Action farce, buoyed to a certain degree by several overly violent action sequences. There are plenty of ninja attacks and firefights, and the whole thing is silly beyond words. Lambert is wooden, but gets to put his Highlander swordsmanship to good use during a swordfight at the end of the movie. Chen is looking particularly fine, even if she does spend most of the time getting her head snicked off. Lone does a good job as the master villain.
The film blows its load half way through with a demented fight on a bullet train, and there's not much of interest to watch from that point on apart from a rather limp final battle. A lot of the fight choreography is disappointing, especially considering the attention to detail given to the samurai and ninja methods and weapons.
Not a bad flick if you're in the mood for some ninja mayhem, though.
The film blows its load half way through with a demented fight on a bullet train, and there's not much of interest to watch from that point on apart from a rather limp final battle. A lot of the fight choreography is disappointing, especially considering the attention to detail given to the samurai and ninja methods and weapons.
Not a bad flick if you're in the mood for some ninja mayhem, though.