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Bunraku

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In a future society where guns are illegal, a fist-fighter (Josh Hartnett) and a swordsman (Gackt) pummel and slash their way through a reclusive leader's army of thugs.
Bunraku

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Critics Consensus

Bunraku admirably strives for visual panache, but the staging, acting, and effects are dismal with a complete lack of excitement.

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Joe Neumaier New York Daily News It should surprise no one that visually quirky, graphic-novelish, pulp-noir action flicks rarely come through the sausage machine intact. Rated: 1/5 Sep 30, 2011 Full Review Lou Lumenick New York Post Extremely cool-looking in the manner of "Sin City,'' but clumsily staged, slackly acted and mind-numbingly dull... Sep 30, 2011 Full Review Andy Webster New York Times A potpourri of genres that ends up a morass of clichs. Rated: 1/5 Sep 29, 2011 Full Review Shelagh Rowan-Legg That Shelf The pace drags and the twists and turns and subplots are unnecessary and annoying. May 16, 2018 Full Review Billy Tatum We Got This Covered Bunraku is everything from blatant ripoff to experimental cinema to a graphic novel gone wild with its bad acting and predictable ending. Rated: 6/10 Feb 11, 2013 Full Review Rob Hunter Film School Rejects Rated: B- Oct 5, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cory B This movie is not for the faint of heart. It is for those who love indie movies and good acting. I very much enjoy the combination of the A list actors in a set that's designed to look like paper art (Hence the name Bunraku). It's a classic story of the struggle of power and how the balance is never reached. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/25/24 Full Review Laura L I struggle to see the plot in this movie and do not want to waste any further time trying to. It is all over the place. Great cast though. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/30/24 Full Review Will W good cast, good editing, not a masterpiece by any means but absolutely worth watching if you like mediocre action films. enjoyable if not objectively very good Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/09/24 Full Review steven d Cant understand the hate. If you like sin city or sneider movies, if you enjoy pulpy martial arts and westerns if u like steven chow movies and wu tang then you will enjoy this colourful melting pot, kungfu-noir western. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/24 Full Review Darren D The film itself is based on Japanese puppet theater & Bunraku from writer & director Guy Moshe, with a strong cast & Faith No More very own Mike Patton doing the narration, Guy Moshe brings fun action & humour that often feels cartoonish like a modern day version of 1960s Batman. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/27/23 Full Review Onur O I generally check from RT if a movie is worth watching but this time I don't really care what the critics say, I enjoyed watching this movie many (and many) times and would watch it again. I watched it over a decade ago and the epic way the story is told, it catches something. You feel the closed, limited atmosphere the movie makes as it reflects the theathe plays and it clicked with me when I first watched the movie. I think after a few critics evaluated harshly, the comformity took over the critics who gave the movie %19 and they watched the movie with a loaded gun, already ready to fire. Five this movie a chance. It is not a clear cut %19, it is not a bad movie. It is just "popular" amongst critics to demolish it and look sophisticated. The movie has a spark in in if you are not closed to it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis In a future society where guns are illegal, a fist-fighter (Josh Hartnett) and a swordsman (Gackt) pummel and slash their way through a reclusive leader's army of thugs.
Director
Guy Moshe
Producer
Keith Calder, Jessica Calder, Ram Bergman, Nava Levin
Screenwriter
Guy Moshe
Production Co
Snoot Entertainment, Picturesque Films, Ram Bergman
Rating
R (Language|Bloody Violence)
Genre
Action, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 18, 2016
Runtime
2h 1m