Ran:
A kind of remake of ‘King Lear’, but, in feudal Japan. The word ‘Ran’ in Japanese means ‘chaos’ or ‘revolt’.
I think it’s amazing, the effort that has gone into this film. And the massive sets, and extras, etc.
However, I found it incredibly tedious, and slow for most of the film. The battle scenes in particular were incredibly dull, and just didn’t make a whole lot of sense – especially the first one – I thought there were only 30 warriors? It seemed as though there were far more defending…
It was good, but, it could’ve been great, if condensed further. It is almost 3 hours long.
I give it 5/10