bigfuckingexplosions:

After doing some research, I uncovered that a German company provided some funding for the film, but really, the ninja hub of the world is Berlin? Berlin is the ninja hub of the world? All ninjas must stop or fly through Berlin like they’re on a Delta flight with a brief layover in Atlanta? This does not make any sense.

It may be too on the nose to set a ninja movie in Japan, but why not? It works. Or why not set the film in Los Angeles or New York? You know what I thought the movie was about? A ninja who pulls a ‘Sarah Palin’ and goes rogue on the Yakuza and tears them apart one ninja star at a time. Boy, was I disappointed when I saw a film about a researcher in Berlin!

Why wasn’t Ninja Assassin about a ninja who goes to Los Angeles to avenge his brother’s death at the hand of the Yakuza or some other stereotypical Los Angeles gang types? Culture clashes, uneasy alliances with LAPD officers, crazy sunrise showdowns on the cliffs of Malibu…..I don’t know, just something cooler than what I saw.  Or you guys could’ve done a present day spin on Black Rain with ninjas instead of the Yakuza. Anything other than a researcher in Berlin uncovering a global cover up about ninjas.