Ninja Assassin

Ninja Assassin (2009)

  • 26% of critics liked it
    (112 reviews)

  • 56% of users liked it
    (187,368 ratings)

V for Vendetta director James McTeigue re-teams with that film's producers Larry and Andy Wachowski for this action-packed tale of a skilled assassin who was trained by a mythical secret society, and patiently awaits the day he will avenge the death of his best friend. Swept off the streets as a… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Matthew Sand, J. Michael Straczynski
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Nov 25, 2009 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures/Dark Castle Ent.

Critic Reviews

  • David Jenkins, Time Out

    A garish and poorly filmed chop-socky frolic that makes about as much sense as an Escher painting viewed through Vaseline-smudged Ray-Bans.

  • Kevin Lee, Time Out New York

    Perhaps such phenomenal slaughter is best left to the imagination.

  • A.O. Scott, At the Movies

    The problem is that the fight sequences -- the only reason anyone sees a movie like this in the first place -- are muddy, chaotic and boring. Even diehard fans of this genre would be well advised to skip this one.

  • Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

    This saga, set in Berlin, is more committed to its bloodletting than to any of its characters.

  • Dan Kois, Washington Post

    A movie that provides plenty of jolts but precious little pleasure.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    An interesting action flick with a throw back to all the ninja movies of the past. Awesome slick stylized fight scenes with lots of blood shed and tons of great ninja stuff. Automatic ninja stars for the win.

  • Jens S


    An oddly boring film, considering there is Ninja action basically non-stop, incredibly nasty wounds and deaths (even though clearly CGI ones). The problem is that there is not much of a story, or the one that's presented leaves us little to care about. A great example of how… More

  • xGary X


    A ninja who has turned his back on his clan fights to defend an Interpol researcher who is trying to uncover them and seek revenge upon his erstwhile master. No-one has the right to complain about the lack of depth or characterisation in this film. It's called Ninja Assassin for… More

  • Universal D


    Lots and lotsa fight scenes (with lotsa them in the dark so's you can't see nothing) and lots and lotsa blood, lots of it, buckets and buckets, body parts flooding in blood, blood, blood, blood, and some dialogue on the side. The only movie I ever saw made for vampires and… More

  • Jim C


    Ninja Assassin is based 100% on pure blood and gore, some people may like that, but not me. The actors were only there for the gore, the action was there only for the gore, everything is there for the gore. Its hard to believe a great movie like V for Vendetta was directed by the… More

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