Ninja Assasin: C

Ninja Assassin sets a pretty high bar for itself in its opening scene, where unseen ninjas disembowel their targets in one of the most inventive bloodbaths since Uma Thurman dispatched the Crazy 88 in Kill Bill.

But sadly, the filmmakers seem to have blown their wad in that one opening scene.
Almost every one of the endless fight scenes that follow try and fail to capture the energy and wind up recycling the same moves, the same visual effects, and the same bag of tricks.

The extremely bloody movie seems to be made by and for blood thirsty fan boys eager to see laughter drowned in blood.

The revenge story about a member of an elite team of ninja assassins who sets out to destroy the clan who created him after the woman he loves is killed is pretty by the book.
and it's not compelling enough to make us care about what happens between the fight sequences. This all leads up to a peculiarly pedestrian finale that will probably be forgotten by the time you even hit the aisle.

Ninja Assassin: C