I mean, it's all there. All of it. White guy goes to asia, fixes all their problems, saves the day, gets the girl. Asians are all about honour and tradition and swords and ninjas and yakuza and stuff. I would almost call this a weeaboo film.
Mash it all together with Wolverine and you have The Wolverine.
Plot-wise, there's nothing of note. The villain and his motives are pretty obvious right from the get-go. The story tries to throw a curveball here or there but it doesn't really go very far. The dialogue is mostly predictable and cliche. The fight choreography has a few moments of brilliance but most of the time is crude or cheesy (seriously, the whole ninja town part had me facepalming).
At least Mariko is a little more active than your average damsel in distress.
It's not as bad as Origins, I think. Still, not a good showing.
Pretty stereotypical movie
I mean, it's all there. All of it. White guy goes to asia, fixes all their problems, saves the day, gets the girl. Asians are all about honour and tradition and swords and ninjas and yakuza and stuff. I would almost call this a weeaboo film.
Mash it all together with Wolverine and you have The Wolverine.
Plot-wise, there's nothing of note. The villain and his motives are pretty obvious right from the get-go. The story tries to throw a curveball here or there but it doesn't really go very far. The dialogue is mostly predictable and cliche. The fight choreography has a few moments of brilliance but most of the time is crude or cheesy (seriously, the whole ninja town part had me facepalming).
At least Mariko is a little more active than your average damsel in distress.
It's not as bad as Origins, I think. Still, not a good showing.