![]() ![]() I have to give some props to one of the villains Lady Sayaka. ![]() You know what they say: “The family that slays together stays together.” There was certainly some excitement going on and some legitimate surprises that happened as alliances shift. Seeing Daigoro pushing buttons in his perambulator to kill people was quite hilarious in a darkly comic way as this three year old boy catches bodies left, right, and center alongside his dad. The fight scenes certainly get crazier even though some of them are unintentionally laughable with the huge body count involved. I will say that River Styx was a bit of an improvement over the first movie. In the meantime, the Yagyu clan is still after the Ogamis, but this time, it’s from Lady Sayaka and her all-female army of ninjas. They have to protect the formula while also killing someone in the company who plans on selling the secret to the shogunate. They find work by a clan that owns a unique indigo dye known as Awa indigo. They are busy killing people yet again with Itto’s master swordsman skills and with Daigoro’s bulletproof stroller that’s armed to the teeth with projectiles, knifes, and death traps (I can’t make this up if I tried). I will do my best to soldier on to watch the original sextet of films.īaby Cart at the River Styx continues the journey of Itto and Daigoro Ogami. Check out the first review if you want to know my full thoughts on it. ![]() If you read that review, one could say I was quite disappointed to say the least. I had actually watched this film the same day as the first one. No hands raised?Įxactly… Here’s part two of my unofficial Lone Wolf and Cub challenge. Hilarious in Hindsight: Okay, raise your hands if you weren’t thinking about Kung Lao from Mortal Kombat when Sayaka’s warriors threw bladed hats at Itto. Some tokusatsu fans might recognize that name because he was in several productions of Ultraman as Captain Muramatsu and the Showa Era Kamen Rider series as Tobei Tachibana. Akiji Kobayashi played Ozuno who’s the leader of the Kurokuwa group. Co-creator/illustrator of Lone Wolf and Cub Goseki Kojima was part of the Eisner Award’s Hall of Fame class in 2004 which was posthumous since Kojima died four years prior to that award. Director Kenji Misumi has also worked on the Zatoichi series and Sakura no Daimon. Watching the first film is strongly recommended in order to understand the plot. Baby Cart at the River Styx is the 2nd of 6 films in the Lone Wolf and Cub series. The Criterion Collection DVD Box Set was used for this review. This review reflects the original Japanese unedited version and not the version compiled for the dubbed Shogun Assassin movies. Related Films/Series: Lone Wolf and Cub, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart In the Land of Demons, Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell, Lone Wolf and Cub (1973 TV series), Lone Wolf and Cub (1984 TV Movie Remake), Lone Wolf With Child: An Assassin on the Road to Hell, Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict, Lone Wolf and Cub (2002 TV series remake), Lone Wolf and Cub (upcoming American remake)įor Fans Of: Zatoichi, Road to Perdition, Lady Snowblood, The Virgin Spring Genre: Jidaigeki/Ultraviolence/Martial Arts AKA: Lone Wolf and Cub 2, Kozure Okami: Sanzu no Kawa no Ubaguruma, Wolf with Child in Two 2, Lone Wolf and Cub: Perambulator at the Sanzu River ![]()
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