If Bunraku is a lesson in not how to produce a hyper-stylised, Western/Chinese, comic book mash-up then The Warrior's Way is the proof that the concept can indeed work. A revisionist Western, it has Chinese master swordsman, Dong Gun Jang, flee to America to save the life of an infant who his clan has sworn to kill. Living the quite life (Clint Unforgiven style) in a rundown township of ex-circus performers it isn't long before he's forced to return to his old fighting ways.
The Warrior's Way is ultra cool, great looking with memorable action, characters and moments. Painted with a similar CGI brush that 300 was blessed with it allows for some super human swordplay, gunfights and battles. Kate Bosworth makes up for her shabby Lois Lane with a spirited turn as a vengeful local girl, Danny Huston delivers his villain masterclass once again and Geoffrey Rush is both quirky and cool in a role that's much smaller than the star billing would suggest. This was largely ignore on it's US release. Hopefully, overtime, that will change.
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