Comments on: ‘Ninja Assassin,’ box office bomb in the making?

By: The Ninja Within

The Ninja Within — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:11:06 +0000

Finally we need to go back to the basics. I have waited for this movie, or let me say this type of movie to come out again with Sho Kosugi attached. I would really go with a basic story that is believable. Have him as a highly trained Ninja that no one has any knowledge about. Then have him move to a place infested with gang voilence. Have similar plot like Gran Torino, but with unleashing a warrior that creates a fear unmatched to just shooting. Give it a similiar look to Pray for Death without the unbelievable story. I would love to put my ideas together for a movie like this one. I grew up on the 1980 Ninja movies, they lacked a real budget and a creative story behind them.

By: ana

ana — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:37:43 +0000

i will wait for it!!!!!!

By: liz

liz — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:41:42 +0000

Okay, so his Hollywood debut in “Speed Racer” was BLEH. But can we really blame the actor, Rain? Personally, I think the character(Taejo) ITSELF was lacking – but whatever.
I think this movie has a great chance to do very well. All the ninja-action-loving fellas are jumping with excitement, and all the Rain fangirls are jumping with excitement. The men will watch for the fighting and blood, while the women will come to see the hot body. It’s a win-win situation for all couples to see this movie! ;P

By: noona

noona — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:19:49 +0000

It is about time a fresh new Asian action hero type shows. Although I love Bruce, Jackie, Chow, Jet etc…They are sadly getting up there in age.
Rain is a great candidate to fill in for these agings since he provides a needed bonus to us female martial arts film lovers….he is very, very pretty! (..and unless u have girl boobs, u do not get a vote on how Rain looks on screen) :0

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:35:37 +0000

Rain may look sad because he took so much weight off by only eating chicken, veggies and working on building his body while doing martial arts’ training. He also had to grow his hair long, and speak his lines in English, a language he is still learning.

Quite a challenge for this young Korean actor to star in an American film, and his fans are hoping for it to be a success.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:11:58 +0000

Rain looks sad in the photo.

By: LulU

LulU — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:09:50 +0000

Your speculation seems to be born from malinformed ignorance Mr. Pollard. Second hand information and rumor makes for bad journalism.
By the way how many movies have you made? Until you’ve been there you should give the artists the benefit of the doubt until you’ve seen the finished work.
I’ll get off my soap box now.

By: AsianPride

AsianPride — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:25:27 +0000

hey Mark & others,

I have to agree with you about Sho’s movies. They sure were awesome when I saw it as a kid, watching it today as an adult they’re so cheesy. But…..there’s hope for Sho though, with the right director Sho can look good infront of cameras like Gordon Liu did in Kill Bill. Remember, Gordon(and many others during that genre) back in the day fought like a robot, movement after movement?
Give the movie a chance.

By: Mark Pollard

Mark Pollard — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:19:59 +0000

Just speculating while providing links to relevant material not previously discussed on the site.

By: Yo Yo Yo

Yo Yo Yo — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:31:27 +0000

What was the point of this article? Bitching about a movie no one has even seen yet?