transformasian

Even 20+ years later, Ninja Mission stands out as the worst movie I ever managed to sit through. Scandanavian ninjas silently enter a scene, fire their obnoxiously noisy sub-machine guns with wild abandon, and then silently leave. Wow, how will we find those silent invisible assassins? Just follow the shell casings and smoke!Painfully bad dialog (or was it brilliant and just poorly translated?), not an Asian in sight in the cast, and a whopping total of 3 Asians among the stunt crew. The plot is ridiculous, the acting pretty much non-existent - then again, ninja can't act! Save yourselves - avoid watching at all costs!

The entire setup should have taken perhaps 10 minutes. The script was clunky, and the dialog was mundane, boring, and trite. The chemistry between the characters was missing. Very little of the cleverness I usually associate with Pixar. Usually I'm laughing from the opening credits, but this one had me searching for something to find redeeming. Even the opening cartoon was weird, tho I credit Pixar for bringing back the wonderful tradition of a cartoon before the main feature.

I just couldn't relate with the characters and the whole premise.

On the plus side, the animation work was very nicely done. We got our money back after asking politely at the front desk.

I suppose I'll have to rent it to see what happened in the latter 45 minutes. Please enlighten me as to what I missed!