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Ninja Assassin Reviews

2009

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Raizo (Rain) has turned his back on the ninjas who raised him and trained him as an assassin, but he teams up with an Interpol agent (Harris) to track down his former family and stop their evil ways. Read more

Starring	Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Rick Yune
Director	James McTeigue
Genres	Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Thriller

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- A young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, with bloody consequences. read more »
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  Visceral action but not much else
  
  Well another game to video adaptation, and another disappointment. Mortal Kombat was decent, MK: Annihilation ruined the decent work done in the first and the ... read more »
  
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  - 252 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 22 Jan 2010 at 13:49
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- - 0
  - 0
  ninja assassins
  
  yeh an ok film didnt exspect much really, was a good story line n lots of blood n guts but yet another predictable film
  
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- - a customer
  - 18 Feb 2012 at 22:17
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  Way of the Ninja
  
  Probably one of the best ninja movies I've ever seen but then again, it's the only ninja movie i've ever seen. The fight scenes are brutal, gory and... read more »
  
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- - manonfireuk
  - 64 reviews
  - Liverpool
  - 28 Dec 2011 at 12:40
- - 0
  - 0
  good film
  
  If you like alot of blood and killing with alot of action then this is a film for you. The story line is so-so but the film itself is a bit like watching a ... read more »
  
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  - 25 Dec 2011 at 23:31
- - 1
  - 0
  Very voilent and gory
  
  But if that' snot an issue with you then know that the fight scenes are unbelievable. And the only thing that was weird was the fact that everyone spoke ... read more »
  
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  - Chantal
  - 1022 reviews
  - London
  - 20 Nov 2011 at 21:23
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  - 1
  Good story but unnecessary graphic violence
  
  Really enjoyed this but I thought the CGI violence was unnecessarily graphic. I'm not particulary young, and have watched many 'horror' flicks, the ... read more »
  
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- - TooLateForMyNickname
  - 100 reviews
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  - 23 Sep 2011 at 17:11
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  - 0
  A Disappointing Action/Martial Arts film
  
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  Shocking acting from lead roles, clearly chosen for their martial arts capabilities rather than acting skill, which is fair enough. However, the action ... read more »
  
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- - Kay500
  - 1 review
  - 21 Sep 2011 at 11:14
- - 0
  - 0
  Disappointing Assassin
  
  Plot was mediocre and half the fight scenes happened in the dark. Also guy from coupling ruined the atmosphere with his rubbish acting.
  
  Not that good... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 26 Jul 2011 at 23:07
- - 1
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  Woeful ninja flick
  
  I do not normally write reviews unless they are Exceptionally Good or Terrible.
  
  If they are the latter then I feel I ought to warn others.
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  - dgk35
  - 3 reviews
  - 04 May 2011 at 15:24
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  - 0
  I wouldn't Watch It Again
  
  The fighting scenes were great, especially the one where they are running in the road equivalent to a busy motorway. he bouncing off cars and fighting. But ... read more »
  
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- - Saqa
  - 6 reviews
  - Halesowen
  - 25 Apr 2011 at 23:01
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  - 0
  Ninja or whinger... you decide
  
  Potentially a good Ninja movie but some of the actors could not act, storyline not quite there, too much play on the myth of the Ninja's ability but...read more »
  
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- - Simplelife
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  - 25 Apr 2011 at 00:35
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  Visceral action but not much else
  
  Well another game to video adaptation, and another disappointment. Mortal Kombat was decent, MK: Annihilation ruined the decent work done in the first and the ... read more »
  
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- 852276
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  - 252 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 22 Jan 2010 at 13:49
- - 5
  - 1
  Ninjas die. A lot.
  
  The title pretty much says it all. Ninja escapes clan, clan hunts ninja and ninja resists in bloody fashion. The screenplay's a little on the dark side, ... read more »
  
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- - Kayin
  - 1 review
  - Aberdeen
  - 13 Feb 2010 at 08:54
- - 4
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  The title gives it away.
  
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  What can one truly expect from a movie entitled 'Ninja Assassin' possibly a big lump of cheese. Whilst the small ocean of blood and sometimes wooden ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Jersey
  - 23 Jan 2010 at 20:21
- - 3
  - 0
  Utter trash
  
  Despite the negative reviews the film got by critics, I thought it would rent it and shame I did. The film is rubbish, despite the 18 rating, the film is aimed ... read more »
  
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  - Cambs
  - 18 Jun 2010 at 08:42
- - 3
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  Ninja Assassin
  
  Bad acting, bad visual effects, bad storyline.... Just a load of blood guts and gore!!! Just mindless violence. Dont watch!
  
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- - eddywardss
  - 2 reviews
  - stoke
  - 17 Jul 2010 at 13:27
- - 2
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  Blood, gore & cool man stuff...but wheres the story?
  
  Dont get me wrong there is nothing more i like to see than some cool fight scenes with a bit of hands & legs being chopped off everywhere, but this just got... read more »
  
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- - xXTitchXx
  - 13 reviews
  - Derby
  - 22 Jun 2010 at 09:39
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  Could have been better
  
  I watched this and found it strangely addictive, not because it was good, but I was always thinking 'This will get better'.
  
  I agree with ... read more »
  
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- - manfromtherock
  - 13 reviews
  - London
  - 16 Jan 2011 at 12:43
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  Worse than expected
  
  I thought it might be a girly thing that I thought it was terrible but my husband watched it and thought it was a load of rubbish.
  
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- - Deeanne
  - 18 reviews
  - Bournemouth
  - 04 Feb 2011 at 16:31
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  Do you like ninjas? Do you like assassins?
  
  Then you'll love Ninja Assassin!
  
  I note there are a few 2 star reviews commenting on lack of story and plot... in a film called 'Ninja ... read more »
  
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- - Sphen
  - 3 reviews
  - Embra
  - 24 Jun 2010 at 14:41
- - 1
  - 0
  Bloody Hell!
  
  There's an awful lot of claret in this film, and severed limbs a-plenty. The film tries to lift itself above the standard oriental martial arts flicks by ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Sheerness
  - 28 Jun 2010 at 10:03

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  Swept off the streets as a young boy, Raizo (Korean pop star Rain) is transformed into an unstoppable killing machine by a secret society known as the Ozunu Clan. The Ozunu Clan is so proficient at keeping their existence a secret that most people think they are only a myth, but the moment Ozuno ...

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  Raizo (Rain) has turned his back on the ninjas who raised him and trained him as an assassin, but he teams up with an Interpol agent (Harris) to track down his former family and stop their evil ways....