The film stars South Korean pop musician Rain as a disillusioned assassin looking for retribution against his former mentor, played by ninja film legend Sho Kosugi. Ninja Assassin (DVD) From the producers of The Matrix trilogy and the director of V for Vendetta comes the latest martial arts extravaganza. A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission. Raizo (Asian pop superstar Rain) is one of the deadliest assassins in the world. In the confusion, Mika frees Raizo from his bindings. Mika interferes to help but gets stabbed by Lord Ozunu. The Wachowskis, Joel Silver, and Grant Hill produced the film for Legendary Pictures, Dark Cast… The plot is flawed, the characters are poorly developed but the action makes this movie worthwhile watching with violent fights like in a video-game, great … Mika, seemingly fatally wounded, is in fact saved by a quirk of birth: her heart is actually on the right side of her chest. Ninjitsu master Casey is back and out for revenge when his pregnant wife is murdered. After the mission, Raizo meets the rest of his clan atop a city skyscraper in Berlin. When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by With the Ozunu defeated, Europol leaves. Teaming up with Europol investigator Mika, Raizo steadily butchers his enemies while inching ever closer to the long-awaited bloody reunion with his former master.Rated R for strong bloody stylized violence throughout, and language In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend. The Ozunu Clan, led by the ruthless Lord Ozunu, trains orphans from around the world to become the ultimate ninja assassins. Branded as a traitor, Kiriko is captured and later executed in front of Raizo by their elder ninja brother Takeshi, who impales her through the heart. The only kindness he ever feels is from a young kunoichi named Kiriko, with whom he eventually develops a romantic bond. A young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.
Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Years later, an adult Raizo is instructed by Lord Ozunu to complete his first assassination. By the time they arrive, the ninjas have already kidnapped Raizo, bringing him before Lord Ozunu for execution.
Ninja Assassin is a 2009 neo-noir martial arts film directed by James McTeigue. The film received mixed reviews by critics, while some praised the revival of the martial arts genre, the movie still failed on originality. Was this review helpful to you? Raizo is one of the orphans. Sequel to the 2002 film. In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? A young Thai boxer learns the skills and inner meaning of martial arts. The armoury of a Ninja Assassin consists of the Kusarigama (a sickle on a length of cord or light chain that can be thrown or used as a hand weapon), the Ninja Sword (which can be coated in Poison), Shurikens or Throwing Stars and Torinoko Grenades (which can be loaded with explosives, blinding flash powder, or confusing firecrackers). "Ninja Assassin" is a gore and cartoonish action movie that follows the violence of Takashi Miike.
Remembering Kiriko's death, Raizo slashes Lord Ozunu's face with his Although feeling betrayed, Mika is assured by Maslow that he is still on her side and gives her a tracking device for emergencies. I had no expectations going into this movie except for a crap load of blood and guts and pure cheese. It delivered that and more. Europol Special Forces and tactical teams led by Maslow storm the secluded Ozunu retreat (nestled in the mountains) using the tracking device on Raizo. Raizo stays behind in the ruins of the Ozunu retreat. Use the HTML below. During the transport back to the Ozunu, Raizo uses his ninja techniques to heal his own wounds. A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja. When his friend betrays him, Cho must prepare for the ultimate battle. The Ozunu Clan's training is extremely brutal, especially for Raizo since he is to be the next successor of the clan. [3a] After ninjas killed his family, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. In 1937, a Chinese martial artist returns to Shanghai to find his teacher dead and his school harassed by the Japanese. Trained since childhood to be a lethal killer, Raizo has since turned his back on the Ozunu clan that raised him and now seeks revenge for their heartless murders. Climbing the same wall Kiriko did in the past, he looks out at the surrounding countryside with a smile, feeling his freedom for the first time. When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it. Mika then takes him to a motel to hide. There, Lord Ozunu orders him to execute a kunoichi traitor. As time goes by, Kiriko becomes disenchanted with the Ozunu's routine and decides to abandon it. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Enraged, Raizo uses a "shadow blending" technique for the first time to distract and kill Lord Ozunu. Unable to fend off the Ozunu, she hides outside the motel until Special Forces arrive to help her. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. Gory, excessive amounts of action and a … Resting in the motel, Mika implants the tracking device into Raizo, as the ninjas remain in pursuit. 22 of 46 people found this review helpful. Ninja Assassin explores political corruption, child endangerment and the impact of violence. This time, Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian Jail on trumped-up drug charges.