Heavily stylised art deco-ish sets, garish lighting, kung-fu, comic book and video game influences.
Sounds good, yeah? Shame then, that it isn't. Boring plot, stilted acting and dull fight scenes made this 2hr movie feel about 5hrs long. The samurai dude looked like a cross between MJ and Davina Mccall. And why they chose such a generic cover for the dvd when the film looked as pretty as it did I have no idea.

For me, the film's highly stylized visuals more than made up for any lacking in other areas it may have had. It doesn't try to tell a story that hasn't already been told before, but it does take that old story and execute it in a way that looks and feels completely original. Over all, it's a lot of fun, imaginative, and pretty damn gorgeous.

I had low expectations going into this movie (as usual the presence of Ron Perlman made me buy it) I was most pleasantly surprised.

Very stylishly done this weird mix of western/samurai action thriller set in a style like a pop-up book. Its visual style makes this movie a joy for your eyes to watch.

Josh Hartnett oozes the same cool as in Lucky number Slevin, Woody Harrelson is type casted again but it works wonders and Kevin McKidd is a wonderful villain.

Kudos to Guy Mosche for trying something a bit different, a very theatrical revenge tale filtered through Dick Tracy via Sin City visuals. It's not that successful, unfortunately, no matter how much good will I had going in, with the story a bit of a muddle and the staging a bit too wooden. Respect to Kevin McKidd for slipping in to a cod-Yorkshire accent every chance he got though.

Great fun! Awesome music, awesome visuals, awesome setting, nice choreography (although nothing very exceptional there). Nice actors, though of course they don't really do much -acting-.

Visually interesting.. for 5 minutes. After that.. ehh.. not at all.

Bunraku tries really hard to be something like Sin City. In some parts it's pretty awesome, in others it fails miserably.

This extremely stylized hybrid of Kung Fu, Samurai, Western, and cowboy films about good old fashioned revenge is a visual treat that has a surprisingly well known cast in place to flesh out the films visceral world.

The film begins with an ominous narration of the progression of mans will to destroy itself with weapons that are ultimately made illegal besides that of the common blade. After explaining this with pop-book-esk story telling the film reveals its heroes (Cowboy and Samurai) whom plan to take down the Wood Cutter, his top nine killers and the red army under the tutelage of a local barkeep.

What drives their fire of revenge? Go enjoy film and find out for yourself!

Enjoy.

Hieman erikoisempi kosto-filkka, ainakin visuaalisesti. Maailma on surrealistinen, vaikutteita on otettu fantasiasta, musikaalista, samuraimeiningeistä sekä peleistä. Sisältö jää ontoksi.

I had low expectations going into this movie (as usual the presence of Ron Perlman made me buy it) I was most pleasantly surprised.

Very stylishly done this weird mix of western/samurai action thriller set in a style like a pop-up book. Its visual style makes this movie a joy for your eyes to watch.

Josh Hartnett oozes the same cool as in Lucky number Slevin, Woody Harrelson is type casted again but it works wonders and Kevin McKidd is a wonderful villain.

half a star for the soundtrack

Interesting style, with an average plot. Worth the watch.

Josh Hartnett looks like me in this movie.

I've had this sitting in my Netflix Instant queue for a while. It looked interesting. It was not at ALL what I expected. I was riveted. It's fun and weird and a little confusing, but in a good way. It's kind of like cramming together cowboys in a saloon brawl, 50s gangsters in pinstripe suits and some kung fu. It's insane, but it's a fun ride.