![]() The natural environments are great and this movie takes us to some wonderful places, to all add to the movie its adventurous feeling. Another thing that keeps playing an essential role within this movie are its wonderful looking environments. In all of the previous movies he was mostly exchanging hard long looks with his foes but in this movie he seems to have more lines and also shows more emotions and expressions in his face. It also seems like Tomisaburo Wakayama's acting is stronger than ever before. It makes the movie quite 'cute' and also emotionally stronger. The whole father son relationship plays quite an essential role within this movie, more so than ever had been the case in the previous movies. I also liked how this movie handled the lone wolf and cub relationship. It also all helps to make the movie incredibly entertaining to watch. Its faster editing and camera-work and fresh style of directing keeps it all great to watch. Its fight sequences are often spectacular, though they are also certainly less bloody than was still the case in the previous movies. This is not always a good thing but for this particular movie, its concept and story, it does work out well. The movie is more Hollywood like and less Japanese like, if you will. It's edited greatly and also has some nice little tricks in it. It's a more snappy a fast going movie than any of its predecessors. But whatever the reasons were, it's a choice that worked out great for this particular movie. Perhaps it had something to do with his health, since Kenji Misumi died quite young, in 1975. I don't know the history behind it but it seems quite odd that for this movie they picked a new director, Buichi Saito, while the first till third movie got all directed by Kenji Misumi, as did the following fifth movie. Perhaps not the best in the series, this is still a cut above the rest. The vivid battle sequences are exceptional, with Ogami de-limbing inhuman foes in one stand-out sequence, as well as facing his most mortal threat – a gun-toting army – in the wildly exciting and vividly violent climax. ![]() Nevertheless, the film is superbly shot and ably holds its down in what is turning out to be a superlative series. ![]() The style is perhaps more evident, and Ogami displays touches of emotion and weakness that seem slightly out of place. There is a slight difference in the film-making which may be down to this film having a different director to the last. The plot, as usual, details strands of honour and duty, while at the same time reintroducing Ogami's chief enemy, Lord Retsudo, who was noticeable absent in the last instalment. As with the last two films, this one features a memorable female warrior, in this case a woman covered in tattoos, who provides a more in-depth adversary for Ogami instead of his more cartoonish foes. BABY CART IN PERIL has everything that made the previous films so memorable: iconic characters, humour, sharply drawn personalities, a straightforward plot and battle sequences delivered with gusto. The fourth in the long-running LONE WOLF & CUB series that so far shows no sign of flagging.
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