Reviewing this movie is complicated, because I can't really say it was "better than I thought it would be" because I had no idea what movie I was watching until it started. When I first started watching, I was pretty sure I wanted to leave; the gore was beyond over the top. As is, semi-decapitation, forceful amputation etc. So I wasn't excited. As the movie progressed however, I settled in, the gore become somewhat reasonable, and I actually began to enjoy this movie, far more than I expected to. I love ninjas, I don’t know why. Some consider my absurd obsession with ninjas a birth defect. That’s a lie, but still you get my point, what I'm trying to say is that it would be hard for me to give a ninja movie too bad of a review, but biases aside, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. The action was cool and intense, although unbelievable. The plot actually did not fail to entertain me, and the surprises were good enough to keep me from leaving as well. The acting could have been worse, but it wasn't too good either. The blood was ridiculously fake, which subtracted from the movie substantially. Not just how it looked, but if someone got a paper cut, blood would shoot from it like a hose. The special effects brought it together to be a pretty solid movie. The main point for me is that it was good, but it’s not a "Serious" movie. Like The Departed or Predator or The Terminator, it’s one of those movies that will surely die out after a year on DVD. Ninja Assassin = A good first half of my pre thanksgiving movie night.
