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5.1/10 • 10

2025-05-301h 31m

DramaThrillerCrimeAction

In the face of evil, become a force of nature.

When her father's puppet samurai show gets ambushed by a notorious gang, Tornado vows to seek vengeance and forge her own destiny by stealing their ill-gotten gold.

Directors
John Maclean
Writters
John Maclean

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Kōki,

    Kōki,

    Tornado

  2. Tim Roth

    Tim Roth

    Sugarman

  3. Jack Lowden

    Jack Lowden

    Little Sugar

  4. Takehiro Hira

    Takehiro Hira

    Fujin

  5. Rory McCann

    Rory McCann

    Kitten

  6. Ian Hanmore

    Ian Hanmore

    Thief

  7. Jamie Michie

    Jamie Michie

    Archer

  8. Jack Morris

    Jack Morris

    Squid Lips

  9. Sammy Hayman

    Sammy Hayman

    Archer Assistant

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CinemaSerf

Feb 28, 2025

6/10

To be honest, I was really quite disappointed with this. It all centres around the search for some stolen gold that has been re-stolen and hidden by “Tornado”, the partner in a father/daughter Japanese puppetry show that is touring the shires of late 18th century Britain. The gold was originally acquired by “Sugar” (Tim Roth) and his gang but as they stopped to watch the show, it was re-acquired by an opportunist urchin (Nathan Malone) whilst he was being watched by “Tornado” (Kôki). When the gang discover it’s missing, all hell breaks loose and so she hides the loot and the boy in their wagon and off they go. It doesn’t take long for the men to put two and two together and they set after the slow-moving visitors and a rather dishonourable encounter ensues. Meantime, “Little Sugar” (Jack Lowden) is tired of taking orders from his old man and has plans of his own to secure the cash - and that’s bound to lead to a conflict with his no-nonsense father. So now we have a brute chasing his money, a son looking for change and a samurai-trained woman out for revenge. It has the ingredients of a good adventure. Sadly, though, she is just not a very convincing actor, there is far too much meandering around the countryside setting and re-setting the scenario and there is a real paucity of pace here. It can’t have had an huge budget, but that needn’t have mattered if the the story had taken a little longer to develop a little more depth to the characters. It’s all too episodic and though it does mix the timelines a little to break up the narrative, there are too many characters who appear then add little before we move on. It does create an overall sense of a fairly poverty-stricken and lawless rural life, but once we hit the home straight it all just takes a predictable path to it’s conclusion. Nobody is really used to full effect here and though the bleakness is conveyed well enough, the story doesn’t really deliver.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$213,499.00
Keywords
heistbritain18th centurypuppet showfather son relationship1790s