Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

BClaw CLAW I really enjoyed this movie and thought that overall it was really well done. I hate it when they dub movies, so I highly suggest you watch it with subtitles because it is better that way in my opinion. The characters and fight scenes were good. A lot of the characters had interesting powers and you found this out based on who they fought but some of them could have been better I feel. Most of the movie involved the two tribe's fighting each other yet it was still a romantic movie because of the relationship between Oboro and Kouga. It is hard to do that so I give them props. Area's for improvement would have been simply better technology to make the fight scenes more impressive but it was back in 2005 so I can't be too critical of that since a lot of new technology has been recently made. The scenery and setting was beautiful as well. Character development was excellent especially for the two main characters who are in love. You saw how they began to change and think differently as their lives became immersed in a very chaotic world. Great movie, definitely worth seeing!

KSB Wow what a great movie...Yesterday only I saw this movie and I could not resist writing this review... A beautiful love story of two ninjas. The story is about two ninja group who lived in 1614. After more than four hundred years of war between two warriors Manjidani Koga and Tsubagakure Iga who called Shinobi's. Both are very well trained warriors. Iga warriors are live hidden in forest and Koga warriors in hills and mountains. They are under the Kingdom of Lord of Lords. The Lord (Hattori Hanzou) wants to keep the peace in his kingdom. So as his adviser told to destroy their best warriors. If they best warriors are dead means there will be a peace forever. The Lord ordered to Both Iga and Koga leaders to bring their best warriors for war. But between all these incidents, Oboro (Iga) and Gennosuke (Koga) are made their love. Before the day of leaving both Iga and Koga leaders were fought and met their destiny. So, Oboro and Gennosuke have to lead them to Lords place. But Gennosuke did not want to fight with Iga. So he wants to go to the Lord's place and tell him what is the purpose of this fighting? We don't want to fight. He sent message to IGA also. But their warriors want to fight with Iga. From both Iga and Koga having five warriors, they are also well trained Shinobi's. But Gennosuke ordered to go with him to Lord's place, on their way they fight each other. At last what happened? Whether they reach Lord's place? Please see the movie. Yukie Nakama as Oboro and Jô Odagiri as Gennosuke they did their job wonderful. I love the look of Yukie's in climax also love scenes. Other than that Tomoka Kurotani as Kagerou she is also very beautiful and having killer looks :-)... Action sequences are terrific. Especially the forest fights. Finally 9/10.

Sweet-Mizery I've always been a fan of Asian cinema and have hardly been disappointed with most Chinese films. However, I've never given Japanese films too much of a chance. I've seen other ninja films and to be honest they lowered my expectations a lot. But this movie redeemed itself.The action scenes are what I'd expect from ninjas... simply great physic-defying violence (Especially between Koshirou and Yashamaru). The scenes are mixed with pretty well done FX, although if you have a detailed eye you might say its a little cheesy-pie ( I thought it was fine). Every action scene leaves you waiting on the edge of your seat to see the outcome. The story itself is almost like a Romeo&Juliet ninja-fied, with a little unexpected twist at the end. I did show this movie to a group of non-action movie girls and they loved this however their only complaint in the movie was that the two lovers "never even kissed". The romantic side did leave a little something to be desired but nevertheless it was enough.In the end, I would definitely recommend this movie for anyone. It's worth checking out. I actually went and bought it and that says a lot.

Claudio Carvalho After more than four hundred years of war between the Shinobi warriors of the Manjidani Koga and Tsubagakure Iga clans, the Lord Hattori Hanzou decrees that they must live in peace. Both clans live hidden in the woods and mountain without confrontation and without training ninjas in the shadow art of Shinobi. In 1614, the Lord of the Lords is convinced that the clans are dangerous threats for keeping peace in his lands, and his adviser plots a Machiavellian plan to destroy their best warriors in a contest. Meanwhile, the young Iga Oboro (Yukie Nakama) and Koga Gennesuke (Joe Odagiri) fall in love for each other. When Oboro's grandmother and leader of Iga clan Ogen (Riri) and Gennesuke's father and leader of the Koga clan Danjo (Minoru Terada) kill each other, Oboro and Gannesuke must lead their warriors in the ultimate battle of the Shinobi clans."Shonobi" is a wonderful and tragic romance, with drama, action and fantasy. The story slightly recalls Romeo and Juliet, with the impossible love of Oboro and Gennesuke that belong to enemy clans, and X-men, with the dark powers of the Shinobi warriors. The cinematography, the choreography of the fights and the state-of-art special effects are awesome, and the story is engaging and shows an adequate pace. The beauties of Yukie Nakama, Tomoka Kurotani and Erika Sawajiri are amazing, but the romance of Oboro and Gannesuke should have been better explored to increase the intensity of their final act. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Shinobi – A Batalha" ("Shinobi – The Battle")