Rating: 4/10
Writers: Matthew Sand (screenplay) & J. Michael Straczynski (screenplay), Matthew Sand (story)
Director: James McTeigue
Cast: Rain, Naomie Harris, Rick Yune, Ben Miles
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
You do not expect a movie called Ninja Assassin to be boring. What you do expect is high amounts of entertaining and stylized action from a film with this title and its trailers, especially when you consider the film is from V For Vendetta director and Wachowski brothers protégé, James McTeigue. Translation = not boring; unfortunately, this is not what you will get.
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- Rusty Gordon

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Ninja Assassin movie delivered very intense, graphic action. Warner Bros. Pictures unleashed their new intense,graphic action movie, "Ninja Assassin" this weekend. I just watched it,and I must say that it had to be the most graphic,violent,action packed movie I've ever seen. They held nothing back with this one. It stars: Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi, and Rick Yune. "Ninja Assassin" revolved around the character, Raizo (Rain) and how he was raised by the Ozunu Clan to become a murdering Ninja Assassin.However, Ozunu knew the clan was evil,and after watching them kill his friend and murdering for them, he finally reached his last straw when they asked him to kill a girl who tried to escape the clan. He fought back,and eventually escaped . Years later, he meets the Ozunu Clan again »
- Andre@ontheflix

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'Ninja Assassin' movie gets mediocre reviews from top movie critics. Warner Bros. Pictures new action flick, "Ninja Assassin" didn't amaze the critics with its debut this weekend. It stars : Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi,and Rick Yune. The critics gave it pretty mixed reviews,but overall,they were mediocre. Wesley Morris from the Boston Globe gave it a C-. He stated, "this long, thanklessly repetitive slice-kick-and-shoot-’em-up has nothing to offer but the aggravating awareness that Jet Li and Jason Statham have done it better." Geoff Berkshire over at the Chicago Tribune gave it a D. He said, "The rotten clichés pile up faster than the bodies in this Z-movie disaster." »
- Chris

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Old Dogs Studio: Disney Rated: PG for some mild rude humor. Starring: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green and Ella Bleu Travolta Directed by: Walt Becker What it’s about: Robin Williams plays a sports marketing businessman who learns that he has seven-year-old twins. When their mother needs to go to jail for two weeks, she begs him to take care of them and learn to be a father. He takes on the challenge, but it proves to be a wild time along with his business partner, played by John Travolta. What I liked: There are times when the slapstick actually works in this film. It's not often, but it happens. The best part of the film is Seth Green as the marketing protege who never quite makes the grade. Sadly, the funniest scene in the film is when the characters sneak into the gorilla enclosure at the zoo, which »
- Kevin Carr

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Seen on: November 19, 2009
The players: Director: James McTeigue, Writer: J. Michael Straczynski, Cast: Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Rick Yune
Facts of interest: Produced by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.
The plot: Rain plays a killer ninja who escapes from his clan and becomes a target himself. He also protects a Europol agent who knows too much about the ninjas.
Our thoughts: James McTeigue’s “Ninja Assassin” is one of the most ridiculous action flicks I’ve seen in a long time. Parts of it are indeed moderately entertaining, but all in all, it’s nothing but a brainless, unnecessary big-screen mess filled with terrible dialogue, monotonous action scenes and a story as thin as your admission ticket. »
- Franck Tabouring

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Thanks to our friends over at IGN, we have your first look at the red band trailer for the upcoming action thriller "Ninja Assassin" which will be arriving in theaters this weekend from Warner Bros. The film stars Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi and Rick Yune. The film follows Raizo (Rain), who is raised up to be a part of a group of expertly trained killers called the Ozuno Clan. Soon, however, he turns rogue on them after they kill his friend. He faces them once again when he saves a Europol agent named Mika Coretti (Naomi Harris) from being killed by the clan for finding out criminal information on them. Now they must fight for their lives and hope to survive in an effort to bring down the evil Ozuno Clan once and for all. Read on for a look at the trailer.
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- Chad Langen

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New 'Ninja Assassin' restricted movie trailer gets bloody graphic. Warner Bros. Pictures is releasing their new,high action "Ninja Assassin" movie this weekend. It stars : Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi, and Rick Yune. They've released this new restricted movie trailer for it (below). Proceed with caution because it gets quite graphic. In Ninja Assassin,Raizo (Rain) is raised up to be apart of a group of trained killers called Ozunu Clan.However, he eventually breaks free of them after they kill his friend. »
- Andre@ontheflix

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We have added a new restricted trailer for upcoming “Ninja Assassin“
The martial arts extravaganza follows Raizo (Rain), one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.
The film stars Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Rick Yune, legendary Sho Kosugi (Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja), a Japanese martial artist with training in ninjutsu,   as the ruthless leader of the Ozunu Clan.
“Ninja Assassin” is produced by the Wachowski brothers (The Matrix, Speed Racer) and directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta). It is scheduled to hit theaters November 25, 2009.

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- Allan Ford

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Another sneak peek at Warner Bros. Pictures' film "Ninja Assassin" has been shared through a red band trailer and a new clip. Making its way out via IGN, the age restricted clip is packed with many bloody battle scenes that will be featured in the movie. The other snippet, meanwhile, features the major character, Raizo, who is involved in a duel with an older man while they are in a burnt room.
"Ninja Assassin" centers its story on Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Being raised to be a killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth, he is haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan. Raizo later breaks free from them and vanishes.
The movie then follows Raizo who is preparing to exact his revenge. Teaming up with Europol agent Mika Coretti, he is »
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Well, we got through the Twilight: New Moon predictions without any of the Twilight fans hating me too much, so with that out of the way it is on to the Thanksgiving weekend predictions here at the Reject Report. This weekend we have the expansion of The Fantastic Mr. Fox as well as two new wide releases Old Dogs and Ninja Assassin. These three open Wednesday and I'm going to predict how they will do and look ahead to see what the Friday-Sunday period has in store. In the end New Moon wound up with a little over $142 million for its weekend opening, and frankly I don't see how it can be topped this coming week either. Even if it drops 50 percent it makes 71 million. I think the drop will be steeper than that, but I think this still makes it to $50 million this holiday weekend. How the heck are these other movies going to compete with »
- John Cairns

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