A young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.A young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.A young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.
Shô Kosugi
- Ozunu
- (as Sho Kosugi)
Kylie Liya Page
- Young Kiriko
- (as Kylie Liya Goldstein)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe weapon Raizo favours throughout the movie is the kusarigama, a notoriously difficult weapon to master.
- GoofsIn the hotel, Mika tells Raizo that she doesn't smoke. Later in the movie when Raizo is recovering on the bed, Mika is seen smoking. However, this due to her doing what Raizo had earlier done for her, masking her scent with smoke from a cigarette.
- Crazy creditsThe Warner Bros, Legendary Pictures, Dark Castle and Silver Pictures logos appear from and disappear into darkness, similar to a ninja's shadow-blending ability. They are also completely metallic, with a few streaks of blood.
- Alternate versionsIn Singapore, there are two versions that has been released; one is an R21 rated version and M18 rated version. For the R21 rated version, before the film R21 rated version could be approved for theatrical release, the company required to remove a religiously profane which is not allowed for film classifications according to BFC to approve officially for theatrical release. For the M18 rated version, the film has been edited to M18 classification after moments of strong violence has been edited.
- SoundtracksHeroes
Written and Performed by David Bowie
Featured review
Lots of blood and guts (you know it's going to be bad when the first scene involves decapitation and blood spurting everywhere) but all around I enjoyed the movie. I went in with an open mind, after only seeing one movie trailer I didn't know what to expect and was pleasantly surprised I liked it as much as I did. If you're not into very violent movies, this isn't for you. It was action packed and pretty intense, squeezing in an actual storyline with all the gore was pretty seamless. The fight Choreography was fantastic and the cinematography was beautiful (reminiscent of the Kill Bill series as far as blood and choreography). The last fight scenes have to be my favorite out of any action/martial arts film and had me in awe. The lead actor (Rain) does a good job and the overall storyline was fairly well written. I read that the screenplay was rewritten in 50some hours, I'm not sure what it was before but the outcome was decent. All in all, a good flick and I recommend it highly.
- valexander69
- Dec 4, 2009
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Sát Thủ Ninja
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $38,122,883
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,316,158
- Nov 29, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $61,601,280
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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