review by Carl Ingebretsen Pro
Ninja Assassin 2009
Watched Oct 05, 2012
Carl Ingebretsen’s review:
I got tired of watching bad horror movies, so I skipped over to the mindless-action-genre a bit. What I got was a great homage to the Ninja movies of the 80's, filled with violence, blood and ninjas.
There was also a clichéd, but fun, conspiracy plot that I didn't pay much attention to, to be honest. I was too busy observing the beautiful and insane levels of blood and violence.
James McTeigue directs with a fantastic, anime-like visual flair. I think I really like him, actually, after this and V For Vendetta. I have still to see The Raven, which hopefully looks good, at least. I'm not expecting much else from it, to be honest.
Digital blood, digital blood everywhere.
But hey, at least it was blood! And I do think that was intentional; they were going for an anime-like vibe, I think.