I reviewed the first Rurouni Kenshin movie as a stand alone film. And it was at the time. It seems that it was successful enough to warrant sequels and the producers were smart enough to have signed up the cast for possible extensions.
When I watched part 2 I didn't realise that it was going to be a trilogy. So even though I enjoyed the film, it seemed to end a bit abruptly. At least there wasn't a long wait for part 3 as they were shot together.
Part 3 seemed a bit too long. There wasn't much to the story.
In all three parts the cast are great and the atmosphere created is wonderful. The action scenes are brilliant and spread cleverly through the movies.
What is missing though is a convincing story arc that holds it all together. Everything we need to know is already revealed in part 1. So the rest of the story feels tacked on... Because it is.
I think it would have been better to create a completely new separate story for part 2 and another for part 3.
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