Might be a masterpiece. Tatsuya Nakadai is an absolute demon as Ryunosuke, who begins the film as the stock archetype of a heartless and highly skilled swordsman who kills at will and can't be beaten by normal men. But as the story wears on and personal, political, and psychological realities close in around him, the façade of the inhuman villain wears away and what we find instead is a feral creature that cannot address the pain of life with any…
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The 13th Warrior 1999
Some incredible stuff going on visually, but it's all bogged down in bad pacing and exposition-itis. If the talk is to be believed, this is the result of creative head-butting between John McTiernan, who was eventually fired from the project, and Michael Crichton, who wrote the source novel Eaters of the Dead and took over as director after poor test screenings.
In the end, The 13th Warrior dropped like a hot rock at the box office. It's a shame, because…
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Good Will Hunting 1997
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