From 1999, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai is a wonderfully weird crime drama about an enigmatic hit man who works for the mob. This hit man is only known as Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) and he lives alone on the roof of a building, where he trains homing pigeons and reads the Hagakure ("The Way of the Samurai"). He lives his life by the ancient samurai code, but his old school style clashes with the modern world, and when the mob feels the need to turn on their hit man, it's just him versus them, with his "master" stuck in the middle. Director Jim Jarmusch often makes very quirky indie films with strange characters and bizarre dialogue, and in Ghost Dog it all works great. Whitaker gives an awesome performance and this film also features the first movie soundtrack from the Wu Tang Clan's The RZA. Not afraid to get quiet and contemplative, the subtle relationships and character work couples well with the mob drama aesthetic and hip-hip overtones, and it all combines to make a very memorable film.
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