This series is actually a remarkable adaptation of the manga and animation. Similar to its previous movies, the scenes and battles are shot beautifully, with fast and well choreographed sword actions, and a decent plot that retains some essence of the original. While Kenshin was based on a most feared assassin in Japanese history, this part of the side story(OVA anime) isnt from the original author but the production company.
There are also some other downsides like overloading with too much long battles with the pawns and subordinates which becomes a bit of drag, over exaggerated acting by some actors and ridiculous costumes/moves which were some of the common problems of Japanese movies, well as some rather long stalling with motionless instances. Though I cant blame the production too much as this is still adapted from an anime and it had tried to keep these at minimal, I would prefer the story to stick more closely to the anime, while the presentation matches more closely to the real world to make the movie more convincing, with characters castings that have closer resemblance to the anime/manga.
There are also some other downsides like overloading with too much long battles with the pawns and subordinates which becomes a bit of drag, over exaggerated acting by some actors and ridiculous costumes/moves which were some of the common problems of Japanese movies, well as some rather long stalling with motionless instances. Though I cant blame the production too much as this is still adapted from an anime and it had tried to keep these at minimal, I would prefer the story to stick more closely to the anime, while the presentation matches more closely to the real world to make the movie more convincing, with characters castings that have closer resemblance to the anime/manga.