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Not worth a tear, no ninjutsu in this movie

posted 10 years ago by mrZillion
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The martial arts which this movie tries to suggest is not ninjutsu. It's some dumb mixture of karate and some aikido maybe. There are no high kicks in ninjutsu. I stopped watching after 10 minutes, it's just to lame.

If you want some real ninjutsu, watch http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182601/
It's with Shin'ichi Chiba playing the famous Hattori Hanzo (yes he is in Kill Bill).

If you looking for some very good martial arts movies, watch the Lone Wolf and Cub movies from the 70s. There is allmost nothing better.

[–] Nephilim-6 10 years ago

This a throwback to those 80's Ninja movies, especially American Ninja..
It's dumb yes, horribly inacurate but it's suppossed to be popcorn entertainment with some cool martial arts stuff.

It was fun.

Did you ever notice that people who believe in creationism look really un-evolved? - Bill Hicks

[–] bishp23 9 years ago

Yup...just watched it and was thinking of American Ninja the whole time. Even though it's a new movie, it was very nostalgic for me.

I hope they do more.

[–] davidhartland 9 years ago

No its not strictly ninjitsu (then again what is?) but it does a good job of showcasing Japanese martial arts and I thought the fight scenes were great. Don't get me wrong, its not a great movie but the fight scenes were pretty good.

[–] Thenewnexus 9 years ago

Bring on Ninja 3

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[–] thirdeye55 9 years ago

Yes, please!

[–] cmayhem 8 years ago

Ninjistu is not a martial arts but a type of military tactic specializing in uncoventional warfare.

[–] mrZillion 7 years ago

It's spelled Ninjutsu and it is a martial arts but also warfare.

[–] MaximRecoil (4054) 6 years ago

No, it isn't a martial art; it is essentially guerrilla, espionage, and terrorist tactics. Any martial arts that a historical ninja may have been trained in had their own names. So-called "ninjutsu" doesn't exist anymore; all purported modern incarnations of it = role playing. The true modern counterpart to "ninjutsu" can be found in agencies such as the CIA, KGB, MI6, etc.

As for the spelling, both "ninjutsu" and "ninjitsu" are transliterations, as is the term "ninja" itself; neither is more correct than the other. Anyone stupid enough to argue this point clearly doesn't understand the concept of a transliteration.