{"id":12514,"date":"2010-05-04T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=12514"},"modified":"2010-04-30T00:01:20","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T22:01:20","slug":"ninja-assassin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/04\/ninja-assassin\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninja Assassin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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How much would you expect from a movie titled “Ninja Assassin<\/a>“?\u00a0 Either not much at all, or way too much – depending on two things: whether you saw the trailer for this film and whether you lived and loved every ninja movie that was released back in the videotape days.<\/p>\n

I loved ninja movies.\u00a0 Most of them got to me exactly at the age when a boy thinks he is becoming a man.\u00a0 That’s the time when you are romantic and want to feel the power and have way too much time on your hands and you are still a kid who haven’t forgot how to imagine things and how to play with toys.\u00a0 How could anyone not love those movies was beyond me.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately (or fortunately) ninja movies are mostly a thing of the past. They are not mainstream any more and even if they are released at all somewhere – you don’t hear about them.\u00a0 “Ninja Assassin” was an exception, I think, for two reasons.\u00a0 First, it was way too long since we saw a ninja movie.\u00a0 There are many people out there who miss them.\u00a0 Nobody would watch one ninja movie after another these days, but an occasional nostalgia is very welcome.\u00a0 Second reason is the trailer.\u00a0 It was visually awesome.\u00a0 Even those who saw it once a long time ago still remember it.<\/p>\n

Now, to the movie.\u00a0 I enjoyed it quite a bit.\u00a0 It was better than any other ninja movie that I have seen (or remember) and mostly that is due to a huge leap in visual effects and movie martial arts since the time I last saw a ninja movie.\u00a0 I mean the graphics and choreography are breathtaking sometimes.\u00a0 It was all post-processed, of course, to give it a fake look – similar to the massacre of Crazy 88 gang in Kill Bill.\u00a0 The blood is too red, too liquid, too gushing, and too much.\u00a0 But it’s fun to watch.\u00a0 Sword fights are awesome.\u00a0 All the ninja accessories are there.\u00a0 And, probably, for the first time we are shown the most terrifying ninja skill properly – hiding in the shadows.\u00a0 Ninjas in this movie appear out of nowhere and disappear into nowhere.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of fights and action and the story is deeper than in many other ninja movies. In fact, I think they slightly overdid the setting – there are 1000 year old clans, governments and corporations using assassins, code of honour, and all those billion other things, which unfortunately never get used.\u00a0 They just mention them but they are either totally or mostly irrelevant for the happenings in the film.<\/p>\n

Regardless, I had fun watching this film and it brought a whole lot of awesome memories.\u00a0 And, being biased towards the ninja stuff, I feel empowered to give it a 4 out of 5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

H How much would you expect from a movie titled “Ninja Assassin“?\u00a0 Either not much at all, or way too much – depending on two things: whether you saw the trailer for this film and whether you lived and loved every ninja movie that was released back in the videotape days. 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