It’s good to know that some quality martial arts movies are still being made. Although the title makes it sound pretty lame I found Ninja Assassin to be smart and pretty exciting. Rain was convincing in his first starring role as Raizo the ninja with a heart who turned rogue against his clan. The in depth back-story makes it more than just the average kick, punch Kung foo plot. It actually had a premise and a conscience. The protagonist did not just kill for the sake of killing and I liked that. Plus, Raizo was incredibly badass throughout the whole film.
But it was a ninja movie and the main focus was fighting, which was pretty amazing. The choreographed fight scenes rotated through different settings with swords, whip chains and sometimes they just stabbed each other with their bare hands. It’s tough to get off of the subject of the violence mainly because it was the most impressive and quality aspect of the film.
Mika, played by Naomie Harris was one of the only non-ninja character characters in the story. SPOILER WARNING: And there is no way that she should be alive at the end of this blood bath. If hundreds of the world’s best assassins were easily chopped up then this one untrained woman who is frequently alone and unprotected would not stand a chance. I apologize if I ruined it for you but that point really baffled me.
From there my biggest complaint is the massive amounts of blood and guts the audience is drowned in. It definitely gets better after the first scene, which is so shockingly gory I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of people walk out in favor of a more family friendly picture. Apparently, a human head looks like play-doh if a ninja cuts it in half… interesting. I learn something new every day. (7 out of 10)
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