Shinobi - Heart Under Blade (2005)

SHINOBI

This is one of the best Japanese Ninja-like fighting movies that I had watched. Cheers December 29, 2008

okay movie

This movie had really good special effects, but lacked a good plot. It is somewhat of a let down especially at the end. December 20, 2008

Shinobi

Entertaining. Follow's the Romeo and Juliet saga very closely but is somewhat more introspective. The heroine actually doubts the truth of her own humanity, extremely conflicted by what she thought was her destiny to be a warrior princess and her love for the prince of her enemy. It took the conviction and sacrifice of the hero to convice her that her tradition of violence had a hollow ring. So he's dead, she mourns her loss, and finds she needs to sacrifice herself for the safety of the two villages, the only thing of value left to her. Sounds sad doesn't it? Well heck, so is R&J.

The caliber of the performances was good, not great, and the special 'talents' of the Shinobi were inventive. All in all I found it entertaining and sufficiently redeeming. November 8, 2008

Not bad

Doesn't compare to the anime story of basilisk which this film was based on, but it's good in its own right November 2, 2008

expected a lot but merely satisfied

i believe my arcaid playing times have played a lot role in my high expectation from a movie called shinobi :D although the movie was not bad in itself because i kept my expectations very high it failed to meet them
but nevertheless i enjoyed cool coreographies, action sequences and general atmoshphere.
October 27, 2008

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