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This might have worked better without the voice over, slow and bland as it is, the narration makes it even duller. There's no saving the ending but I can only think, perhaps without the constant droning exposition dump of the main characters inner monologue there might be enough, even superficial, mystery to make this a more engaging view. Blade Runner benefited from gagging Harrison Ford, so maybe that could work here too, although there's no 'tears in the rain' moments that are going to propel this to the top of anyones best movies list in 20 years time, no mater how many different cuts they release.

I do not wish to offend those who take a particular interest in this type of entertainment but for those of a broader interest in world movies this is one to avoid.

This film looks and feels like an overlong episode of Xena Warrior Princess.

It's hard to describe how poorly directed this film is, given the budget I could have made a better film. The Story has more holes than a sieve, the acting is amateurish and the dialog (subtitles) was almost childish at times.

Also for an action film it moves along at a slow enough pace i.e. Boring.

This film doesn't deserve anywhere near the 7 rating it gets. I feel it is probably up there because of it's cult following.

There are only 2 things memorable to mention in favour of this film.

1 = Aya Ueto, breathtakingly beautiful and the camera loves looking at her, save your time though and download her screen saver as she is utterly hopeless in the role of action heroine.

2 = During one of the fight scenes there is a very impressive camera shot where the camera rotates several times 360 degrees over and under a one on one fight with Azumi but you can see this on the trailer so there is no need to waste time on the film.