Ninja Assassin

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DanTheMan 2 Nov 26 Despite setting the bar high with an incredible prologue, the rest of Ninja Assassin barely manages to live up to the potential it initially sets up, priding itself on inventing new ways to savagely dice up the human body rather than delivering anything else worthy of note. For a film about silent assassins, it's phenomenally noisy. While this would have honestly made for a great entry in the Tenchu series, it's so overly serious that it veers into unintentional comedy; any endearing charm in its B-movie aesthetics is lost amid the hard-to-see fight scenes and harder-to-swallow dialogue. You can tell the Wachowski siblings had a hand in this, and not in a good way. Alternating heavily between humdrum sequences of investigatory nonsense, relentless flashbacks and long, gore-soaked brawls, so much of the film feels rushed, incoherent, nonsensical and, for lack of a better word, just plain stupid, lacking any self-awareness. It's a shame because James McTeigue is so clearly capable of better, but his style is unfortunately lost underneath a smattering of cheap CGI and incompetent editing. Rain isn't given much room to display his acting chops because, you know, his character is an emotionless ninja; Naomie Harris keeps the film going as an affable leading lady, but the biggest saving grace for me, at least, was undoubtedly Sho Kosugi as the skin-crawlingly evil Ozunu. It's so nice to see that even after decades away from the silver screen, the man's still got it. While I can certainly appreciate the inherent ambition behind Ninja Assassin's attempt at bringing ninjutsu back to an older audience after a smattering of kid-friendly offerings in the '90s, any sense of excitement and intrigue has been thoroughly beaten out of it by some truly questionable filmmaking choices. A hyperkinetic gorefest that should have remained in the shadows. See more Arshad A Sep 16 A good ninja movie , I love ninja movies so it's up there for the effort See more LOKESH K Aug 27 It's a good movie it should have a second part See more Toms c Jun 27 Not a genre I usually watch but I’ve seen this film a few times now and it’s just enjoyable fun. I love it. See more Amaz D Jun 17 Absolutely amazing movie. Critics (🤡) reviews are ridiculous, pointless, and often fake. Never take what they say into consideration See more Angelo L Apr 12 Anyone who says this is a poorly made movie is obviously a puny, jealous, envious person. In my honest opinion this movie has got to be the best martial arts movie ever made. From the storyline down to the cinematics this movie is the greatest of all time. The action and bloodshed is amazing. MK got nothing on this movie! See more Read all reviews

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