this movie will be love by fan of old akira kurosawa samurai film cross with old western with a touch of tarantino story play . it be a little like yojimbo meet pale rider . first i want to clear up a significant error that most reviewer be make compare this movie to spagetti western . this movie be not a copy of a spagetti wester . in fact most spagetti western be copy of old samurai film many write by akira kurosawa . this movie have similarity with fistfull of dollar which come out in 1964. but fistfull be a almost word for word copy of yojimbo which come out in 1961 and just substitute a gun for a sword . anyway both sergio leone and akira kurosawa make wonderful movie . ok let me start by say the story only start slow . and kind of cheesy with the whole tarantino sit around a campfire with fake mt fuji in the back . but all the old western and samurai film should have train you to be patient in the first 15min . the filming be brilliant have just enough color in the background and just the right amount of lighting and nice mix of angry close ups on hero and bad guy face . where the movie excels in a way kurosawa would be proud be the well use special effect mini explosion bullet and explode blood pack and my new favorite big bullet hole . there be a lot of clever little homage bit like eastwood poncho and van cleef long shot gun . the only point off be for the dumb part by the sheriff . it would have also be good with more sword fighting . near the end there be a nice homage line this be for akira .