Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

dgillustrations A reflective first act may prove to be too slow for some viewers, but these moments contain the most imperative lessons for Kenshin in the entire trilogy. This film contains-easily one of the greatest third acts I've ever seen, and any martial arts/action film buff worth their salt needs to see this film. Once again I applaud Satoh Takeru, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenji Tanigaki and the rest for the unbelievable devotion to realizing these dynamic characters as authentically as possible. Aside from some character development gripes, the assuredness of direction, cinematography, pacing, acting-chops, choreography and perhaps most importantly, appreciation for the source material, it's lessons and essence, this is easily one of the best, ( if not the best) in contemporary Japanese action cinema. This trilogy was seriously on point. Purists open your eyes: this is what all adaptations should strive to achieve, creating an ending that is far more impactful, and ultimately improves upon its source. Next to "The Raid", unparalleled fight choreography.

immanuelg As an advent fan of the Kenshin animated series, I found this film and other the films a great live action adaptation. Everyone played their role spectacularly. I rarely write reviews but I felt that it was worth mentioning and I hope their sales do extremely well. One of the best things I enjoyed about the movie(s) was obviously the action sequences costume designs and how the settings mimic'ed Tokyo & Kyoto was portrayed in the series. It felt like I was in that time line. Some hardcore fans would be disappointed that it was not EXACTLY like the series as far as the plot but how much can you condensed from a series into a 3-part movie. I thought it was well done. The biggest difference between the anime series and the movie is that, in the series they focus on how techniques work and analyze fighters style in great detail & length. There is none of that in the movie which was not a big deal whatsoever. I would LOVE to see if they could make a movie of the OVA series with Kenshin being the Manslayer (Hitokiri Battousai) and tell the story of the cross scar on his face. Any one else agrees?

OmegaWolf747 This movie had it all, passion, drama, humor and buckets of action. I actually like the change of Shishio getting to sail the Purgatory all the way to Tokyo, because when you have a huge, awesome ironclad like that, it's a crime to destroy it only seconds after it's introduced, like in the source material.Kenshin's time with his master was well portrayed. Fukuyama Masuharo was a great Hiko and really knew how to put Kenshin in his place. As always, Sato Takeru's acting really made Kenshin's emotions shine through.The final battle with Shishio was pulse pounding action all the way through. I also liked how in this version, Shishio wasn't shown to be impervious to everyone's attacks. It makes it much more believable.The scene with Yumi (fans will know what I'm talking about) was sensitively handled and you could see their incomprehensible love for one another beautifully.A few things I didn't like were how Shinomori Aoshi's character was treated. He did some things in this movie that made him seem very irredeemable to me.I also didn't like that Sanosuke's relationship with Anji was excised, as that was a huge moment of character growth for our Rooster.Overall though, the movie delivered a very satisfying conclusion to the live action trilogy.Let us now hope for an adaptation of the Revenge Arc.

A_Different_Drummer .... is that you need an even bigger movie to kill them.A story so big it steals from the characterization and the development of the themes that made the Kenshin tale so interesting in the first place.I have already questioned why anyone in their right mind would want to spend the better part of 6 hours building up to the "final fight" behind Kenshin and the super-baddie (who is so overdrawn he could just as easily have appeared in a Bond film) ....? And I see in the IMDb, at least so far, one or two fans have been brave enough to make the very same points I am making.To be honest, I enjoyed the children's TV series more than this opus. Whether that makes me a poor critic or a child at heart is another matter entirely.I repeat my view that the point of film is to entertain. If a film fails to entertain, it fails, period.In this film, the only one who seems to be having fun is Masaharu Fukuyama, playing Kenshin's original Master, conveniently appearing to assist a very tricky plot arc.The first time he finds Kenshin on the beach, almost dead, he remarks how astonished he was to see his "stupid student" again after almost 15 years.But he says it with a smile, and we know he is happy to see Kenshin.At that single juncture, I thought, for one brief shining moment, that this saga was finally going to be fun.And it was. For the 15 minutes or so that Masaharu Fukuyama appears on camera, we get a peek at what this film might have been.But just a peek.