The performances are all spot on to embrace this and it does elevate many of Unique visually and they sport very diverse personalities to let the stand out. To the films benefit, most of the characters are built to be That break Kenshin down for him to come back from, but it’s a lot to devour inĪ short period. Both films do an admirable job at trying, Kyoto Inferno takes the brunt of this byīeing the film that must introduce all the new villains and the circumstances Of the characters that we grew to love in the first film are side lined byĪdding in new characters and there simply isn’t enough screen time to ablyīuild all of them. – most of which are either evil or semi-evil – and it does dilute the narrative To achieve this goal, the two films introduce a slew of new characters In his growth as a character) to rise up against and in that manner they ablyĭo this.
His buddies, although even they all seem to have a lessoned role in this film initially The key for theseįilms is building that kind of “ultimate evil” of the villain for our hero (and War that ended prior to the narrative start of this series. Killsword that was intended to take Kenshin’s place as the ultimate weapon in the Take his character, break him down, and rebuild him to battle a much superiorĪntagonist – this time portrayed by a mummy-esque, horrifically burned Like many martial arts movies of the past, these sequels intend to Sahto, is a worthy protagonist and one that does come off as a hero worth Kenshin, played once again with strong screen dynamics by Both are still highlyĮntertaining blends of classic samurai storytelling with modern scale, so keepĮnjoy them for the massive scale sequels they are.Īttempt at blending classic samurai staples with a modern sense of scope andĭiverse storytelling.
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Take the series to the next level of complexity, but it lacks a bit of thatĮfficient storytelling that made the first one so good. In fact, it’s theĮpic nature of these films that is both a blessing and a curse. Both are strong entries into the franchise,Īlthough neither quite hits the heights of the original in blending fun,Įntertainment, heart, and action in such an effective manner. The two films are essentially oneįilm, so for my review I decided it was fitting to review them together.
Manner in which they chose to embrace it. Going to fuck around when they decided to go epic, I suppose, and this was the Sequels, Part II: Kyoto Inferno and Part III: The Legend Ends, areĮssentially one four-and-a-half-hour sequel split into two parts. There was only one place to go with the series: more epic. After kicking off the franchise with such a great entry like