They played some good emotion side of the ruthless soldiers. The cinematography was excellent! Yes, it does looks abit like LOTR, especially the battle field. As for the fighting scene, not much was memorable to me since they used swords and pole axes most of the times.

To be honest, I hate the lead female character. I don't blame her for what she did, but its obvious that because of her, the brotherhood fell. darn! Thank god Takeshi ***** her. hehehee.....