Ninja Assassin (2009)

Director:

James McTeigue

Writers (WGA):

Matthew Sand (screenplay) and
J. Michael Straczynski (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

25 November 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A young ninja turns his back on orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.

Plot Keywords:

Ninja | Murder | Revenge | Gash In The Face | Ninja Master

US Showtimes:

AMC Magic Johnson Crenshaw 15

Buy tickets:  6:30pm | 9:00

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Cast

Sung Kang	...	Hollywood
Randall Duk Kim	...	Tattoo Master
Jonathan Chan-Pensley	...	Yakuza Henchman
Yuki Iwamoto	...	Yakuza Couch
Ill-Young Kim	...	Yakuza Mohawk
Ben Miles	...	Maslow
Naomie Harris	...	Mika
Rain	...	Raizo
Stephen Marcus	...	Kingpin
Linh Dan Pham	...	Pretty Ninja
Fang Yu	...	Laundromat Manager
Adriana Altaras	...	Landlady
Shô Kosugi	...	Ozunu
Kylie Goldstein	...	Young Kiriko (as Kylie Liya Goldstein)
Yoon Sungwoong	...	Young Raizo

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody stylized violence throughout, and language.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45145) | Australia:R | South Korea:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Singapore:R21 | Singapore:M18 (edited version) | Germany:18 (f) | Mexico:C | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Hong Kong:III | Finland:K-18

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

After Raizo - played by Rain - is first captured and chained to the wall, one of his captors looks at him through the camera monitoring him and says, "He looks like he should be in a boy band." Rain started his career in the boy band Fanclub before becoming a superstar solo artist whose initial popularity in Asia has spread to other continents.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the final fights with Raizo, Takeshi, and other ninjas, Raizo kills the ninjas and blood is shown. In subsequent shots of the whole setting during the fight, the blood disappears and reappears subsequently.

Quotes:

Raizo: [to Ozuno] The breath I take after I kill you will be the first breath of my life.

Liked it

Lots of blood and guts (you know it's going to be bad when the first scene involves decapitation and blood spurting everywhere) but all around I enjoyed the movie. I went in with an open mind, after only seeing one movie trailer I didn't know what to expect and was pleasantly surprised I liked it as much as I did. If you're not into very violent movies, this isn't for you. It was action packed and pretty intense, squeezing in an actual storyline with all the gore was pretty seamless. The fight Choreography was fantastic and the cinematography was beautiful (reminiscent of the Kill Bill series as far as blood and choreography). The last fight scenes have to be my favorite out of any action/martial arts film and had me in awe. The lead actor (Rain) does a good job and the overall storyline was fairly well written. I read that the screenplay was rewritten in 50some hours, I'm not sure what it was before but the outcome was decent. All in all, a good flick and I recommend it highly.