gets kind of old.
Rated 20 Oct 2011
30
78th
"That tension between a servant's duty and moral responsibility forms the crux of 13 Assassins, and proves a standard dynamic that Miike handles without subversive humor or irony." - Nick Schager
Rated 20 Jun 2011
85
0th
Although known for disturbing violence in his movies, Takashi Miike shows restraint and elegance in his direction of 13 Assassins. A somewhat slow build-up leads to almost an hour of break-neck, well-choreographed action that is never hard to follow unlike a lot of recent Hollywood action movies. The acting is top-notch, the cinematography is fantastic, if you are a fan of action movies and especially samurai movies, you owe it to yourself to see this...but leave the kids at home!
Rated 21 Jul 2011
85
87th
I loved the final battle sequence so much, that it made up for the somewhat lackluster beginning. This is the first samurai film to give me any connection to the heroes since Kurosawa. Awesome fun.
Rated 21 May 2012
77
47th
Miike seems to be channeling Kurosawa here except that this is the sort of film that Kurosawa never could have made. It starts off with some interesting plot development, but I felt that the whole segment of the first act's searching for the 13 was incredibly clichéd, especially in execution. Overall I think it was somewhat weak and uneven, but in typical Miike fashion there's some excellent scenes and very entertaining action sequences.
Rated 29 Oct 2012
72
71st
Relentlessly badass. Loved how it highlights the proto-fascism of the samurais. The ending was fantastic.
Rated 06 Apr 2011
2
37th
Lack of epic music during epic fight makes movie quite a lot less epic.
Rated 11 Jul 2012
70
76th
It has a slow start but a grandiose finale. Don't fall asleep!
Rated 13 Feb 2016
90
64th
A samurai movie that's not for the faint of heart. This is a movie that is both brutal and amazing. The movie starts up rather slowly as the story is presented to us. Displaying the evil of the lord targeted, the gathering of the men to fight the lord, planning and setting up the strategy. Then at about the half-way mark of the movie the action starts and doesn't stop until the end. The brutal violence will put some off, as will some poor cgi in places, but overall a good movie.
Rated 17 Dec 2022
90
93rd
Its pretty intense once the battles begin at slightly over one hour into the running time. There's a fair bit of slower, atmospheric scenes to start with, with various characters discussing their situation and plotting what to do. It's pretty frantic once it gets going though, with a lot of bloody violence of course and there's quite a lot of 'blink and you miss it' details. Not for the very squeamish, thus certainly not for everyone, though quite memorable, this is quite compelling by the end.
Rated 22 Jul 2012
8
78th
Not an epic samurai flick in the classic sense of the word, falling short in the character (villain aside) and story department. However, I was treated to one of recent memory's most barbaric, downright fantastic villains and Miike delivers strongly on the action, having filled me with appreciation for the assassins' plight right down to its badass final duel. Don't know which film some of you were watching but I had a blast.
Rated 12 Mar 2013
80
68th
The comedy doesn't always suit the rest of the film, and I didn't care for the characters enough (except for Kiga Koyata who is awesome), but damn this is entertaining. It's so rare nowadays to find an interesting, engaging, well-made fight scene, and that this battle is kept exciting for 36 minutes is quite an achievement. It helps that the prior 80 minute build-up consists of some well done (if admittedly unexceptional) drama, and also that I find Miike's body of work so..um...fascinating?...
Rated 01 May 2011
85
90th
Fucking cool.
Rated 23 Mar 2014
86
87th
86.000
Rated 21 Nov 2016
76
52nd
enjoyable action
Rated 02 Apr 2011
55
25th
63 yapimi eiichi kudo'nun cektigini izlemedim ama bu yeniden yapimi o kadar klasik anlatima sahip ki sanki orjinalinin renklendirilmisi tadinda. konu japonlar tarafindan 100lerce kez islenen zalim lord ve ona isyan edenler. miike doneme ve ture hicbir yeni bakis-yorum getirmeden klasik chambara sevenleri hic sasirtmayacak duzgun ama dumduz bir tv filmi yapmis.
Rated 09 May 2012
75
45th
I was a little disappointed with the final battle. There seemed to be a hell of a lot more enemies than 130 and it didn't make sense why they didn't just try to pick off Lord Naritsugu with the arrows or explosives (let alone blowing up the bridge with him on it). Hirayama = total badass though.
Rated 01 Aug 2012
60
62nd
Good film.
Rated 27 Jul 2011
73
66th
Before I started watching this movie I made myself ready to witness disturbingly violent movie, surprisingly it wasnt as disturbing as I expected. The movie builds up slowly and ends with extremely visual action packed fighting. The story of the movie simple but is packed with some very good cinematography.
Rated 05 Feb 2012
74
64th
About half way through the film I was wondering if I'd heard correctly that 13 Assassins was a Takashi Miike film. There was brutality in the beginning, but for him, seemed somewhat restrained. The final battle sequence was *very* long (not bad, just long), and it's tough to feel for some of them, outside of basic human stuff, because they weren't given proper treatment (which is tough for 13 guys). Miles better than Sukiyaki, but couldn't touch 7 Samurai even if it kicked mud in it's eyes.
Rated 17 Jun 2012
6
45th
Too much time wasted on a cheesy one hour long battle and we only get to know 3 of the 13 assassins. The villain is a sadistic psycho so you don't get confused. CGI looks terrible and makeup is just as bad, you can even see the baldcaps in a couple of scenes. This movie is just silly action and if it was an american production it'd have been recognized as so. It's fun though, so watch it if you care about Edo-era Japan.
Rated 28 Jul 2013
88
98th
Only a couple of scenes keeps this from becoming a masterpiece.
Rated 01 Apr 2014
69
20th
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