Review of Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) by Tore S — 11 Feb 2008
This film has been in my top five since I first saw it in 2000, and I wrote the majority of a 3000 word essay on it, so could actually talk about Ghost Dog for hours. but i'll just give you the basics. It is the story of a black samurai (played by oscar winner Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland), who lives in a wooden shack on top of a apartment block, where he looks after pigeons. his best friend is a french man who sells ice cream from a van, however neither speak the others language. which results in a few misunderstandings.
He works for a failing arm of the mafia, as an assassin. His employers eventually double cross him, at which point he has to take them all out.
Jim Jamusch (coffee & cigerettes, broken flowers) makes films like no one else, mixing different genres, in this case samurai and gangster movies, and couples them with quality soundtracks, provided here by RZA of The Wu-Tang Clan.
This review of Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) was written by Tore S on 11 Feb 2008.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai has generally received very positive reviews.
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