Monday, 21 March 2011

SEVEN SAMURAI 1954 JAPANESE

Most have seen the stable TV scheduling favourite : The Magnificent Seven well here is the film which it inspired. In fact, it influenced many others besides. Watching it today it is still possible to understand why.  The film has a pace and energy which is the hallmark of any good action movie and this is simply one of the best.  Poor peasantry seek out a Samurai warrior to defend them from bandits ... Great action sequences are combined with powerful charaterisations reflecting on the nature of strengh and weakness. So real it almost feels like it was flimed in 16th century Japan.

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