A bizarre mashup of western samurai and post apocalyptic genres. Good visuals and simple story but overall fell flat and pacing slow. I watched it for Nic Cage of course and he always gives a good performance. The problem is the directing. Many scenes just drag and the weird geisha background and chanting gets annoying. It's just like Escape from New York except here it's Japan. Nic Cage goes into the wasteland to rescue a girl and fights samurai and meets all kinda weird while wearing a suit rigged with explosives that detonate if he doesn't meet deadlines. The movie has a decent budget, nice set pieces, okay fight sequences and you can't go wrong with Nic Cage and Sofia Boutella. But overall it falls flat because of lousy directing. Still it's worth a watch for Nic Cage fans. Fast forwarding can get thru the slow parts.
Review of Prisoners of the Ghostland
