First poster for ‘Ninja Assassin’

News | Film News | by Mark Pollard

Italian-language film site ScreenWEEK has released the first poster for the Wachowski brothers’ NINJA ASSASSIN. It features the star, Korean pop singer Rain, shirtless in the… rain. I won’t be surprised if the marketing for this movie continues with the precipitation theme.

Rain is shown wielding two weapons. One is a katana or possibly a shorter variant of a Japanese sword and the other is a rather wicked-looking curved short blade attached to a chain, suggesting that it’s used as a short-range throwing weapon, like a rope dart.

News regarding NINJA ASSASSIN has been slim so far this year with the most recent being a tentative release date of November 25th.

NINJA ASSASSIN (2009)

Tags: Ninja Assassin (2009), Rain

JDkent Padilla Ritaga

Cool det va Länge sen nån gjorde en Ninja film..

GenuineLife

I want to marry him :'[
Rainnnn :'[

IgaNinja

im still awaiting a trailer for this film..poster looks mad tho.

abby

Brother Kage I sense you didn't except my opinions on NINJA ASSASSIN, to each his own, But all I was saying that the poster doesnt reflect the expectations many of us are hoping for, Could it be that this is a teaser poster and we'll soon be graced by a better one...heres to hoping guys. In the meantime refresh your memories with Sho Kosugi's ninja flics until NINJa and NINJA ASSASSIN are released.....

DragonSword

Hmm.. we will see if this is a worthy addition to the Ninja genre.

bujo

Drunkenmasterbates :
James mcteigue said in one interview "The fight choreographers kept coming and said Rain is amazing, he could do this he could do that. we dont have like an actor we brough in before who could do these things that Rain can do"

if you remembered very well, the same fight choreographers have worked with the like of Collin Chou, did he mean Rain could do better than Collin? Collin is a martial art artist.
i wonder.....

Kage no Goddamn

Permalink.

What does that sort've invasive CRAP have to do with NinJa Assassin?

abby

I recently read two reports on this movie, it seems like the Wachowski's are more pivotal in reintroducing the ninja to a new audience. I agree that projecting new life into the ninja genre is more than forthcoming it should resurrect the action movie as a whole I've been dissapointed with most of hollywoods releases, but it seems that Hong Kong and Thailand are fast producing some of the best movies this side of North america.
I look forward to seeing Sho Kougi come back to the big screen, he was the orchestrator of some fair ninja flics during his run in the 80's.
I will definitely give Rain his moment to display his acting as well as his martial art skill for this movie. I sincerely think that a good movie, always starts with the right written story. So i await for this film as well as Issac Florentine's Ninja Assassin w/ Scott Adkins who in my mind right now is the one to inject new blood to our amreican Audiences

Daniel Zelter

Kage: But does it actually show the fight scenes?

Love Kung Fu: I'd only be ok with ninja movies as long as they don't give us the DB: E equivalent of Naruto.

Love Kung Fu Movies

Part of me hopes that this film is a big success...I would love to see a flurry of quality Ninja flicks hit the big screen and DVD releases. Ninja movies all too often fall prey to some of the hokey myths and poor camera effects....it would be great to see some quality ninja flicks with some grit.

are

Is this the same Wachowski brother?

http://perezhilton.com/2009-04-27-reclusive-mat...

Anonymous

looks great. where's the trailer?

Drunkenmasterbates

pop singers are not martial artists. this movie could be pretty weak

that guy

ninja-to not a katana

katana's are curved and dont as a rule have square hand guards.

BruisedLo

i'm just excited about seeing kosugi's return...

november? thats a long time.

DVDMovieBuffer

I'm excited about this movie never check out a new ninja movie for a long time.

Kage no Goddamn

As I have stated before, having seen the rough cut. This movie has more balls than any I have seen in years!!!!!!! Put on a butcher's apron and get ready for a CINEMATIC THRILL RIDE.