A friend of ours gave us the heads-up today that there was an advance screening of Ninja Assassin at the Emagine Novi tonight, so we printed up some tickets and headed over. I hadn’t really heard anything about this movie but I was quite pleasantly surprised.
The movie starts off quietly with a scene that could come out of any martial arts flick, but very suddenly the violence cuts in and it’s ON. There’s no shortage of blood and guts and the style of editing is edgy, jumpy, and as frenetic as the ninjas themselves. Sometimes the action moves so quickly you can’t even tell what’s happening, and then it slows down dramatically so you can savor the ridiculous, gratuitous, awesome violence money shot.
The primary ninja is portrayed by Korean pop-star and Colbert nemesis Rain. He’s ripped as all get-out and one of his main talents seems to be glaring through wet bangs, but he is pretty convincing as a warped rogue ninja bent on destroying the bastards who raised him to be such a monster.
I’d definitely pay to see this movie and I recommend it for all martial arts fans and those who enjoy over the top action.
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