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The samurai was lost in the first half and regained as the movie progressed towards the end. It was nothing more than ordinary during the initial stages of the movie and the lead actor Tom Cruise wasn’t very impressive in the opening scenes and the scenes thereafter haywire. But once Tom Cruise is held captive by his foreman, the movie takes turns. But in a nutshell the script was very bad for the first half and dialogues were the clear strength of the movie. They were very sharp and crisp and had deep inner meanings and they kept the film alive. I am not sure whether the movie was based on a true incident, but it looked like one and also the film was narrated in a way that made it look like, it was based on a true incident. The movie is quite long running up to two hours and 30 minutes and the war scene towards the end of the movie was very much entrancing and Tom Cruise Counterpart (I forgot his name) was very impressive throughout the film and he made a good show. Since the first half was very boring, you get the feeling that the film is dragging a lot and though the scenes which follow later are quite interesting the impact of the first half is quite heavy and you tend to irritate towards the end.
