Comments on: Pre-production begins on ‘The Last Ninja’

By: Joe Navarro

Joe Navarro — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:59:06 +0000

The big difference between this movie and the other two ninja movies coming out this year is the story. If you enjoy high impact action, without the “walking on the wall” gimmick that has been worn out since the matrix and an incredible twist in the end that will leave you with your jaws on the floor, then you’ll love THE LAST NINJA!

By: Darrin Kemp

Darrin Kemp — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:47:13 +0000

Mo Kraak if you think there are no curses in Japanese spend some time there.As a gaijin you will if can grasp the language quickly enough you will be subjected to every single one of them. :)

By: danmye

danmye — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:30:07 +0000

Mo Kraak, very informative (no swear word in Japanese for example), and quite good opinion on noob-101 advice!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:27:52 +0000

I’ll keep an eye out for this one, it’s going to be in english right? You don’t get many “good” martial arts action films in english, it’s a pretty untouched genre.

I came across this series online though, “Karma Kula” I was very impressed, for an independently produced webseries it’s out of this world.

Chapter 1 – The Ninjas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n60JS311zM

Chapter 2 – The Frog in the Well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NeOl98doAU&feature=related

By: DragonSword

DragonSword — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:21:42 +0000

Bring back the ninja movies! This looks like it could be another cool addition to the ninja genre.

By: Kung Fu Movies Rock!

Kung Fu Movies Rock! — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:53:05 +0000

Finally…I don’t know about the rest of you…but I’ve been itching for some high quality Ninja flicks for a long time. I don’t feel like the myth of Ninja assassins was every truly captured and expanded to its full potential. I’m pumped to see these new films…

By: Mo Kraak

Mo Kraak — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:45:09 +0000

IMHO, the seminal ninja movie is “Shinobi No Mono” a four part epic circa 1962-1964. Watch it! Another good with ninjas, spies and cool Japanese weapons is “Samurai Spy,” also from the early sixties.

FYI – it is available from both Blockbuster and Netflix. Samurai spy is available from Blockbuster in the set “Rebel Samurai: Sixties Swordplay Classics – Samurai Rebellion/Sword of the Beast/Samurai Spy/Kill!” This set is sure to please any Samurai fan. All of the films in this set used to be in regular rotation on the late great Kung Fu Channel (snif . . . ).

N00B 101 – Always watch foreign movies with subtitles. You are doing yourself a disservice if you watch dubbed versions. It is totally immersive to hear the actual voice and dialect of the actors and you can pick up some foreign words at the same time.
For example, there’s nothing quite like Gordon Liu grunting “hao” or Mifune Toshiro barking “baka” when the alternative is some English voice actor saying “that is fine” or “stupid idiot” respectively.

Did You Know? – There are no swear words in Japanese and the worst word that they can come up with is “baka”? (“idiot”)

By: Clarke

Clarke — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:22:55 +0000

This looks interesting…