Fresh
The tone is bleak and the comic-book violence relentless, but the wirework and Yuta Morokaji's stunt choreography are impressive.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Azumi
From The Ravages of War Raises An Assassin.
2003 · 2h 8m · Not Rated
Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Ryuhei Kitamura
Overview
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ultimate assassin.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
47%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's a zippy time-passer.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
Ryuhei Kitamura is 37, but he makes films like a 15-year-old fanboy. That is, he has no sense of story, his visual style is basically point-and-shoot, the boys are cool and rebellious and the girls are cute.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
An uneven effort overall that when it is working has a strange, engaging energy that is often overturned by an uncertain staidness.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Failing in its attempts at Zhang Yimou-like poetry, Azumi calls to mind a long, blood-splattered director's cut of a Power Rangers episode.
James C. Taylor, L.A. Weekly
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