The critic consesnsus is: A career high point for Akira Kurosawa -- and one of the best film adaptations of a Shakespeare play.. What reviews supported this critic consensus?
1. Kurosawa's dim view of humanity in the face of nature in Throne of Blood is reflected everywhere visually.
2. Kurosawa at the top of his game, Mifune at his most darkly compelling, and the best realization of Shakespeare ever put to film.
3. Throne of Blood is the grizzliest Macbeth you're likely ever to see.
4. Mifune was a primal force to be reckoned with, and in films like Throne of Blood, that animal instinct shone brightly.
5. One of the best Shakespearean film adaptations out there.
6. Genius. No, really: Genius. Obviously.
7. Throne of Blood spectacularly transforms the source play -- turning it into a terrifying journey through darkness, evil, and despair.
8. The director's vision of Macbeth as a samurai is still a stunning reading, not merely of Shakespeare, but of history, power and sexual politics.
9. Transplanted to medieval Japan, Kurosawa's brutal film is one of the best Shakesperean adaptations on screen, with a tour de force performance from Toshiro Mifune; it makes a fascinating double bill with the masterful Ran
10. With its all-pervading sense of doom, this is a serious contender for the finest celluloid Shakespeare of them all.