March 2, 2010 Ninja Assassin
Boy they are back! Remember the Wachowski Brothers who spoilt a movie as slick as The Matrix with their meaningless trilogy?
Ever wondered why this oriental duo never made a martial arts movie with all those snazzy effects they were so famous for? Watch this movie and you`ll realise they were better off without one.
Ninja Assassins was a movie I actually had great expectations from – the effects, the fabled concept of Ninjas, slick martial arts, great music, et.al…the whole nine yards. I was so very much disappointed. Certainly not expected from director James McTeigue who debuted with a gem like V for Vendetta
A wafer thin plot governs every martial arts movie and I wonder if it is actual a thumb-rule in this genre that there is no greater motivation than that colored by revenge. Raizo (Rain) looks great to start with. He has the innocence of a young orphaned lad who was picked up by the Ozunu clan to be trained to be an assassin.
He is trained to know no pain, to know no love, to feel no emotions, and to follow orders. But things go wrong because our little ninja has a soft corner for women. A betrayal of his clan later, Raizo is a taciturn the other Ninjas are dying to settle scores with (literally).
Naomie Harris plays Mika, a character which almost anyone could have played. This is so atypical of a martial arts movie to focus on revenge, the protagonist and some slick moves.
Though I generally dont reveal plots in my posts, this movie has none to begin with. So here’s the lowdown of what you should look out for:
Raizo’s super chiseled physique
Ninja stunts
Swooshing metal stars & razor sharp swords
Lots of blood gushing out everywhere
Typical Wachowski brothers trade fight sequences that look slicker than anything you’ve ever seen
I kind of enjoyed the final battle but wished it were even a tenth of as enthralling the endfight from Enter the Dragon was. The world misses you, Bruce Lee! 
Certainly a disappointment, but certainly worth a mindless watch – its fast paced and wont make you feel you wasted your 90 minutes.
Rating : 5 / 10
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