Ninja Assassin (2009)

Director:

James McTeigue

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

25 November 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Fear not the weapon but the hand that wields it.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Ninja | Murder | Assassin | Europol Agent | Revenge

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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

Also Known As:

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 Digital | SDDS | DTS

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 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Argentina:16 | Peru:18 | Japan:R18+ | France:-12 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Brazil:18 | Denmark:15 | Austria:16 | Malaysia:18SG

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: Ninja blasted from roof of the clan training compound by soldier's rocket.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the scene where Mika gets back into the car in the parking garage of the warehouse, when the Ninjas start to attack her car and she starts it by pushing the start button, the Tachometer swings to the right and appears to "rev up". Therefore the sound effects man put a revving engine noise into the scene. The tachometer going to the right is just a test at start up of the car.

Quotes:

Mika Coretti:I know you can't hear me, so I'm sure this doesn't matter but I'm going to say it anyway. I'm just a forensic researcher. It's like a fancy way of saying I'm a librarian. By myself I can't do anything to help you, but I wanted to thank you for saving my life. And I hope you can forgive me for this.

Soundtrack:

Heroes

only 1 ninja was harmed during the making of this film, the rest of them were killed

First off I would like to say that anyone who thinks this movie sucks because it has very little plot is an idiot.

Now let me tell you what Ninja Assassin isn't.

Its not a serious thinking movie, it's not a Gandhi, it's not a Saw type movie.

And it isn't a Twilight that's for sure.

The reason why Ninja Assassin is so friggin cool is because you know that the people making this movie had one thing in mind... Have a ton of Ninjas kill each other. Ninja Assassin is a fun guys night out type movie, at least that's how I saw this movie. Though some people walked out booing I walked out cheering because I came in and honestly just wanted a huge body count and a ton of blood and boy did they deliver.

My only major critique was the CGI blood... Though there were gallons of it coming out they could have stepped it up some more...

In a way this movie was like Rambo...Equal budget of 50 million, unbelievable carnage and pure fun... But the difference is that its acrobatic, its hacking slashing, gallons of blood and Ninjas with blades on chains = )...

So all in all a solid 8/10 for me.

PS. Watch out for the opening scene and the police station scene because those scenes are epic awesome.