The Warrior’s Way (2010): Ninjas vs. Cowboys vs. Jang Dong-gun! |

This movie’s real title? Ninjas vs. Cowboys vs. Jang Dong-gun! And I wholeheartedly approve! The Warrior’s Way completely took me by surprise! I was expecting a rather serious martial arts film showing off a lot of traditional stuntwork and martial arts goodness. What did I get? A film that didn’t take itself seriously at all and was heavy with horribly cheesy/awesome CGI. Because I was expecting something different, I was initially bored by the CG-heavy fighting; however, The Warrior’s Way managed to pull me out of my place of my dislike zone and catapult me in to the having a blast zone!

Yang (Jang Dong-gun) is the best swordsman in the world…ever. And he has been assigned to wipe out an entire enemy clan. He succeeds in killing everyone but a baby girl, who he decides to keep and protect. I think he just got really bored since he’s the best in the world, and he needed a huge challenge. Why not take a baby under his “protection” when every ninja on Earth is going to come after her to finish the job? Yang moves to a little western town of Lode (I think) where he meets Lynne (Kate Bosworth) and all the weird townspeople. Oh, and there’s some evil cowboys. And did I mention, NINJAS!

The Warrior’s Way is a lot of fun. It’s just freakin’ all over the place, first with ninjas, then cowboys, then both at the same time, then clowns and a midget grabbing balls. Don’t forget about the baby Yang took under his care. I was actually pretty amused by the baby always on the side, judging everyone. Good job kid.

Don’t expect a masterpiece of a film, or even an action packed film, because it is neither of these. It is, however, fun, solid entertainment that’s best enjoyed with a few raucous friends.

Time Until Action Starts: ~ 1 minute

Baddies: Ninjas AND Cowboys!!!

Best Line: “We are called the Sad Flutes because when you cut the throat, it sounds like a sad flute.” Yang says this, but then when he cuts a dude’s throat there’s no flute whistling. The dude just keeps talking. Yes, the dude keeps talking even after his throat is slit. Hmm….I don’t understand that entirely.

Best Ninja vs. Cowboy Kill: Three ninjas drop down out of the sky onto the shoulders of cowboys. They wrap their capes around the cowboys so that they look like bats. All three of the ninjas open their capes while slicing the cowboy’s throat! Oh snap! That just happened!

Best Explosion: There’s an old broken down Ferris wheel in the small town where Yang is hiding. For the final battle, they load the Ferris wheel with sticks of dynamite. It blows and pieces of wheel fly everywhere, a huge cloud of sand gets stirred up, and then came the flames! And it was all so incredibly fake looking I laughed my ass off.

Action Rating: 2 ½ Moods of the Sad Flute Warrior, out of 5.