Should you watch Samurai Jack?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Samurai Jack
Series · 2001
A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".
The sides of Samurai Jack
- A samurai thrown into the future by a demon
- A long search for a way back home
- Robots, bounty hunters and silent duels
Samurai Jack is good for you if…
- you like every frame drawn like a painting.
- you like sword fights against armies of robots.
- you like long silences before a duel.
Samurai Jack is bad for you if…
- you don't watch animated series.
- you can't stand blood, and the last season gets much more violent.
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