Customer Reviews

Ninja [DVD]

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

...and that is a top quality Ninja film. Yes, in the past such a statement would have been laughed at, but Scott Adkin's charisma, acting and most importantly.. martial arts skills has resulted in a very enjoyable ninja film.
Watch the fight scene 3/4 through the film when Adkins has to fight a room full of attacking thugs. I smiled, as it was very reminiscent of Bruce Lee's scene in Enter The Dragon and Jet Li's scene in the police dojo in Kiss Of The Dragon. Superb. Scott Adkins is an under rated screen martial artist and he deserves to be elevated into the mainstream. Hopefully martial arts films will rise again so he truly can show us more of what he is capable of. A highly recommended film.

I would not go out of my way to watch this again, but as a 90 minute time filler it was ok.

fast pace and pretty exciting - well worth a watch - good entertainment and like all good action movies you don't have to think too much just sit back and enjoy

Ninja doesn't mess around, it gets straight to business. Kind of like a...

No Down Time: The action keeps on coming, there's no massive gaps between fights scenes if that's all you were looking for. At most there's 10 minutes between fights early on. The story is simple, Small Japanese Ninja school send artifacts to America, big industrial company hire the evil former student of said school to nick it for them.

Knows what it is: You won't find anyone given big dramatic scenes or giving their acting muscles too much of a work out. The 'Ninja' aspect is purely to add in swords, caltrops and other ninja weaponery to the fights. No attempts at higher messages like animal cruelty (Warrior King). The plot is the reason to facilitate the fights. Not to say the story's half-baked but they don't get heavy and philisophical with ninjitsu background or what it means to be a warrior, etc.

No memorable lines / comedy: On the negative side there aren't any memorable lines in any sense, no one's given a brilliant character moment but really the movie doesn't need them. The movie isn't Uberserious, any laughs you find are most likely unintentional.

For those wondering about the 18 rating; there's no swearing or nudity, but a few decapitations and facial mutilations.

Also for what was surely a paltry budget they manage to keep up appearance to a high standard, barring the rather plastic looking Temple Industries set, although I've only seen Hectro Echavarria's cheap looking (Yet brilliantly campy) Never Surrender to compare Ninja to in terms of DTD 'alumini'

This is another cool underrated film that is certainly worth checking out if you love good martial arts movies! There are not too many cool ninja films lately so it makes this even more of a treat! The action is great, there are some pretty cool fight scenes from the good cast, there is loads of blood spraying all over the screen!! The story is simple and easy to sit back and cruise along to! Sure to entertain most action fans, worth checking out. NOT as good as the even more awesome NINJA ASSASSIN which is also available!!

Scott Adkins started out as a regular stunt man but finally got his break when he appeared in X-men Origins: Wolverine, Undisputed 2 and this film, Ninja. The storey of the film itself is nothing too silly or ridiculus as a school that teaches the martial art style of ninjitsu has two high ranking pupils who are both competing to be at the top, one disgraces himself and sets himself up as the bad guy of the movie while the other is the hero, years later the schools most valuable treasures are sent to America for protection from someone who may wish to steal it and our hero (Adkins) is assigned to protect it.
This movie proves that Adkins has some good acting talent and not just the skills and strength to engage 20 men at once (the scene in which he does this is very entertaining) so I would recomend a great fan of action and martial arts to get this movie as you will not be dissapointed. The films villian is very intimidating and the chemistry with the hero is very well done, however the movies heroine is far too fragile and weak even though she has been trained in the same art as the hero, so that is the only small let down.

I bought this on the strength of the other positive feedbacks and to be honest, it was not bad all in all. I used to train Ninjutsu years back and I have to say it is really hard, well I thought it was, so you have to respect those who can master it. The film itself was full on "Ninja" with the girl thrown in as well for good measure - not a film to buy if you want something with real content and a deep meaningful story line, but if you like a film that reflects the more fantastical part of the Ninja - then watch this, it will not disappoint you.

I won't repeat the plot of the film, you can read the blurb for that. Basically it is a simple plotline that does not involve any pointless twists and turns and just allows you to sit back and enjoy the ride, the action and the real heart of the film.

This really goes back to the good old fashioned Martial Arts films of the 80's, except with better action, better cg, better acting and a hell of a lot more gloss! The action scenes are top notch and well worth the price of admission alone, the actors are actual martial artists and this really shows. What I enjoyed was the fact that they made a real effort to incorporate JAPANESE technique and arts into the film (apart from one scene where the star is performing a bo kata that shows he is obviously trained in Chinese arts). Most people will not notice the difference however, it is just a touch that Martial artists will appreciate.

There is only one thing to say, GET THIS FILM!!!!!!!

This is one of the best martial arts films I've ever watched.We start in Japan at a Ninja training school,and here we find our hero,Scott Adkins,learning the ways of these expert,stealthy warriors.He falls foul of one of the Japanese students,who is determined to get his hands on the sacred Ninja treasure,the Yoshi Bora.A chest full of the most deadly ninja weapons ever to have.Woe betide,if this falls into the wrong hands!The fight scenes are really great.Of course,there's no plot,but I fully enjoyed the film.

This is a straight forward, good old fashioned action film. The story centres around the character of Casey (Scott Adkins) an orphaned american boy raised in japan and trained in the ways of the ninja. During the course of the film his sensei entrusts him with the guarding of a sacred chest which contains ancient ninja relics from a disgraced ninja (Tsuyoshi Ihara) and an evil cult.
As I have already stated this is a good old fashioned action film so if you are looking for something with plenty of character development and twists and turns in the plot this probably wont appeal to you.
The action comes thick and fast in this film and the pace of the film is relentless, barely giving the viewer a breather between each action scene. The fight scenes are well choreographed and extremely violent, especially the ninja scenes, and the acting is much better than what you would normally find in a straight to dvd martial arts movie.
All in all it's an enjoyable action film and fans of martial arts films and computer games will probably enjoy it.