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Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 36 Ratings

  • Summary: An Asian warrior assassin finds peace, contentment and perhaps love in a forgotten western town on the edge of the desert but is then faced with...?
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. Reviewed by: Michelle Orange
    Dec 6, 2010
    75
    The result is way out there - so far that you won't quite recognize the terrain, and still feel strangely at home. The look has the impossible feel of a CGI soundstage: Not cheap, not even necessarily fake, just… weird.
  2. Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Dec 6, 2010
    60
    The sometimes impressive visual effects make these battles entertaining, in a mindless way, but it's impossible to work up any feeling about them. The only thing supplying that is the occasional laugh, pout or gurgle by Ms. Rudd.
  3. Reviewed by: Keith Uhlich
    Dec 7, 2010
    60
    Someone surely thought to call this knowingly ridiculous genre mash-up "Cowboys vs. Ninjas," though even that title wouldn't hint at all the you-gotta-be-kidding-me craziness on display.
  4. Reviewed by: Roger Moore
    Dec 6, 2010
    38
    A genre mash-up that never quite achieves "So very bad it's good" status.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 18
  2. Negative: 5 out of 18
  1. I'm having a hard time understanding the low Critic Review average. This is beauty through artistry via sword play. I thoroughly enjoyed this film and have watched it a few times. The wild west makes it an interesting take on the genre, but what really makes this film stand out is it's artistic elements, similar to 300. The action scenes are very well directed, invoking memories of The Matrix, while the heroes are bad-ass in a fun and interesting way. The movie itself is amusing with subtle self recognizing cheese. -- But the best is the ending -- The final fight is a good 30 minutes, never dull or numbing, and with some fantastically memorable scenes. Collapse
  2. 8
    Not entirely what i expected, which was non-stop action, but a cool story with well acted, interesting characters. The direction and cinematography were excellent. The movie benefits a great deal from not taking itself to seriously. A really nice surprise; kind of like a live action anime. Expand
  3. The movie was brazen but bizarre; A Quentin Tarantino styled start with cool action, but after a few lethargic twists it fails to deliver its true premise. Expand
  4. 1
    This is one of the worst movies i've ever seen. It just really had no sense i can't say nothing more than that. If you're looking for some samurai,ninja,wariror movie ,you should defenitely NOT watch this. Expand

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