Category: EnglishThis film released pretty early in India, but am really not sure if that was the right decision considering the cold response the film got in the cinema hall I was at.
The movie has Rain (pretty South Korean singer among other things) performing some breath taking stunts and fighting through almost everything for what he believes in. Turning on his own Ninja clan he soon faces the wrath of them for his betrayal. Along the way he goes to save a lady who is investigating a recent assassination. The assassination is rumored to be done by Ninjas and as such she unearths a massive underground conspiracy.
That's about it for the plot, there's every possible cliche to be used in an action film like this. There's the "brother fight" with Rick Yune, surprisingly looking out of place. Well with out of place, everyone else also is. Rain can't act or even deliver dialogues properly and comes across as constipated most of the time. There's no real star in this film barring the fight sequences.
There's a thorough demonisation of the Ninjas and most of the film has some really misleading facts in it. I read that the director wrote the entire script in 53 hours and truth be told it does seem like it. I can't believe he's the same director who gave us V for Vendetta. Do kindly note the presence of South Korean actors portraying Japanese characters.
Recommendation level: 2/5 - For the action sequences and of course any film that depicts the Ninja (sadly this one has them as really bad but it's one of the rare occasions they aren't overshadowed by their illustrious rivals - the Samurai). Action fans would give it a 5/5 for the slick kills.
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