Re:Born

Ever since I watched the Rurouni Kenshin films I've been trying scour the internet to find more japanese films- particularly the action ones and I got lucky to have stumbled upon this hidden gem! Action movie fans will surely not be disappointed. My dad freaking loved it.

Casting and story is good. And the main characters can actually do martial arts, so nothing looks bad. But they look uncoordinated and there's a lot of digital help. It's more action than anything else, but it's like Ninja Kali/Eskrima and it looks off. And the protagonist has ninja pyschic powers. It's just a really weird mix of Fantasy Japanese with WWII Filipino guerilla. Not bad at all. And techniques were real. It was way better than the Jason Bourn stuff. Just weird for me seeing Japanese fighting like Filipinos. And mixing psychic powers with practical killing techniques. Better than Hollywood anyday, though.

This was fantastic; i saw other reviewers reference Ninja Assassin & The Raid for this film, which are both favorites of mine, & they were spot on. i loved everything about this movie. if you're fans of the same type of genre, then you'll love this one too.

Reborn is a full fledged action thriller that will be pleasing to the devoted fans of the genre

But for someone like me who likes to have action and drama in a balanced form....it was impressive but still fell on the average line.

BUT at the same time I knew what I was getting and so I did ignore the fact that it kept the story sidelined and since like i said it's a full fledged action movie I watched it with keeping that in mind

The opening scene was unimpressive

But the first half did mix drama and action sequences well and I was really impressed with the action sequences (it was savage and stylish) in the first half especially the fountain pen scene which was

Its the second half that is jam-packed with lengthy action sequences and sidelines the story completely but the action sequences felt more draggy to me now but was still able to maintain its style...the hand-to-hand combat is highly appreciable and the wave movements were intruiging

Most of the actors laid out convincing performances especially and obv the lead Tak Sakaguchi as TOSHIRO AKA THE LEGENDARY "GHOST"

I'd recommend this movie to hardcore action fans especially to those who likes throat slitting,lengthy action sequences and hand-to-hand combats I won't recommend this to those who will try to find logic in it or to those who..like me... are more interested in action dramas than full-fledged action movie.

I hadn't heard of this movie up until I seen a trailer titled "The Japanese John Wick". As a huge fan of the action genre, I was immediately interested. Considering this movie has barely gotten a release outside of some film festivals a couple of years ago, it has got to be one of the best action movies that has just flown under the radar with no notice this year. It is absolutely jam-packed with wall to wall action, with the final 45 minutes being one extended action sequence loaded with some breakneck choreography, camera & stunt work. The story is pretty straight forward with an absolute bad-ass main character. Overall, a must watch for any fan of action films and one of the best of 2018. It puts most western, Hollywood action movies to absolute shame. Highly recommended & underrated hidden gem.

8/10