Well…SCARS was able to screen the blood soaked Matrix Trilogy follow up project, co- produced by the Wachowski boys, Ninja Assassin.
When I say blood soaked, I mean blood soaked. Oh, and not good blood either. Friggin CGI blood. The kills were inventive, but the plot reminded me of a more up to date, evil “Kung Fu” TV movie.
Rain, yes as in the weather, has the ability to be a huge action star if they can reel in the craziness and get him in a movie that isn’t completely over the top and laughable.
The opening had a great Tarantino feel to it, but lost me once they tried to develop the token FBI agents and started quoting from the action-movie-cliche bible.
I won’t go too much into the plot, as it is silly, and I would sound like a 6 year old trying to tell you what he had for lunch, with all the “ummm”s and “uhhhh”s, and never actually find the point.
The back story for Raizo (Rain) had all the film’s effort put into it. The rest of Ninja Assassin was a mix of crazy ninja fight scenes in the dark and in traffic. So you kind of know there’s fighting going on, but wish you could actually see it.
Overall, I would have to say this was a bomb but will probabally do well with the crowd it’s targeted to: pre-teen boys who are picked on in school and want to become ninjas.
Tags: Ninja Assassin, Wachowski Brothers
Nothing will trump the ninjas running in traffic as the height of ridiculousness, except for maybe the fact that the ninjas all basically vaporized and whispered like something out of Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter.
On the plus side, at least it was better than that shitshow Speed Racer. And Rain is my new crush.