November 28, 2009

Rain is your Ninja Assassin


From being a Korean pop star to endorser to now the first English Korean movie lead actor, Rain stars in an amazing action-packed, blood and killing driven movie--- Ninja Assassin.

It is a tale of a skilled assassin who was trained by a mythical secret society called Ozuno Clan who are being hired by powerful men to be the modern assassins in the shadows of the night. But the moment his fellow ninja clan kills Raizo's friend (and somewhat love interest), Raizo bids his time until the day he can take the entire Ozunu Clan down.

It might be your ordinary revenge and action type movie. But honestly despite the shallow over-rated plot, that comment is clouded by the fast-paced, heart-stopping martial arts--- or whatever it is that Ninja does for their fighting method (and that includes his favorite weapon, Kratos of God of Wars very own Blades of Chaos! LOL). It's a movie entirely to entertain you and enjoy the favored concept of ninja ways... from their training to the weapons and the bad-ass shurikens, this movie is not for the weak gut and hearted.

The only negative thing I noticed is that there were a lot of absolutely obvious cut-scenes to reduce the thought of the gore that might happen next-- such as blood spilling, head cutting, more blood spilling---you get the gist. I guess it'll be available only to the Director's cut release sometime next year.


So for those who hasn't watched it yet (or is not aware of it yet), I recommend a night of ramen and Ninja Assassin to complete your thirst for some awesomeness. (Although I still wonder why they chose Rain to star in this though--- gotta love the abs! ;D)

*K reviews: 4/5

Ninja Assassin Theatrical Trailer

1 Comment:

Reimaru said...

ninjas FTW!!! this chain blade also reminds me of another gaming character: Hattori Hanzo in Samurai Warriors

and for the cuts, I think the MTRCB made the cuts, well you know them, they always kill the fun in movies zzzz