Ninja Assassin is a Warner Bros. release, and is rated R for strong bloody stylized violence throughout, and language. To imagine James McTeigue could make something so intelligent and entertaining as V for Vendetta and then devolve into the pile of …
Read Original Story: "Ninja Assassin" – Movie Review – RopeofSilicon.com
by M. Faust You can’t believe everything you read on the internet. For instance, the imdb.com page for Ninja Assassin says that producers the Wachowski brothers weren’t happy with the original script and hired J. Michael Straczynski (Changeling) to do …
Read Original Story: Ninja Assassin – Artvoice
It is directed by James mcteigue ("V for Vendetta") and produced by Andy and Larry Wachowski. It was co-written by J. Michael Straczynski, the creator of "Babylon 5" and the author of the best Spider-man comics …
Read Original Story: 'Ninja' mired in mediocrity – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
After you’ve stuffed yourself into an oblivion after Thanksgiving dinner or successfully made it out of the mall alive on Black Friday, check out what’s playing at your local theater. The first choice is the family-friendly comedy starring Robin …
Read Original Story: Movie Releases: The Road, Old Dogs, Ninja Assassin… – ScreenCrave.com
Now that you’ve seen it, what did you think? Its been 4 years since former Matrix assistant director James McTeigue brought us V for Vendetta, and now he’s back with a new movie called Ninja Assassin. Considering it’s a movie about …
Read Original Story: Sound Off: James McTeigue's Ninja Assassin – Your Thoughts? – First Showing (blog)
Nov. 25–Three stars for the ultra-bloody "Ninja Assassin"? That’s nothing compared to the number of stars in the film itself — lethal shuriken stars, those pointy weapons that the martial artists …
Read Original Story: Film Review: In 'Ninja Assassin,' blood flows like gravy, and we love it – California Chronicle
“Ninja Assassin,” the new film from director James McTeigue, begins with a Japanese tattoo artist working on a yakuza’s back. Blood flows down from the tattoo needle. With only short respites, blood also flows throughout the rest of …
Read Original Story: “Ninja” big on gore, lacking in dialogue – Northwest Asian Weekly
Directed by James McTeigue. Written by Matthew Sand and J. Michael Straczynski. Photographed by Karl Walter Lindenlaub. The title Ninja Assassin doesn’t suggest expectations of operatic drama or deep philosophical insight. …
Read Original Story: MOVIE REVIEW | NINJA ASSASSIN Weak story line awash in blood – Columbus Dispatch
You don’t go into a movie called "Ninja Assassin" expecting a hell of a lot, but this shockingly disjointed and relentlessly dull picture can’t even deliver the martial-arts kick its title so plainly promises. …
Read Original Story: Ninja Assassin' – MiamiHerald.com
The credits for “Ninja Assassin” list two screenwriters and one director. But it’s fair to say the movie has come straight out of a box. Cobbled together from the instructions of assorted Hong Kong gangster bloodbaths and whatever the …
Read Original Story: Tedious 'Ninja' wields a dull blade – Boston Globe
