Ninja Assassin

This week’s movie will be Ninja Assassin. It is a kung fu movie with ninjas added in for the modern trend. When it came out in theaters it was not well received. There was a lot of hype but no follow through. I didn’t go to see it when it came out in 2009. I waited until it came out on DVD to give it a view.  

It had a kung fu movie story the hero is wronged and is now taking vengeance or justice depending on your point of view. They could have done a better job filling out the story, it leaves you wondering in some spots and confused in others. The effects were great. A lot of slow motion and c.g. effects on the weapons. The fight scenes were really well choreographed. My biggest complaint with the effects in this movie and a lot of other modern action movies in the c.g. blood. It is way to fake and if that is what they are shooting for why not just use buckets of red paint.

All in all Ninja Assassin is an okay movie. I think most people will either love it or hate it. I personally like it but would only recommend it to people I know like this kind of movie. My rating for this movie is a 6 out of 10 with a Watch it if you enjoy kung fu action movies.