It is kind of a mix of high flying ninjas in crouching tiger hidden dragon meets the tough young woman alone in the west in the quick and the dead.Reminded me a lot of some of Quentin Tarantino's stuff, but I liked this better. It seems there was less shock effect blood and more artfully done scenes, music and some real acting. There was however plenty of blood splatters and lots of cruel killing.Some of the shots were tastefully done that I rewound and watched again. Great job with the slow motion stuff. Acting was good. Kate Bosworth did well. Geoffrey Rush did well but he didn't get enough screen time. Jang Dong-gun did very well.The baby was a real treat to watch. Made me wonder if the baby was that expressive or was editing tricks. Probably both.I would watch it again tomorrow.

I stumbled upon this film by accident while channel jumping and I was immediately captivated by its striking graphic style. This is Tarantino meets Ang Lee meets Wachowski brothers.People who are easily aggravated/offended by films with flagrant historically inaccuracies should stay away from it. Its just not that kind of film. This is a fairytale about the perfect warrior (the silent type, literally, since he speaks about 20 sentences during the whole film) that becomes imperfect (from a warriors point of view) by the power of innocence.The film is so stylized that quite often the set is -obviously deliberate- recognizable as just that: a set. The film looks beautiful, gorgeous even, and so do the action scenes, of which some may think there are too few. I do not share that opinion, for this is not an action flick. Nor is it a high pitched drama. Its just a fairytale, boldly visualized, that happens to be set in an intentionally roughly painted western setting. The pacing is slow at times, which leaves you more time to enjoy the visuals.If you liked Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Matrix for their visual flair, if you like Tarantino for his weird, over the top pulp stories, you really should try The Warriors Way.

Grossly under-appreciated "Wu Xia meets Gunslinger" film.The martial artist with a baby angle probably derived from the "Samurai Assassin" films.But the "fish out of water" "Eastern martial artist in the Old West angle almost certainly derived from Bruce Lee's original concept for "Kung Fu."Sad to see so many movie fans slam this film. It really wasn't as bad as many made it out to be.In fact, it was quite good in many respects. The action sequences can hardly be faulted. The fight choreography was good as any, including "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" or "Hero."

In the first ten seconds of the movie he is dragging his sword on the ground with an odd flashy swagger that is a little bit off putting. Okay.NINJAS come out of no where, man that's... okay he's slashed them up literally easier than a new lawn mower of grass...The greatest ninja that ever?! okay, he slashed that guy up too, even easier than the ninjas....a baby. laying in the middle of no where.So the sequence of events goes, ninjas, greatest ninja, baby.This movie is flashy garbage with no direction at all.ALL OF THAT happened in the first few minutes of the movie.