Ninja Assassin
James McTeigue
2009
Categories:
Action, Feature, Guest in Attendance
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Run time:
99 min.
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USA
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Language:
English
Director James McTeigue (V FOR VENDETTA) live in Person!
Raizo is one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them…and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge. In Berlin, Europol agent Mika Coretti has stumbled upon a money trail linking several political murders to an underground network of untraceable assassins from the Far East. Defying the orders of her superior, Ryan Maslow, Mika digs into top secret agency files to learn the truth behind the murders. Her investigation makes her a target, and the Ozunu Clan sends a team of killers, led by the lethal Takeshi, to silence her forever. Raizo saves Mika from her attackers, but he knows that the Clan will not rest until they are both eliminated. Now, entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse through the streets of Europe, Raizo and Mika must trust one another if they hope to survive…and finally bring down the elusive Ozunu Clan. |
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This one certainly delivers on both parts of the title. And it's very ably lensed and competently acted. I particularly liked the shuriken effects, and the opening scene (the actual high point of the movie) is great. However, it is what the director promised--a high-gloss take on a pretty standard ninja tale. You pretty much have three stereotypical ninja routes to go with in the film world: the dreaded master ninja who is completely merciless and amoral and in conflict with the virtuous hero, star-crossed ninja lovers from rival clans, or the rogue ninja who is trying to break free of his diabolical order. This movie uses that last template, and while it does so competently, it doesn't exactly burst with innovation and amazing plot twists. In fact, a great deal of the story is in flashback mode to the good ninja's training days--which is pretty much a core part of every single martial arts movie ever.
Also, it certainly occurs to me that the entire dramatic finale would logically have been replaced by a couple of Hellfire missile strikes, but maybe that's just me.
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