My latest film at the cinema was the ultra violent Ninja Assassin, I say ultra violent it was very stylized and with the amount of fake and CGI blood became a little more comic book. Very much like the Bride vs the Crazy 88. That said it was a better than average piece of mindless fun. I suppose playing with extremely sharp swords and throwing stars is going to cause the loss of fingers, maybe limbs and the odd head!
James McTeigue doesn't do a bad job in Directing this film, the story isn't great, but it's ok. Rain is good as the Ninja Assassin, the rest of the cast including Naomie Harris (Miami Vice) were ok, the script wasn't great but did enough.
The fight sequences were good for the most part, but not in the league of Donnie Yen, Jet Li or Tony Jaa. The sheer amount of blood did spoil some of them as well.
I liked it, and a cheap DVD purchase will be on the cards.
6/10
Hmmm not the best film in the world. The script was a little cheesey and the story wasn't the best. Acting was ok but the action and set pieces made the film. Some of the CGI quality was probably let down by a lean budget but on the whole it was used well. 5/10
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