The Last Samurai

4/5 stars

I went into this film not expecting much more than another Tom Cruise vehicle. Fortunately, I was pleasantly surprised. Cruise is a true American hero recruited to help train the Japanese forces to combat the Samurai. He is captured during the first battle between the ill-prepared Japanese army and the Samurai, and is forced to live among them until the winter snows pass.

This one definitely needs to be seen on a large screen.