I watched the movie prior to support that I am a fan of Kimura Takuya. Anyhow, as much as I adore KimuTaku's versatile talent as an actor, I must say that the movie was not at its best but also not at its worst. The storyline was left unclear, maybe the viewers are left to suffice everything through personal conclusions. Furthermore, watching such kind of plot was new to me and thus, even I thought some parts of it were weird -- Hasford's creations, I just respected it, watched it how it is. Josh Hatnett gave his best as Kline. Kimura Takuya as Shitao was something that made an impression to me. Kimura acted so good, he gave his best, especially his healing scenes wherein you could see how hurt he is absorbing the pain of the weak, getting stigmata and the like. Also, his best scenes were those healing scenes and especially the scene where he was risen from the dead in the greenery of Mindanao, worms escaping his body during a rainy afternoon. What made me question myself was the fact that even he was nailed by Lee after 4/5 gunshots, he was still undying. Lee as a mafia also made me do a thumb up. Yes, only one thumb up. You can see the fury in his eyes throughout the movie as he kills using his ways (putting a man in a zipped plastic and hammering him all the way to his death). As for the screenplay, the OSTs made their way too much that the dialog, the much important part of the film, were disrupted. Josh Hartnett spoke some lines so unclear in some scenes too. By the way, Tran Anh Hung had been so imaginative while writing the plot but he overdid a few components of the movie.
To rate, the movie script - 7/10, the actors - 8/10, screenplay - 7/10.
To rate, the movie script - 7/10, the actors - 8/10, screenplay - 7/10.