Comments on: ‘Ninja Assassin’ preview clip

By: tikkiexx

tikkiexx — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:36:58 +0000

well considering the dude getting hit by a car was in prior trailers id have to agree it wasnt a big shock. i dont know about the traffic patterns, i wasnt exactly focusing on that. i dont really recall seeing too many fight scenes staged in traffic tho but maybe i havent seen enough action flicks. lol.

By: The Realist

The Realist — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:07:40 +0000

Nothing we haven't seen before. But still that was pretty cool. Glad to see Rain get a chance in Hollywood

By: tikkiexx

tikkiexx — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:36:58 +0000

By: The Realist

The Realist — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:07:40 +0000

Nothing we haven't seen before. But still that was pretty cool. Glad to see Rain get a chance in Hollywood

By: Johnny Devlin

Johnny Devlin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:00:40 +0000

Well personally I didn't think it was all that great. There was one traffic pattern when everyone was running and then a different one when they stopped to fight. Also, seemed to me the pursuing ninjas could have made things a whole lot easier for themselves by flinging a few shuriken. Did anyone doubt that last overconfident ninja was going to get smucked by a vehicle? Thought it would be a bus or semi – oh well.

By: tikkiexx

tikkiexx — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:29:39 +0000

yes. yes it was Rick Yune. im really looking forward to seeing him get busy. looks like hes playing a main character too. sweet.

By: Lionclaw77

Lionclaw77 — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:11:56 +0000

Everything so far made up my mind that this movie will be great. This fight was done very actually. Was the ninja that was about to finish Rain, Rick Yune?

By: tikkiexx

tikkiexx — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:51:15 +0000

great point about multiple camera cuts. i hate that crap too. i call it the Jean Claude shot, like when he,d do a spin kick and theyd show it from 3 different angles to make it seem like he hit them 3 times. but like you said the rest of the clip wasnt shot like that so my fingers are crossed. plus these guys are pretty good at filming action so you can see whats going. thats one good thing about the Matrix movies is at least you could see the action clearly and there wasnt a lot of shakey cam or jump cuts. god i hate shakey cam. lol

By: Mark Pollard

Mark Pollard — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:36:48 +0000

I've always thought editing that artificially extended the length of a stunt like this looks ridiculous. I didn't like it in ONG BAK or INVISIBLE TARGET either. It's a gimmick that's been around for years and used to be applied more often to explosions where it actually made sense, as filmmakers typically only had one chance to shoot a big fireball sequence and would set up multiple cameras to make the most of it. Here it's being applied to make a routine stunt look more impressive than it is. Although tightly edited, the rest of the sequence looks better. I like the concept of a fight taking place in traffic. You don't see that very often.

By: tikkiexx

tikkiexx — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:18:56 +0000

whoa. ive never seen that before. that was 10 times better than the first trailer they released. it showed a lot more action.