Plot: Ninjitsu master Casey is back and out for revenge when his pregnant wife is murdered.This is easily my favorite Scott Adkins film to date. This has the best story because it's straight forwarded and simple which is what I like about the action films from back in the day and this brings that back. I've always thought he had charisma whenever he was on screen, He is very likable, and you feel for him in this film which is what you should do for your main character.The action in this film is some of the best I've seen in years, rivaling the John Wick films even. Director Isaac Florentine knows how to shoot action as demonstrated in his other films, if only Hollywood would actually give this guy a good budget and have some of his films in theaters unlike some directors who don't deserve it.This is a really good throwback to old school action films that action fans should watch and give it a chance, you won't regret it.

Scott Adkins is back as the ninja warrior. It's still another cheesy movie, but I personally thought it was fun to watch. Even if the story didn't make much sense sometimes and some parts just seemed random. This is a low budget action movie, but it's still a good one. It's just cool to watch Scott Adkins do what he does best. And to watch a real martial artist in action that knows what he is doing. So yeah, it's has a passable story for a martial arts action movie and the fights are cool to watch and choreographed excellently. Even when it comes to the cinematography you know exactly what is going on, despite the quickness. Sure, there are some parts where the bad guys could have easily killed or apprehended the main character. But it's a movie and it was too distracting. Overall this is a cool martial arts ninja movie. Even if the ninja and stealth elements aren't really shown much.6/10

"Ninja: Shadow of a Tear" was nowhere near as interesting as the first of these "Ninja" movies turned out to be. The story told in this movie turned out to be trivial, predictable, cliché and not really all that interesting.That being said, don't get me wrong. The movie is not all bad. The fight scenes, well most of them anyway, were nicely choreographed and executed on the screen. There were some rather impressive moments here and there, especially during the hotel scene.But the movie just overall suffered from its lack of a meaningful storyline. This was basically a revenge movie to avenge the death of his pregnant wife, and one single guy taken on countless enemies. Very 1980's storyline, and it could have been much better.The movie does offer lots of action and does it in a good way. But it is hardly enough to sustain the movie on itself, as there is only so much you can manage to get out of mindless action.Acting-wise, well, this is a ninja movie - although there were surprisingly few ninjas in the movie - so you know what you are getting yourself into here. Just disconnect your mind, lean back and enjoy the mindless action here.There are far better ninja movies available, both new and old.

This movie is plain boring and very predictable.For starters, from the beginning, there is no real hook to get you that interested in the movie. Then a bunch of seemingly unconnected mediocre fights ensue.It had had an obvious 'B' movie feel to it. The plot was the typical and very stereotyped "revenge" type; which granted probably describes like 90% of all martial arts movies. But then done well it wouldn't have been so obvious.The worst of it through the whole movie it pivots around the staring actor glaring at you with some over the top, cheesy, and insincere scowling grimace. I felt as if I was looking at a tiny narcissistic body builder flexing for attention. No this didn't instill any kind of fear/grit/toughness to me, it just made me want to reach out into the screen and slap this Hollywood uncle tom of the Japanese Ninja world silly.Typically in such a movie you need a strong lead (think Brice Lee, Chuck Norris, in other genres like: Clint Eastwood, Bruce Willis, Steve McQueen, etc.) but this actor sadly just couldn't carry it.Only mildly entertaining. Skip it unless you want to be bored and insulted to tears.