Monday, June 2, 2008

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Friday, May 30, 2008

I'm starting to get into samurai movies. This one is a lot of good, violent fun, the first in a series, and I will have to check out more.

I remember when I was a kid, there was a shitty comic called Nomad, where some superhero guy went around with a little baby in tow, and now I realize it was totally a rip off of this. Great legacy.

Actually, you can tell that this film/series was a big influence on Kill Bill, particularly the House of Blue Leaves Sequence. There are a lot of sword fights chock full of arterial spray and severed limbs, so over the top that you can hardly believe what you're seeing some times. Nice.

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