The biggest pop star of Asia knows in a confusing manner to persuade people of his roll as a ruthless killer.

It's surprising that a movie so bloody and violent as Ninja Assassin can be so boring. After a quick explosion of extreme action the movie slows down a little bit to expand the plot in a slow pace. Uncountable shots of Raizo (played by the South Korean pop star Rain) who's training in his apartment are switched with scenes of cop Mika (Naomie Harris), who is investigating a couple of murders. The audience in the mean time is waiting desperately for the return of bloody scenes. Luckily Ninja Assassin knows how to deliver those passages in a perfect manner, with impressive graphic shots and lost limbs that are flying across the screen and fountains of blood that spray from dying bodies.

Still this doesn't always make up for the long scenes with boring material.

As the star of the movie Rain is a curious choice. His mostly wordless Raizo is impressively deadly with his body, but during quiet moments with his fellow actress Harris is Rain often too sweet, to much fun. This often is so bad that it's hard to compare this character with the deadly assassin from other scenes. A bit confusing, but Rain's acting performances during the movie are definitely not to blame.

The biggest pop star from Asia shows that he has a bright future in Hollywood ahead of him.



Credit: bulgocrazyi@lj for translating
source: metro
Picture credit: eunkyung
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