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THE WARRIOR'S WAYMovie Reviews
Fantasy western about an Asian warrior assassin who is forced to hide out in a small town in the American Badlands after he refuses an assignment. Cast:Jang Dong-gun, Geoffrey Rush, Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston, Tony CoxDirector:Sngmoo LeeRelease Date:December 3, 2010DVD Release:June 28, 2011From:Relativity MediaRating:RLength:1 hr 40 min
The Warrior's Way played to weak reviews that at the same time were mixed. • Roger Moore wrote in the Orlando Sentinel, "The Spaghetti Western is revived as a Ramen Noodle Western... never quite achieves 'So very bad it’s good' status.... Yeah, it’s nuts. No, it’s not that much fun." • And Tom Meek wrote in the Boston Phoenix, "...oozes visual appeal... but it's short on insight and long on cliché." More Reviews Below...
The Warrior's Way Positive Reviews (12 Reviews, reviews below)
Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly: WEAK(cg) "Samurais kill cowboys, cowboys kill circus freaks -- all for no particular reason other than to give director Sngmoo Lee a chance to go buck wild with eye-catching visuals..."(See all of Adam Markovitz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 152 words, 12/03/10
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (2 Reviews)
Mike Hale, New York Times: WEAK "...looks like a Sergio Leone epic as staged by Fellini, or by Lars von Trier.... a thin and unconvincing gruel of western clichés, martial arts action and forced comedy..."(See all of Mike Hale's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 468 words, 12/04/10
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: POOR "...a tiresome lab experiment in computer-generated tropes and green-screen oppressiveness.... What's missing, like a hole, is a visionary personality..."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 361 words, 12/06/10
KEY CITIES (2 Reviews)
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: WEAK(cg) "The Spaghetti Western is revived as a Ramen Noodle Western... never quite achieves 'So very bad it's good' status.... Yeah, it's nuts. No, it's not that much fun."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 515 words, 12/03/10
Tom Russo, Boston Globe: MODERATE(cg) "While the movie seems designed to be a breakout for Korean actor Jang Dong Gun, it's filmmaker Sngmoo Lee whose work actually makes an impression."(See all of Tom Russo's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 423 words, 12/06/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (4 Reviews)
Mack Rawden, Cinema Blend: EXCELLENT(cg) "...a bloodthirsty classic... made for the guys that don't think the villain deserves the right to explain himself.... I loved it, and if you're a sick bastard like me, you will too."(See all of Mack Rawden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,019 words, 12/03/10
Tom Meek, Boston Phoenix: WEAK(cg) "...oozes visual appeal (many action sequences are rendered with comic-book vibrancy)... but it's short on insight and long on cliché."(See all of Tom Meek's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 162 words, 12/09/10
Nathan Rabin, AV Club: GOOD(cg) "Lee directs with tongue firmly in cheek and a winning sense of the film's goofiness... easily the best circus-themed, martial-arts-heavy action-comedy oater of the year."(See all of Nathan Rabin's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 397 words, 12/03/10
Rob Humanick, Slant: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Deliberately inane humor is about as subjective and acquired a taste as any, but even if the film isn't your bag, you can't deny that it doesn't front."(See all of Rob Humanick's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 396 words, 12/05/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
Mike Hale, New York Times: WEAK "...looks like a Sergio Leone epic as staged by Fellini, or by Lars von Trier.... a thin and unconvincing gruel of western clichés, martial arts action and forced comedy..."(See all of Mike Hale's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 468 words, 12/04/10
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: POOR "...a tiresome lab experiment in computer-generated tropes and green-screen oppressiveness.... What's missing, like a hole, is a visionary personality..."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 361 words, 12/06/10
Josh Levin, Slate: POOR "...feels like it was conceived by a fifth-grade boy... never achieves awesomeness, mostly because it never fully embraces its elementary-school playground aesthetic."(See all of Josh Levin's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 672 words, 12/07/10
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Joe Leydon, Daily Variety: GOOD "...rough-and-tumble mayhem is suitably kinetic, but the film is just as enjoyable in scenes focusing on Yang's gradual acceptance by a community of eccentrics..."(See all of Joe Leydon's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 657 words, 12/03/10
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: FAIR "...cowboys, samurais, gangsters, ninjas, spaghetti Westerns, Hong Kong martial artists, knife throwers and even Fellini-esque circus performers.... a gooey mess..."(See all of Kirk Honeycutt's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 762 words, 12/03/10
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: POOR "...a tiresome lab experiment in computer-generated tropes and green-screen oppressiveness.... What's missing, like a hole, is a visionary personality..."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 361 words, 12/06/10
Mike Hale, New York Times: WEAK "...looks like a Sergio Leone epic as staged by Fellini, or by Lars von Trier.... a thin and unconvincing gruel of western clichés, martial arts action and forced comedy..."(See all of Mike Hale's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 468 words, 12/04/10
21.2 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Warrior's Way's reviews are separated by an average 21.2 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
The Warrior's Way (12 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:The Warrior's Way's reviews cover 17.8% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 5,984 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 499 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
The Warrior's Way Coverage, Volume & Length (12 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 28.4 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Warrior's Way's reviews on average broke 28.4 hours after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is The Warrior's Way's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Warrior's Way (12 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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