"Ninja: Shadow of a Tear" was nowhere near as interesting as the first of these "Ninja" movies turned out to be. The story told in this movie turned out to be trivial, predictable, cliché and not really all that interesting.
That being said, don't get me wrong. The movie is not all bad. The fight scenes, well most of them anyway, were nicely choreographed and executed on the screen. There were some rather impressive moments here and there, especially during the hotel scene.
But the movie just overall suffered from its lack of a meaningful storyline. This was basically a revenge movie to avenge the death of his pregnant wife, and one single guy taken on countless enemies. Very 1980's storyline, and it could have been much better.
The movie does offer lots of action and does it in a good way. But it is hardly enough to sustain the movie on itself, as there is only so much you can manage to get out of mindless action.
Acting-wise, well, this is a ninja movie - although there were surprisingly few ninjas in the movie - so you know what you are getting yourself into here. Just disconnect your mind, lean back and enjoy the mindless action here.
There are far better ninja movies available, both new and old.
That being said, don't get me wrong. The movie is not all bad. The fight scenes, well most of them anyway, were nicely choreographed and executed on the screen. There were some rather impressive moments here and there, especially during the hotel scene.
But the movie just overall suffered from its lack of a meaningful storyline. This was basically a revenge movie to avenge the death of his pregnant wife, and one single guy taken on countless enemies. Very 1980's storyline, and it could have been much better.
The movie does offer lots of action and does it in a good way. But it is hardly enough to sustain the movie on itself, as there is only so much you can manage to get out of mindless action.
Acting-wise, well, this is a ninja movie - although there were surprisingly few ninjas in the movie - so you know what you are getting yourself into here. Just disconnect your mind, lean back and enjoy the mindless action here.
There are far better ninja movies available, both new and old.