The plot was dumb, and there was only about 5 minutes of Namiko.....
shareThey both have their strengths and weaknesses. I will say this, I thought it was a HUGE mistake to go the bloodless route for Ninja 2. The blood spray during the katana fights in the first film was a large part of it's style and charm.
shareWho said: "hey this is a great plot idea? Seriously? Then who was the idiot that seconded that notion? And why would the actor go through with it? Yes; I am happy to see a martial arts movie being made! We have had a serious emptiness outside low budget *beep* Hong Kong films! But Ninja one was great! Why can't they expand on the idea instead of scaping it and just making a mindless martial art movie. I haven't seen it yet, I will probably like it, but the storyline is stupid! That I won't like!
shareAnd the first one sucked. I find these very disappointing though there were some really good fight scenes in this (dojo, bar fight, etc). Adkins is a very good martial artist. But I notice whenever he plays a good guy, his performances and movies are weak. He deserves better than this b.s. We need less Casey and more Boyka.
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Totally agree with you. Ninja 2 is way better!
shareThe first one is no where near as good as part 2 Scott was a beast as Casey to say he only acts good when he plays bad guys is BS ninja 2 is the best martial arts movie in a long time I thought it was better then the raid and all of the *beep* ong bak and ip man sequels scott adkins is the best screen fighter today period!! Support ninja:shadow of a tear and we will get more boyka and ninja!!
shareOk. Yeah, put the pipe down, son. Better than Ip Man or The Raid? Nope. Sorry. Ninja 2 was good but nowhere near as good a movie as those. I will say Adkins is an amazing performer and Ninja 2 did have a lot of good action but story, character and acting-wise it was very weak.
And what great acting have you seen Adkins do where he plays a hero?? His screen presence and charisma are basically non-existent when he's a good guy. You do know that good acting means actual "acting" and not just kicking someone through a wooden door right???
This movie was awesome,Scott gave a kick ass performance. I would have liked to see more of Namiko too,but this movie is still great
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This was twice as good as the first film in every way imaginable.
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Seriously? To me Shadow of a tear was way better. The first one was ok, but more in a comic book style with a bit too silly costumes and such.
The new one is a lot more realistic and in the style of the old-school martial arts movies which I love. Also the fight scenes was better, so awesome. I hope there will be a third one and that they keep it in this style.
I thought this was significantly better than the first also. The plot is secondary in these type of films - it's simply a device to get from one fight scene to the next and in that regard this film succeeded. The action was almost non-stop and the fight scenes are some of the best I've seen.
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