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...previous two frames rose to the top by not falling too far. The Sandra Bullock vehicle dropped 49% from last weekend, to $20.4 million, while New Moon fell 70%, to $15.7 million. All the other holdovers among the top dozen films - A Christmas Carol, Old Dogs, 2012, Ninja Assassin, Planet 51, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Precious - took a steep tumble, from 52% for A Christmas Carol to 67% for Precious...
...Brothers, $9.7 million, first weekend ? ?4. A Christmas Carol, $7.5 million; $115 million, fifth week ? ?5. Old Dogs, $6.9 million; $33.9 million, second week ? ?6. & 7. (tie) Armored, $6.6 million, first weekend. 2012, $6.6 million; $148 million, fourth week ? ?8. Ninja Assassin, $5 million; $28 million, second week ? ?9. Planet 51, $4.3 million; $34 million, third week ? ?10. Everybody's Fine, $4 million, first week...
...movie then begins switching between two subplots: that of maverick Europol agent Mika (Naomie Harris) and that of ninja prodigy and outcast Raizo (played by Korean pop superstar Rain). While Mika disobeys her boss Maslow (Ben Miles) and follows a money trail leading toward a mythical set of Eastern ninja assassin clans, Raizo struggles through a series of flashbacks about his orphan past. As a child, he had been taken in by the centuries-old Ozunu clan and trained to become a ninja; after witnessing the clan murder his love interest, Raizo broke down, killed scores of his former brethren...
...Ozunu clan discovers Mika’s research and only a sudden appearance of Raizo saves her from certain death-by-ninja. The two plots then merge and the rest of the film is little more than a dramatic chase scene between Raizo and Mika, dozens of ninjas, and hundreds of Europol officers...
...Ninja Assassin” is not entirely unpleasant. One cannot help but laugh at the film’s ridiculous premise—the struggles between omnipotent modern-day ninjas and rogue European police officers—and marvel at its terrifying violence. It is a movie whose narrative faults are very easy to mistake for lovable farce or parody. “Ninja Assassin,” however, is no joke: it’s an honest failure...