Rotten
There's nothing pretty or exciting about this movie (inexplicably, it's in 3-D), even when all anyone's doing is fighting.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
47 Ronin
For courage. For loyalty. For honor.
2013 · 1h 59m · PG-13
Action, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Carl Rinsch
Overview
Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
16%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The pacing is cloddish and tone unaccountably dour.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Fresh
A singular viewing experience: a multi-colored downer fantasy which combines bursts of imagination with a bleak worldview, resulting in something that rarely feels mainstream.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club
Rotten
Believe it or not, for all its additions, it's too respectful. You want it to be funnier, crazier.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
47 Ronin is admirably devoted to its material, but it's almost tedious to watch.
David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer
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