![]() ![]() Rather than head-shots, it’s mostly up close and personal for the hero here it’s all phenomenally hard-hitting stuff. ![]() I’d estimate Nakabara is off by at least a factor of 10. Casey replies, “You’re gonna need a lot more than that,” and he’s not wrong. Here, Nakabara even drops in the old proverb about revenge and digging two graves. Kill a man’s wife or his puppy – expect to pay. This feels like a predecessor to John Wick, with which it shares that elegant simplicity. Rather than, as now, a genocidal regime ruled by a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Don’t forget, at this point it was still a genocidal regime ruled by a military dictatorship. So Casey has to find Goro’s jungle lair, beginning with perilous inquiries in Myanmar. He had a grudge against Namiko’s father for killing Goro’s brother in a martial-arts duel, and vowed to take revenge, no matter how long he had to wait. Based on the method of her killing, old pal Nakabara (Kosugi), teaching in Thailand, points the finger at Myanmar drug-lord Goro (Sugata). Until, that is, he comes home one night to find her murdered. Ninja 2: The Ninpocalypse? But once you get past that, you’ll find this a blast.Ĭasey Bowman (Adkins) has settled down in Tokyo with pregnant wife Namiko, and life is idyllic. I mean, can tears have shadows? What was wrong with a more traditional name, i.e. The most affected thing about this is its title. One which has no great ambitions, isn’t particularly innovative, yet succeeds in what it sets out to do, and does it well. There’s something to be said for a simple, straightforward and unpretentious movie. Star: Scott Adkins, Kane Kosugi, Shun Sugata, Mukesh Bhatt ![]()
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