moon over tao be a wacky and entertaining movie that successfully blend together the samurai and fantasy and sci fi genre . it feel very much like a retro piece with a lot of silly effect and of course and chambara level of gore and blood splatter . direcor keita amemiya direct it accordingly with a less focus on story than in action . and it pay of in the end . story be that of two men and one a buddhist monk with magical power and the other a highly skilled samurai warrior with an indestructible sword . the two have begin a journey to discover the source of the indestructible sword . along the way they meet a young girl work a a beekeeper . respectively the girl later meet three alien samurai chick that start fight without a reason and a one of them be mortally wound she enlist the girl to help them find and stop a the strange beast or weapon . after a mutual agreement with the help of the two men and the three of them set of and discover the source of the indestructible sword and the strange beast or weapon . it do not take long before say beast or weapon be awaken and then all hell brake loose . to put it simply and the story be silly . character be as complicate a those find in a jean claude van damme movie and some even border on the annoy level and yes i do mean the girl beekeeper with that . all you really need to know be who be the good guy and who be the bad and how many walk meat bag be there on their side . in this case a lot . and thank god for that and because fight scene tend to get bloody with some good all classic chambara effect and such a the blood geyser and chopped of limb . it get even well when the beast or weapon get loose . you see it have a certain habit that involve eat it opponents . amemiya do a good job with the action and gore and it all just fun to watch . choreography be reasonably well do and with the individual showdown stand up from the more massive scene . creature effect be surprisingly good and combine cgi and a design prop for close up use . while everything else be do in the old fashioned way and mean none to minimal use of any other cgi . one other concern that amemiya have with moon over tao be the ever lasting question of how many people can cram in an action scene . luckily the cannon fodder be plenty . the showdown between our two warrior and the evil warlord henchman be pretty massive in term of body count and respectively entertaining . moon over tao should not be take a a serious movie and or a a highly intellectual movie . those that do take it a such will definitely hate it . what keita amemiya really make be a homage to the old day of chambara movie where gore and wackiness be abundant . and really this be for people that love this type of cinema .