I saw the first "Ninja" movie a couple of years ago and now this second one. Though I can't remember much of the first part, both left a similar feeling. They were kind of good bot not quite as good as I hoped for.
Scott Adkins is a really good martial arts actor. I've been wondering will there ever be any new good action stars other than the legends of the 80's but Adkins is one of the best that have risen in recent years.
The beginning of the movie made me expect something amazing but then I started to feel that most of the movie has gone already and we still haven't gotten to the amazing part. Will it happen? Why doesn't this feel like ninja? Everything's kind of cool but still something's missing...
Well, here's the analysis I could make: it's that there just isn't much ninja stuff. The fighting is mostly hand-to-hand, something reminiscent of karate. It all looks good and there's a lot of cool choreography. But is it ninja? Well, towards the end there are a couple of fights with swords which instantly gave me the feeling like "yeah, now we're talking". But it's quite brief. Also, the main guy only wears his ninja robe for a very short time, and there aren't other characters who'd look like ninjas. Also the fact that most of the story takes place in Myanmar is a bit off. Jungle suits Rambo and other war movies but it's not the most interesting setting for ninjas.
So... it's a movie that can be recommended to any fan of martial arts in general, but it's not the best "ninja" movie.
Scott Adkins is a really good martial arts actor. I've been wondering will there ever be any new good action stars other than the legends of the 80's but Adkins is one of the best that have risen in recent years.
The beginning of the movie made me expect something amazing but then I started to feel that most of the movie has gone already and we still haven't gotten to the amazing part. Will it happen? Why doesn't this feel like ninja? Everything's kind of cool but still something's missing...
Well, here's the analysis I could make: it's that there just isn't much ninja stuff. The fighting is mostly hand-to-hand, something reminiscent of karate. It all looks good and there's a lot of cool choreography. But is it ninja? Well, towards the end there are a couple of fights with swords which instantly gave me the feeling like "yeah, now we're talking". But it's quite brief. Also, the main guy only wears his ninja robe for a very short time, and there aren't other characters who'd look like ninjas. Also the fact that most of the story takes place in Myanmar is a bit off. Jungle suits Rambo and other war movies but it's not the most interesting setting for ninjas.
So... it's a movie that can be recommended to any fan of martial arts in general, but it's not the best "ninja" movie.