Of course, we know that Raizo can't get killed, so to stretch that fight sequence to 15 minutes is just an agony of delay. It's not action, but the opposite of action.

Though “Ninja Assassin” is implausible on countless levels, Raizo’s training to feel nothing at least gels with Rain’s ability to emote nothing.

Raizo may no longer be a member of the Clan of the Black Sand, but he retains his super ninja powers -- and his devastating cheekbones. Since Raizo is played by the South Korean pop star Rain, the ...

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Raizo fights with a kind of blade on a chain that could never exist in real life, but paired with the outlandish blood and the ninjas who evaporate into shadows, it fights right in.

In this film publicity image released by Warner Bros., Rain stars as Raizo in a scene from the film "Ninja Assassin." (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Juliana Malucelli) ...

Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very ...

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In “Ninja Assassin,” which is numbingly gory when it isn’t just plain numbing, the assassin Raizo, played by Korean pop star and budding actor Rain, rains down on his interchangeable ...

“Ninja Assassin” presents Rain as Raizo, an orphan raised in a remote monastery-style compound who under a sadistic grandmaster learns the art of killing and to endure intense physical punishment.