
Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey mu... (Full plot summary below)
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Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his own death. His target: the sinister drug lord Goro, who is flooding the streets with deadly meth cooked at his remote jungle factory. To prepare for his ultimate confrontation, Casey must finally become an invisible warrior worthy of the name Ninja. But just when his prey is cornered, an unexpected twist shows Casey that his battle is only beginning: he truly can trust no one.
Leave your thoughts about Ninja: Shadow of a Tear.
| The DissolveMatt SingerShadow makes an urgent, compelling case for the importance of bright, clear, fluid battles. This movie has everything modern blockbuster spectacles lack: precision, grace, intimacy, stakes, and genuine, gritty excitement. |
| StarburstAndrew PollardAs good a martial arts film as we've seen since 2003's Ong-bak. |
| CraveOnlineFred TopelHollywood movies don't give you this much value. |
| The National (UAE)James LuxfordIf you can forgive the narrative scenes, there is plenty here for fans of old fashioned, one-man-army action movies. |
| Examiner.comChris SawinFaulty in many ways, Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear still pounds its viewer into the ground with its fast paced and bone crunching action sequences. |
| User ReviewThegodfathersonThe action in Ninja: Shadow of a Tear of which there is a lot is akin to the work that Luc Besson and his cabal of French directors did in the early 2000s on The Transporter and District 13 franchises. The fights may be set in one room, but they feel sprawling and monumental. And while Adkins isn’t quite as charismatic as Jason Statham, he is getting there. Shadow of a Tear puts the character of Casey through a number of emotional moments, all of which put Adkins’ developing range as an actor on display. Then again, lets not lie to ourselves. The real reason anyone should be watching a Scott Adkins movie isn’t to see him cry. It’s to see him put on an impressive show of mixed martial arts beat downs. And he does, often and with extreme prejudice. The story is kept simple it’s plain ole’ revenge with a few twists something Florentine did intentionally after what he seems to have felt was a muddled mess in the first Ninja movie. The rogues gallery brings the fight, including Tim Man, the film’s fight choreographer and former Ong Bak stuntman who shows up in the third act and gives Adkins his most heated battle. It all lays out quite predictably and with its share of wooden dialogue, but in the end it’s still one hell of an old school fight film. An authentic Japanese revenge thriller from an Israeli director, his British lead an his Swedish fight choreographer. It’s a worldly affair that absolutely kicks ass. The Upside: With no disrespect to the Undisputed series, this is perhaps the best collaboration between Scott Adkins and Isaac Florentine yet. When asked which martial arts actor he’d still love to fight during the film’s Q&A, Adkins said “Donnie Yen.” Now that’s something I’d love to see happen, and soon. |
| User ReviewXianhui CAwesome death-by-ninja fight scenes, stupendous kicks by Adkins, all delivered for the sake of revenge. What more do you want? |
| User ReviewJayne RLoved this movie. Scott Adkins is terrific and is a great actor and martial artist. Please make some sequels!! |
| User ReviewAraiz AThe acting may be a tad wooden, and the story incoherent at times, but who watches these movies for that, it all about the act set pieces, and on that merit completely wipes the floor with Hollywood, Showcasing why Scott Adkins should have had the Batman gig given to Ben Affleck, our best british export, big things are coming for Scott Adkins, not bad for someone who started in Eastenders. |
| User ReviewPaul HSuperb martial arts film that may have a fairly cliched story but more than makes up for this by copious fight scenes. Both Scott Adkins and Kane Kosugi are on top form. Loved every minute. |