Another day, another B-movie, and in the case of HIROKIN: THE LAST SAMURAI, a B-movie content to copy bits and pieces of earlier films like GLADIATOR rather than coming up with anything original. This one was shot on a couple of desert locations and features a slumming-it Wes Bentley as the titular hero, fighter of evil, champion of the oppressed, who gets captured by a warlord and proceeds to start a revolt. The film has plenty of action sequences, but they're directed in a choppy way where you never see anything, obviously by people with no idea of proper fight choreography or how to shoot even a semi-successful fight scene. The cast is peppered with familiar faces, from PIRANHA 3D's Jessica Szohr to BRAVEHEART's Angus Macfadyen, and of course it's almost inevitable that Julian Sands plays the villain. But this is pitiful stuff indeed and barely worthy of your time.
Review of Hirokin: The Last Samurai
