Are reviews of the movie Ninja Assassin coming out?”
I’m not going to over-simplify and proclaim that making a good ninja movie is the easiest thing in the world. But I never would have guessed that doing so is as difficult as James McTeigue’s Ninja Assassin makes it appear. This is a big-budget movie with a top-flight crew and a star blessed with undeniable magnetism, not to mention the R-rated freedom to provide the copious blood and gore that so many genre fans crave. Yet it plays no better than a cheap direct to DVD feature. Ninja Assassin is a forgettable throwaway, a waste of creative talent and the audience’s time. Like a relic from old Hollywood, only with a lot more blood, the film exists as a would-be star-making vehicle for the Korean actor/pop star Rain, who impressed the Wachowskis and producer Joel Silver while working on Speed Racer. The biggest surprise of this film is that, with respect to their estimation of Rain’s potential, Silver and the Wachowskis weren’t out in left field. Rain has the raw physical prowess to make
* T-Meter Critics * Top Critics * RT Community * My Critics * My Friends 30 % Tomatometer Template ImageTemplate Image How does the Tomatometer work Help Icon Reviews Counted:80 Fresh:24 Rotten:56 Average Rating:4.5/10 Consensus: Overly serious and incomprehensibly edited, Ninja Assassin fails to live up to the promise of its title. Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong bloody stylized violence throughout, and language. Genre: Action/Adventure Theatrical Release:Nov 25, 2009 Wide Box Office: $21,193,565 Synopsis: 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… 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
