Lone Samurai 4K 2025 Ultra HD 2160p

A shipwrecked 13th century samurai considers ritual suicide until captured by cannibals on a seemingly deserted island. His will to live awakens.

User Review
"Lone Samurai" has a compelling premise and concept. What if a battled wizened samurai was shipwrecked on an island of troglodyte cannibals?

Immediately an exciting fever dream of "Green Inferno", "Bone Tomahawk", and "Mushasi Miymoto" teases real potential for something very special.

This unique mishmash of cool elements initially hooks the viewer as the story arc starts out a samurai survival tale, then fades into fatalistic pilgrimage to build a torii gate for seppuku, then pivots to a final battle with cannibals. There are a few cool scenic shots of the samurai and island in the beginning of "Lone Samurai". That unfortunately is it.

Those are the pros of "Lone Samurai".

Unfortunately the movie fails to deliver on its ultra cool concept. The bad execution of this great story arc is greatly flawed. The lead is miserably miscast. Such a role needs the gravitas in the vein of Toshiro Mifune or Hiroyuki Sanada. The flashback scenes get old quick. The haiku feels like AI or ChatGP penned it.

The sword choreography and fight scenes are abysmally lame, on par with weekend cosplay practice. The action rapidly devolves into sophomoric cheese.

Hopefully some time in the future a better funded, better talented cast and crew which could produce a superior remake of "Lone Samurai'" as the story concept has real merit. What if the Netflix production team that helmed "Last Samurai Standing" had also made "Lone Samurai"? That would have been iconic.

Info Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265 (85.3 Mb/s)
Resolution: 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10+
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1

Info Audio

#Japanese: Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos 7.1
#Japanese: Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos 5.1
#English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Info Subtitles