I’m upset. And I mean I’m really, genuinely upset that IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes have users that are so god damned tasteless that they’ll give a talentless piece of trash like Tarantino a 65% rating for something as truly bad as Death proof, which puts this in the same ball park as that. Why does that make me angry? Why? Why? Let me tell you why. This is John Logan writing at his very best. This is the guy who wrote the screenplay for Gladiator and The Time Machine. This is some of the best work from the director who brought us Legends of the Fall, Traffic and I am Sam. This, THIS is Tom Cruise when he decides to stop that inane grinning and do something that is on the par of Vanilla Sky, and this…This is Ken Watanabe being his brilliant, enigmatic self in a film that I personally think stands testament as some of the best any of the people I’ve cited have ever done.

This film is the kind of cinema we simply won’t see anymore, as Hollywood decides more and more often that we’re all teenagers and need to be force fed rubbish like Twilight. This is one of those films that people will look back on in fifteen to twenty years, and wonder how they missed it all that time ago. I’ll tell you why. Harry Potter or Edward or whatever the devil his name is isn’t in it, and this film is not for people who don’t like to think about the context of their film beyond the deep moral bullshit that we’re deluged with on a daily basis now, whether it be on TV or cinema.  So for me, for this film to be given a mere 65% or 7.8% is…profoundly saddening to say the least.

Do yourselves a favour; Download it now, this very minute and watch Tom Cruise in one of his most likeable roles to date if you must watch it for a face, and stay for the calm, enigmatic lessons Ken Watanabe has to teach as he guides his student on a journey that changes him profoundly. It’s rare these days to see actors immersed in roles that they really care for, and yet here is an example. Put twilight down. Watch a future classic.

Quality: The Last Samurai was always a visually exquisite film, but it really is a thrill to see it in high definition with fantastic sound. THIS, my friends, really does the sound editing and Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack real justice.

Synopsis: After centuries of relying on hired samurai for national defense, the Japanese monarchy has decided to do away with the warriors in favor of a more contemporary military. Tom Cruise stars as Nathan Algren, a veteran of the U.S. Civil War who is hired by the Emperor Meiji to train an army capable of wiping out the samurai. But when Algren is captured by the samurai and taught about their history and way of life, he finds himself conflicted over who he should be fighting alongside.

Ratings: IMDB: 7.8/10.0 (95,458 votes) | RT: 65%

Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | War
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg, Billy Connolly
Language: English | Japanese | French
First Cinematic Release: 22 November 2003 (Japan)

Release Name: The.Last.Samurai.2003.720p.BD9.x264-DOWN
Video: - x264@ 6247kbps 1280×720px (WxH) - AR: 16/9 - FPS: 23.976 fps
Audio: AC3 @ 640 Kbps (Constant) - 6 channels
Size: 83 Files @ 7731.2MB
Runtime: Release - 154 mins | Official - 154 mins
Filename: down-lsts-720p

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