I heart the shit out of this movie. I saw it when it came out in theaters and I'm actually really surprised I didn't review it then. I just saw it again at home and it made me so happy.I remember thinking that it was probably going to be a crap film but that I was going to watch it anyway because fuck it, I love ninjas and assassins. How could this go wrong? And I was surprised by precisely how much violence they could fit into one movie. Graphic, bloody violence from the opening scene til the credits roll.
For the three of you that think the plot matters, here you go: Raizo is a ninja. He was an orphan raised to serve one of the Nine Clans of ninja and assassinate their enemies. He grows up alongside the lovely Keiko, who refuses to conform to the killing ways and ends up executed as a lesson to others. Raizo eventually rejects the teaching as well and goes rogue, tracking his fellow clanmates down one at a time. Mika (28 Days Later's Naomie Harris) is a Europol forensic researcher who comes across the Nine Clans and immediately goes to the top of their shit list.
What more do you need? Did I mention the violence? There's so much of it. Action porn at its best.
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