What do you

[gravedigger666]

think about "When The Last Sword Is Drawn"?Guy who is selling to for me says it`s absolutely flawless,many bloody fights,intrigue,surprises blah blah...and he has RARELY lied,however lenghty running time makes me suspect there is too much of blah blahing...Should I push purchase button or not?

[GwaiLoMoFo]

I personally think this might be the best Samurai film made in quite a while. I thought it was better than "Ronin Gai" and the highly touted "Hidden Blade" and "Twilight Samurai". It deffinitley has alot more action than those films. Id deffinitly buy, but look for an import version which has better audio and video. I remember the soundtrack on this one was impressive, and needs to be heard in booming surround sound (not 2.0 stereo).

[gravedigger666]

Thx,I will give it a go.Do you have other samurai recommendations?Lone Wolf series are in my list eventually.

[GwaiLoMoFo]

Here are a few of my favorites... new and old:

Lone Wolf And Cub (all of em)
Kill! (Kiru!)
Harakiri
Goyokin
Tenchu
Yojimbo
Shogun's Samurai (Yagyu Clan Conspiracy)
Samurai Wolf 1-2
Sword Of Doom
Sword Of The Beast
Samurai Rebellion
Zatoichi And The Chess Expert
Zatoichi Meets The One Armed Swordsman (All of the Zato's are worth seeing)
Ninja Hunt
Makai Tensho (aka Samurai Ressurection)
Fall Of Ako Castle
The Betrayal
Sword Devil
Twilight Samurai
Hidden Blade
Shogun's Shadow
Gojoe
Zatoichi (Kitano's)
Azumi 1
Kiru
Three Outlaw Samurai
Samurai 1-3 (Mifune)
Chushingura

[Tosh]

When The Last Sword Is Drawn is a great movie, it has all the ingredients that make a great Samurai movie, great acting, violence, emotion, suspense, however it could of been trimmed up around 15 minutes, the end drags out a bit but it was such a deep movie I didn't mind so much.