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* MsFanservice: Downplayed. Mika is [[ShowerScene briefly seen taking a shower]] though not much is shown.
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* BadassNormal: The Europol commandos, in the sense that they lack the very literal [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Charles Atlas Superpowers]] that the Ninjas have.
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* BadassNormal: The Europol commandos, in the sense that they lack the very literal [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Charles Atlas Superpowers]] that the Ninjas have.have, yet are still able to kick ass.
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* {{Bishonen}}: The movie stars Rain, a former Korean boy band performer.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Lord Ozunu is a much tougher opponent for Raizo than the other ninja.
** Same goes for Mika's Europol superior, who twice survives a fight with the ninjas when most of his men don't.
** Same goes for Mika's Europol superior, who twice survives a fight with the ninjas when most of his men don't.
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Anatomy]]: [[spoiler: The "accident of birth" that the old man in the first scene mentions ends up being what saves Mika in the end.]]
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Anatomy]]: ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The "accident of birth" that the old man in the first scene mentions ends up being what saves Mika in the end.]]
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* RRatedOpening: The opening is a ClusterFBomb, and the rest of the movie has relatively little cursing. The opening is also quite easily the goriest part, being one of the only bits where the gore goes beyond simple limb removal.
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* RRatedOpening: The opening RankScalesWithAsskicking:
** Lord Ozunu is aClusterFBomb, and much tougher opponent for Raizo than the rest of other ninja.
** Mika's Europol superior twice survives a fight with themovie has relatively little cursing. The opening is also quite easily the goriest part, being one ninjas when most of the only bits where the gore goes beyond simple limb removal.his men don't.
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* MrFanservice: Raizo is ''very'' well-built and gets lots of ShirtlessScenes to show it off.
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* MrFanservice: Raizo is ''very'' well-built and gets lots of ShirtlessScenes {{Shirtless Scene}}s to show it off.
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* BladeOnARope: One of Raizo's weapons is the kyoketsu-shoge, a chain with a curved blade attached to it.
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* BladeOnARope: One of Raizo's weapons preferred weapon is the kyoketsu-shoge, a chain with a curved blade attached to it.
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* DualWielding: Many of the ninjas do this in the movie. Raizo does it at then end.
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* DualWielding: Many of the ninjas do this in the movie. Raizo does it at then the end.
* EvilGloating: Takeshi gives a ''very'' knowing sadistic smirk to Raizo before [[spoiler: executing Kiriko]]. Then taunts Raizo about it during their duel.
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** [[spoiler: Played very straight when Mika puts two pistol rounds into Ozuna's back, and the only thing it does is piss him off.]]
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** [[spoiler: Played very straight when Mika [[spoiler:Mika puts two pistol rounds into Ozuna's back, and the only thing it does is piss him off.]]
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* KickTheDog: Takeshi gives a ''very'' knowing sadistic smirk to Raizo before [[spoiler: executing Kiriko]]. Then taunts Raizo about it during their duel.
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* KickTheDog: Takeshi gives a ''very'' knowing sadistic smirk to ItWasAGift: Raizo before [[spoiler: executing Kiriko]]. Then taunts Raizo about has a gold watch from his first contract kill. Ozunu told him to keep it during their duel.as a reminder that "every moment of your life is a gift I have given you"
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: After Kiriko beats another student in a sparring match, Lord Ozunu orders her to scar him as a reminder of his failure. When she refuses, Ozunu cuts her face and locks her in a box as punishment.
* TrainingMontage: The series of flashbacks showing Raizo learning to be a ninja, and in the present day practicing his skills in his exile.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: How ninjas are punished during their training:
** When Raizo loses a sparring match against Takeshi, Ozunu teaches him "true pain" with a lethal PressurePoint strike and tests him to survive it.
** After Kiriko beats another student in a sparring match, Lord Ozunu orders her to scar him as a reminder of his failure. When she refuses, Ozunu cuts her face and locks her in a box as punishment.
* YourEyesCanDeceiveYou: "For an entire year, you will live without one of your senses, beginning with the sense you rely on the most". Raizo develops BlindfoldedVision and SuperHearing abnormally fast.
** When Raizo loses a sparring match against Takeshi, Ozunu teaches him "true pain" with a lethal PressurePoint strike and tests him to survive it.
** After Kiriko beats another student in a sparring match, Lord Ozunu orders her to scar him as a reminder of his failure. When she refuses, Ozunu cuts her face and locks her in a box as punishment.
* YourEyesCanDeceiveYou: "For an entire year, you will live without one of your senses, beginning with the sense you rely on the most". Raizo develops BlindfoldedVision and SuperHearing abnormally fast.
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* KillEmAll: The Ozunu Clan's MO when it comes to assassinations, presumably to [[LeaveNoWitnesses get rid of witnesses]]. If you're allied with or even just in the same room as the target, you're going to die in a messy fashion.
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* WeaponOfChoice: Raizo favors a kyoketsu-shoge.
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* ResignationsNotAccepted: [[spoiler: Kiriko]] tries to desert the clan, only to be caught and executed as as example to everyone else.
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* ResignationsNotAccepted: [[spoiler: Kiriko]] tries to desert the clan, only to be caught and executed as as a example to everyone else.
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: A rare literal example. The ninjas are all much stronger, both physically and mentally, than the average human, which likely plays along with the supernatural element behind their training and overall capabilities. To emphasize this point, they can also teleport when in shadows, heal their wounds quickly, and the main hero and the main villain even have SuperSpeed in the form of a FlashStep. [[spoiler: UpToEleven with Lord Ozunu, who can do the other ninjas' OffscreenTeleportation despite being surrounded by light from a massive fire]].
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: A rare literal example. The ninjas are all much stronger, both physically and mentally, than the average human, which likely plays along with the supernatural element behind their training and overall capabilities. To emphasize this point, they can also teleport when in shadows, heal their wounds quickly, and the main hero and the main villain even have SuperSpeed in the form of a FlashStep. [[spoiler: UpToEleven [[spoiler:Exaggerated with Lord Ozunu, who can do the other ninjas' OffscreenTeleportation despite being surrounded by light from a massive fire]].
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An ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 2009 action film starring [[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]]'s ArchEnemy, [[Music/{{Rain}} Jeong "Rain" Ji-hoon]] as Raizo, a {{ninja}} who goes rogue and declares one-man war on his clan. It was produced by Creator/TheWachowskis (''Film/{{Bound 1996}}'', ''Franchise/TheMatrix'', ''Film/SpeedRacer'') and directed by Creator/JamesMcTeigue (''Film/VForVendetta'') from a script by Creator/JMichaelStraczynski.
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An ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 2009 action film starring [[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]]'s ArchEnemy, [[Music/{{Rain}} [[Music/{{Rain|Singer}} Jeong "Rain" Ji-hoon]] as Raizo, a {{ninja}} who goes rogue and declares one-man war on his clan. It was produced by Creator/TheWachowskis (''Film/{{Bound 1996}}'', ''Franchise/TheMatrix'', ''Film/SpeedRacer'') and directed by Creator/JamesMcTeigue (''Film/VForVendetta'') from a script by Creator/JMichaelStraczynski.
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* MaskedVillainsUnmaskedHeroes: Raizo is TheHero of the movie and unlike the other evil ninjas does not wear a mask.
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* CollateralAngst: [[spoiler:The hero's love interest is killed off so he's got something to angst about]].
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* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler:The hero's love interest is killed off so he's got something to angst about]].
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* ActorAllusion: One scene has Raizo replicate the "Let's go!" head-cock gesture he once did as [[Film/SpeedRacer Taejo.]]
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* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: The ninjas kill everything that get in their way without the slightest bit of difficulty... right up until they lose the advantages of surprise and darkness and have to fight men with automatic weapons.
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* RealityEnsues: The ninjas kill everything that get in their way without the slightest bit of difficulty... right up until they lose the advantages of surprise and darkness and have to fight men with automatic weapons.
