Review of Ninja Scroll (1993) by Ray L — 16 Dec 2008

This is a fantaastic action film. It's an homage to a series of ninja novels and the main character an homage to a famous samurai folk hero...but never mind all that rubbish! All you need to know is it's a high octane thrill a minute action adventure with great characters, great fight scenes and a decent plot (certainly much better than you'd expect for a movie of this type). Be warned it's very violent and it will shock anyone who equates animation with Mickey Mouse or only knows anime through Studio Ghibli. Having said that all the extreme content is handled in a mature and responsible manner. It's certainly not a tastless or nasty film.

My main criticism? The song for the closing credits is abysmal and totally out of sync with the rest of the film.