Ninja Assassin

We’re approaching the back end of the year so it’s pretty much now that there will be an influx of so many random movies available for your viewing pleasure. December promises to be a month of hope with titles such as Avatar and Sherlock Holmes hoping to end the year with a blast. For now however, let’s turn our attention to Rain’s debut and breakthrough Hollywood film (perhaps?) entitled Ninja Assassin.

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Ninja Assassin follows Raizo (Rain), 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. – IMBD

Suprise! Ninjas!

The action in this movie is gory and violent to say the least. As we dive into the world of ninjas we also experience the intensity in their training and lifestyle. The movie does try to give it the cool factor whilst whispering the word ninja but unfortunately this is unable to save the movie from its doom. The training that the Rain has to go through is vigorous and at no point does it become relatively interesting to the viewer. Most would come for the violence but is so unrealistic that it would leave some grasping for a decent amount of logic, while those who came for the plot will soon discover that there is none. There are times when one might argue that this is the beauty of the movies or movie magic as they may call it, but surely 1 million ninjas versus Rain has to amount in some fatality against our hero? Even the martial arts for this movie can only be considered as average.

It's RAINing

My take is that this is trying to give Rain a bit of appeal towards Hollywood. Though many would not like to accept it but if you’re Asian and you’re trying to break into Hollywood, you better be either one damn fine actor or at least be able to bust the move like Jackie Chan. As it is, Rain is probably desperate to appeal to a much wider audience besides those in Asia. I’m sure if there are anymore roles coming for him later, it would probably be him speaking in his Native Korean in an action film where he plays a kung fu cop on the search of a Korean killer in California (wait a minute..) or a romantic comedy where he plays an Oriental struggling to make ends meet but turns to dancing and conquers the streets! Huu-Raa!

Ratings – 2/5