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

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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 scene where Mika is having lunch with Maslow in the park, the amount of Maslow's drink keeps changing between takes.

Quotes:

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

awesome

Who knew that the most insanely violent, ridiculously brutal and psychotically gory film of the year would be Ninja Assassin. Look there's not much to it think 300 with Ninjas or Braveheart with less emotional involvement and ninjas. It's quite obvious that the people responsible for this film set out to make the most ass kicking Ninja movie ad they even one uped themselves. i remember when I was younger Ninjas were kinda cool but since than they've lost their flair and so has the martial arts genre in general this one brings all that back with a hellacious gut punch. Visually the film is incredible. It's unlike anything you've ever seen. The fighting is quick, furious and the story although not completely involving is involving enough so that we kinda like the characters. What the film does explosively well is decapitate, disembowel and explode it's victims across it's blood soaked screen. Imagine slow motion shots of a man diving out of the way of 100's of ninja stars, slicing people in half with samurai swords and being born out of shadows literally. It's an exciting piece of cinematic brilliance. i can't speak for the actual quality of this film despite the visual flair but I don't think anyone seeing Ninja assassin will be going in with a too critical eye. It delivers on its title and the trailer's promises and more. It's just freaking crazy as hell.