2009 · action · crime · drama
Ninja
Directed by Isaac Florentine1h 23m2009
A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.
Our read: Ninja (2009) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · crime · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- kinetic
- intense
- cold
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