Ninja Assassin Movie Review

Title: Ninja Assassin

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Synopsis: 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 targ

Ninja Assassin Film Review

Ninja Assassin Score: 34

75	Entertainment Weekly by Chris Nashawaty
	Let's be honest, killing is this film's business...and business is good.
70	The Hollywood Reporter by Ethan Alter
	Ninja isn't a great movie, but if you're in the right frame of mind, it is a bloody good time.
63	New York Post by Kyle Smith
	Despite the pace, though -- pedal, have you met my friend metal? -- Ninja Assassin still has some of its best stuff left at the end, when the master returns to demonstrate his extra-special, super-most-deadliest technique.
50	Salon.com by Stephanie Zacharek
	The finest effect in this visceral gouge of a picture is Korean pop star Rain.
50	The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
	This saga, set in Berlin, is more committed to its bloodletting than to any of its characters.
50	The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Stephen Cole
	A convincing, reasonably co-ordinated action movie. Nothing special, but lovers of the genre will enjoy the workouts, especially if they bring night-vision glasses.
50	The Onion (A.V. Club) by Nathan Rabin
	How is an action movie that aims for kinetic thrills supposed to develop any forward momentum when it spends so much time looking back?
40	Variety by Rob Nelson
	Seemingly made to capitalize on a dubious CG innovation -- namely, the slicing of bodies in half by whizzing five-pointed stars -- Ninja Assassin has little else to recommend it, not even laughs.
40	New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
	Just not feeling the holiday spirit? Maybe a brainless, extra-bloody B-movie will provide the boost you're looking for.
40	Time Out New York by Kevin B. Lee
	Director James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) films most fights in impenetrable shadow, punctuated by death screams, blood splatters and CGI throwing stars glinting from some unseen light source.
40	Empire by Will Lawrence
	Decent ingredients but, as a whole, this is lacking in choreographic flair and plot substance.
38	Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
	Numbingly gory when it isn�??t just plain numbing.
38	Boston Globe by Wesley Morris
	It�??s like Bob Fosse night at the martial-arts studio. Most of the killing here is done with bladed throwing stars that, like the ninjas themselves, arrive from nowhere. They appear to have been used to edit the film as well.
38	St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Joe Williams
	This amateurish action flick is so lacking in personality or punch, it ought to be titled "V for Video Store Discount Bin."
38	Washington Post by Dan Kois
	Ten minutes after you leave the movie, all the battles will have blended in your memory into a ceaseless muddle of sliced-off appendages, jets of blood splashing artfully on walls, gurgling screams and flashing swords.
30	Village Voice by Brian Miller
	A triple-cross plot with Harris's superiors doesn't help the movie's clarity--neither does the clattering sound design. Shouldn't throwing stars be silent? If they're gonna sound like gunshots, why not just use guns?
25	Miami Herald by Rene Rodriguez
	You don't go into a movie called Ninja Assassin expecting a hell of a lot, but this shockingly disjointed and relentlessly dull picture can't even deliver the martial-arts kick its title so plainly promises.
25	San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
	It's a gorefest, a borefest and a snorefest.
0	Chicago Reader by J.R. Jones
	Soulless, hyperbolic actioner.