Ninja Assassin
Dir. James 'That Guy That Did that Poor Adaptation of V for Vendetta' McTeigue
OK. This movie is bad BUT (a big BUT) it also has some sick action, stunts and the way it handles the myth of the Ninja is wicked cool. Plus its a Ninja film without Michael Dudikoff! The script is just awful, and there was much laughter from the audience in the unintentional kind of way. Plus Naomi Harris is absolutely terrible. This movie would have faired a lot better without the EuroPOL subplot and had it just been Rain fighting armies of Ninjas.
There is also a really weird tonal shift. The film starts off fairly tongue in cheek, making the bad writing seem purposeful and silly, then about 20 minutes in, they start trying to be earnest. Terrible choice. Terrible! It was terrific when it maintained the cheeky attitude. Oh well.
My friend Julian Morson was the 'A' Camera Op and the Steadicam Op, he did a bang up job! Loved the framing and camera work.
I'm being generous since I had a lot of fun watching it, and the blood and gore aspect was so over the top it enabled me to overlook the crap story.
Grade B-