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Ninja Assassin

Release Date 27 Nov 2009 TBA

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Currently 2/5 Stars.

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90% of raters want to see this movie

Certificate: 18

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Raizo is one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes. Now, he waits, preparing to exact his revenge. In Berlin, Europol agent Mika Coretti has stumbled upon a money trail linking several political murders to an underground network of untraceable assassins from the Far East.

Writers:
Matthew Sand | J. Michael Straczynski

Producers:
Grant Hill | Andy Wachowski | Larry Wachowski

Directors:
James Mcteigue

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Avg User rating
Currently 2/5 Stars.

User Reviews

- Currently 3/5 Stars.
mart

Dumb and dumber German troops, homicidal hotties into doing laundry, creative enemy amputations without benefit of anesthesia, and martial arts hostile takeover of big bucks bank accounts that could have gone the less frenzied route of identity theft.
- Currently 2/5 Stars.
crazylegs

Could have been good!
- Currently 2/5 Stars.
steven seagull

I thought I was going to have great fun watching this and there was fun to be had but I was mainly disappointed. This was due to it being as daft as a brush. The whole smoking to lose your scent thing is one example, healing large sword wounds with your mind is another. Although I like all the blood flying everywhere it just looks too fake and is obiviously CGI. The story is a bit weak but the action & fight scenes are decent enough. That said I would recommend Ong Bak 1 & 2 over this if your looking for a martial arts film.
- Currently 2/5 Stars.
lulalah

I so wanted this movie to be excellent and to be fair the opening scenes were awesome. After that it’s a HUGE let down. Once they started the Europol storyline it all went downhill fast. It felt like there was two different script writers – one a huge ninja fan with Tarantino style gore and the other felt like a Mills & Boon writer (eugh). Had they just had ninjas for the full movie carrying on like they did at the start it would have been epic and awesome. Alas they chose to go down the love/cliché/something storyline. Huge huge huge disappointment. I mean how can you go wrong with ninjas????!
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
kathy.koolade

Leave your brain at home and don't eat anything too rich before you sit down to watch this ridiculous but fun gory film
- Currently 4/5 Stars.
razorblade_kiss

What I expected, a bit of mindless over the top fun. Very much like the 80's movie that were so over the top you had to like them. The movie doesn't take itself too seriously and it shows throughout, if you are going to do something like this you might as well go all out, and that is exactly what McTeigue aimed for, lots of blood, lots of action and lots of cheesy lines. Just remember to leave you brain at the door.
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
bigslick184

Pretty much what it says on the tin. Good action, cheesy dialogue. More of a dvd rental than cinema viewing.
- Currently 2/5 Stars.
Shells

I was very disappointed in Ninja Assassin. It failed to be funny, it moved too slowly for such a short work and the Ninja fight scenes were well done but underplayed. Rain does look good with out a shirt on, but that did not redeem this film, The flash backs were heavy handed and the plot rather weak. I hate to sound so negative but I do feel that the film has an almost 'unfinished' feel to it.
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
Chad

As with any movie called Ninja Assassin, you'd expect it to be a little over the top. Some good fight sequences but often too dark and the blood looked too CGI. Entertaining none the less. You get what you expect!
- Currently 2/5 Stars.
jfarr05

very poor,was expecting alot better
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
hammer

ridiculously over the top but still pretty good!
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
vu1999uk

Throughly enjoyable, if a little bit silly splatter fest. One of those leave your brain at the door and just enjoy films.
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
antomaguire

Tarrantino like, digital blood spattered, brutally violent bit of fun
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
tetsujin1979

risible plot attempts to tie excellent fight sequences together.
- Currently 3/5 Stars.
cdhelft

lot of blood & guts real boys movie