Film201395 min

Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

Name: Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 2013
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Scott Adkins, Vithaya Pansringarm, Kane Kosugi, Tim Man, Mika Hijii

Taste attributes: actioncrimethrillermartial artsfastunsavouryimaginarylinearbig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"An ancient hero returns with a vengeance."

Boxlist takeHeightened and very fast: an unsentimental crime thriller, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like pace over patience.

Taste details

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

6.5 /10

TMDB · 247 votes

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Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Balanced originality, just how this profile likes it

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Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow

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Synopsis

Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his own death. His target: the sinister drug lord Goro, who is flooding the streets with deadly meth cooked at his remote jungle factory. To prepare for his ultimate confrontation, Casey must finally become an invisible warrior worthy of the name Ninja. But just when his prey is cornered, an unexpected twist shows Casey that his battle is only beginning: he truly can trust no one.

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