Review: 13 assassins

Saw the latest Takashi Miike flick, "13 assassins". It is a good looking film with wonderful landscapes- those that you can only find in Japan, extremely strong acting and a real bastard villain. Miike is considered a horror genre idol with films like "Audition", "Dead or alive" and "Ichi the killer". These "gems" have pushed the boundaries of extreme violence and among the fans is you guessed it