A look at Ninja Assassin: the title is not redundant.

‘Ninja Assassin’ isn’t trying to change the world.  It’s an over the top bloody ninja movie, capturing the sometimes cheesy feel of 80’s ninja movies, notably the Ninja series starring Sho Kosugi.  To that effect, it works very well.  The film takes every supernatural element applied to ninjas, and treats them as real, to the point where they actually disappear in shadows, and can heal themselves with the power of their own will, to sometimes spectacular effect. Before I go on with the review, I just want to clear something…

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