Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Ninja Assassin (2009)

I have loved Ninja movies ever since I saw Sho Kosugi's ninja movies in the 1980s. So I was happy to see Sho in this movie which carries on in the same vein. Raizo is an orphan who was raised to be a ninja assassin, but he falls for a girl in his clan who one night decides to escape to freedom. Of course no ninja clan leader, especially one as heartless as Sho Kosugi is going to let that go unpunished. Our hero later abandons the clan after a difficult kill.

In the other part of the story, Interpol agent Mika tries to prove that recent killings are the work of a ninja clan. The theory is laughed at by other Interpol members, but when Mika gets too close to the clan, they decide to take her out which prompts Raizo to become her protector.

I really enjoyed this film and if you're into the old 1980s Golan Globus ninja movies, this is just an updated version of ninja action with very cool special effects.

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