I Suck At Ninja Assassin

Last night, I got to spend some quality mother/son bonding time. For awhile, my mother has been graciously taking care of my daughter (Briana) while Karen and I work. And truth be told, my mother has been happy as a clam to be able to take care of Briana.

Because I work from home four days of the week, it may seem odd that my mother even comes down to our house to take care of Briana. But trust me. In my profession, if you want to work normal hours during the day while at home, you have to have someone else watching your baby daughter. You can't do both because a baby (or at least my baby) requires a lot of attention at the tender age of six months.

On the day of the week that I do have to travel to the office, I leave the house bright and early. My commute to work is well over an hour as I live on the South Shore and my office is located in Marblehead. The commuting time exponentially increases the later I leave in the morning. (For anyone curious, commuting home from work is much worse.) So 5:45am it is...

Anyway, because I leave so early in the morning on the days that I head into the office, my mother spends the previous night at our house. So last night, my mother and I decided to watch a movie together. After all, my mother loves watching movies just as much as I do. Perhaps that is where I developed my movie addiction. Regardless, the movie that we watched: Ninja Assassin.

(The video below is a trailer for Ninja Assassin.)


Now I suck at Ninja Assassin. The movie is a martial arts movie about a disillusioned ninja looking to exact revenge against his mentor. Needless to say, the movie had a lot of action scenes which is why I decided to watch the movie in the first place with my mom. (For anyone curious, my mom likes action movies.)

If you want to see a ton of Asians get hacked up complete with squirting blood, then this is the movie for you. Apparently I fall under that category because I actually enjoyed the film despite some plot items that did not make any sense. All in all, I would say that it was an entertaining movie. And as my mother pointed out to me, the movie stars Korean pop sensation: Rain.

Up until the movie, I had never heard of Rain (even though he apparently was in Speed Racer) . For those curious, Rain is a South Korean pop singer, dancer, model, actor, businessman, and designer. He's apparently a Renaissance man of entertainment. I guess he could be the comparable version of Britney Spears or J-Lo, only larger with a lot more screaming Asian fans.

Anyway, watching the movie with my mom was fun.