2013
R
Millennium Entertainment
1 h 35 m

2013
R
Millennium Entertainment
1 h 35 m

Summary Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial arts master Casey Bowman (Scott Adkins) after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. With the help of his friend Nakabara (Kane Kosugi), the fearless American retrains his responses and elevates his battle skills to seek justice ...

Directed By: Isaac Florentine

Written By: David N. White, Michael Hurst, Boaz Davidson

2013
R
Millennium Entertainment
1 h 35 m

2013
R
Millennium Entertainment
1 h 35 m

Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

Name: Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: 2013-12-31
Duration: 1 min 35 s
Rating: 0
Cast: Scott Adkins, Kane Kosugi, Mika Hijii, Markus Waldow, Shun Sugata

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Directed By: Isaac Florentine

Written By: David N. White, Michael Hurst, Boaz Davidson

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The Dissolve

Jan 6, 2014

Shadow 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.

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Thegodfatherson

Dec 31, 2013

The 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.

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MarvinK

Jun 12, 2018

One of the best ninja movie. Good story. Full of action if you are looking for action.

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64bit

Dec 18, 2019

Action movie that packs a punch. Brilliantly done action scenes with an B-movie charm!

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mp303

Nov 8, 2019

Scott Adkins goes ninja that wants revenge, do I really have to write more than that? didn't think so.

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Came

May 27, 2019

A simple revenge movie with Scott Adkins great martial arts skills that are well displayed on this film. The action is the only reason you should watch this movie for and not for brilliant acting because that's not what your'e going to get.

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cmyk

Jan 29, 2014

Amazing action sequences. Would have been a more enjoyable movie if I didn't understand Japanese, because Adkins does a great job of botching just about every single non-English phrase. Oh well, we're here for the action!

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Production Company Millennium Films, Swingin' Productions

Release Date Dec 31, 2013

Duration 1 h 35 m

Rating R

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Namiko

Markus Waldow

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