Rito P. Asilo reviewed 47 Ronin for the Philipine Daily Inquirer. Here are a couple of money quotes from the piece:
…the film has turned out to be an engaging actioner that astutely utilizes the bushido code and the seven virtues it lives by, sprinkled with 18th century Eastern mysticism to keep its entertaining brew of unsung heroes, warriors, witches, dragons and demons eventful.
Another reason why the movie is worth watching: The transfixing presence of Keanu Reeves, who looks as youthful as he did in 1999’s “The Matrix,” sans the stretched out, plasticine features of many of our “overpreserved” actors—keep in mind that the guy will turn 50 in September! Would that other veteran actors could remain as naturally boyish, lithe—and light on their feet.
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Fred Hawson reviewed the film for ABS-CBN and he gave it a 7/10. He finished his piece with:
Overall, I thought this was a very satisfying total movie experience, where you get transported to an exotic time in history when loyalty and honor, virtues so rare in this day and age, still ruled. The writing, technical and acting aspects all contribute to a visually vivid and emotionally moving film, albeit a Westernized (everyone speaks English here) fantasy with relatively lighter-weight treatment than the Kurosawa classics. Nevertheless, it does just fine for me.