This movie was reduced to nearly nothing remotely resembling the book. This would have been so much better had they made 3 movies out of it - there is so much material not even touched in this movie it is ridiculous.Not everyone in the 19th century was a Ninja/Circus acrobat, but you'd think so after watching this crud. There's so much acrobatic crap in this movie I seriously doubt Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan could pull it off. Read the book instead.