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Samurai Girl
MINISERIES: ABC Family, begins Friday 9/5 at 8:00p

8.7 based on 8 reviews read critic reviews how did we calculate this? based on 17 votes read user comments rate this tv show

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Starring Jamie Chung, Brendan Fehr, Saige Thompson, Kyle Labine, Anthony Brandon Wong, Steven Brand, Kenneth Choi, and Stacy Keibler

Heaven (Jamie Chung) learns the way of the Samurai to avenge an attack on her family.

GENRE(S):	Action / Adventure, Drama, Family
CREATED BY:	Andre Nemec Josh Appelbaum Luke McMullen
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 5, 2008

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83

Entertainment Weekly Tanner Stransky

The winning Samurai has lots of action, and is generously peppered with comedic asides. [5 Sep 2008, p.70]

75

New York Post Linda Stasi

Its newest show, Samurai Girl, is an action-packed, three-night martial arts miniseries that introduces girls to the world of Asian action flicks.

70

Hollywood Reporter Marilyn Moss

Although the drama is sometimes over the top and not always palpable, the action is nonstop. For that, "Samurai" will more than please action-adventure fans.

70

Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara

It's not perfect, but it certainly is different, so why not just enjoy the ride?

63

San Francisco Chronicle David Wiegand

The first two hours are decent.

50

The New York Times Mike Hale

It needs a lot more moments like the one when the samurai girl bursts through a door to find her chauffeur on the verge of disemboweling himself. “Seriously?” she asks, eyeing the knife in his hands. “Seppuku?”

50

Boston Globe Joanna Weiss

Samurai Girl takes up a lot of time and space, but manages to do only one surprising thing: prove that it's possible to be action-packed and dull at the same time.

40

Variety Staff (Not Credited)

Samurai Girl tries to spice things up visually with comicbook-style act breaks, but the fighting sequences would need to be staged more imaginatively to compensate for the various deficiencies, and frankly -- even with a few skewerings and a torture scene -- those shiny swords can do only so much damage on ABC Family

The average user rating for this tv show is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 17 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Elaine S. gave it a10:
I love this show!!! I hope there will be a season two so that I can find out what happens next. I am waiting for Heaven and Jake to meet again and to see what adventure they fall into next.

Barb D. gave it a10:
I loved this show. i agree it may not be realistic but it's a great drama/romance/action mini-series. i hope they continue to make episodes. the ending only kept me wanting more!!

Meaghan V. gave it a10:
LOVE this show you should totally make it into a series! Can't get enough.

Melanie L. gave it a10:
I thought that this is was really good. They should do more, so we can find out what happens next.

Dawn S. gave it a10:
It was real good i wish they would turn it into a tv series.

Caris gave it a10:
Actually enjoyed this show immensely. Very action packed, something new and fun. The relationships between the 4 main characters is highly entertaining, great chemistry with Heaven and Jake as well.

[Anonymous] gave it an8:
My family sat down and watched the entire 3 episodes on Sunday and at the end ....well we just wanted more! Surie it's not 100% yet, but quite frankly with all the poor selection of TV series out there, it's kinda nice to have something creative and entertaining like this. We all hope it will continue to be a series.

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