I would not recommend bothering with this incredibly slow re-make, with unnecessary repetitions. As an antidote I re watched Clint Eastwood's original and it is vastly superior in every respect apart from the cinematography.
The director and writer have euthanised tensions created in the original to such an extent I was bored rigid. At 20% faster it was still boring. The beautiful photography and competent cast failed to create anything redeeming. The original despite being 20 years older still has a superior pace. A friend I watched it with said, 'It's really just a western, nothing much about Japanese Samurai in this'.
The director and writer have euthanised tensions created in the original to such an extent I was bored rigid. At 20% faster it was still boring. The beautiful photography and competent cast failed to create anything redeeming. The original despite being 20 years older still has a superior pace. A friend I watched it with said, 'It's really just a western, nothing much about Japanese Samurai in this'.