Ninjas vs. Vampires (2010)

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Memorable, crazy movie

A Masterpiece!

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

If you're looking for a film that actually lives up to the promised glory of the title, please go elsewhere. But if you're looking for an undercover fan film presumably set in Joss Whedon's Buffyverse but with a tenth of the needed resources and 1/100th of Whedon's talent, you're in luck. The filmmakers have their heart in the right place but heart isn't enough, either for an independent film or even a fan film, because this has got to have some of the dodgiest production value this side of a Chris Seaver joint. At least on a technical level, earnestness isn't going to make the grade when you've got stuff like STAR WARS: REVELATIONS or STAR TREK PHASE 2 which are professionally mounted if nothing else. If all you've got is a copy of Adobe Premiere along with an off-the-shelf consumer camera,and a work light or two from Home Depot, it's not going to cut it, knowhutImsayin? Now poor production value wouldn't necessarily be a deal breaker, but there is no story and no craft to elevate this sorry work. It's just 90m of winking at the audience substituting for acting, half-as**ed, spastickly staged fights masquerading as action, and nerd references, stolen one-liners, and warmed over jokes pretending to be a script. If you want to see a undercover fan film that's done with actual panache and skill, try RECON 2022: THE MEZZO INCIDENT (please note I'm not saying its good, because dear God, it's not. It's just that they tried.) The only thing that is admirable about NINJAS VS VAMPIRES is the marketing because, let's face it—it's a great title and they put together some great box art; it's slick, professional and puts you in the mood for some quality vampire-fu action--- and you will get that providedyou go watch Buffy, Angel, BLADE, any of the UNDERWORLD movies, or BLOODRAYNE even because you're sure as hell not going to get it from NINJAS VS VAMPIRES.

As others have already stated; the movie is not bad and does look like a bunch of friends made but they had FUN while doing it. The writing was well and the dialog was better and more on queue (ie natural)than a lot of high budget movies these days. Anyone remember the first season of Buffy? This is about on par except they didn't have that great of a camera. No knock against Joss Whedon, but the dialog, while having its over the top cheesy parts, was very natural. They act like people that have been around each other long enough to say the things they do. And yes, if you do not know a lot of popular culture references you may be lost, but much to your own detriment. For what it was and what they had to work with, I have enjoyed this much more than a lot of the newer movies produced by large production companies. The weapon usage was also better than most you see on TV in popular series today. If you like campy dialog, ie Army of Darkness, Buffy, etc. and just good old action, give this movie a shot, you may be pleasantly surprised.

I've lost count of how many outright shoddy vampire movies I've seen, many of them being C grade. But I must say this movie is quite better than most of them. It's, I feel, in the borderline between average and crappy! Why? Because it's surprisingly not boring and is comical too.Credit for my feel good opinion also goes to the okay effects, nice fight action sequences and also decent show by all the actors.Rather not go to the story as it's understood such flicks usually have plots that defy all laws of logic. Simply put, we've a group of ninjas who pledge to rid the earth off vampires. And the good wins over the evil in the end. Silly yet simple! I liked watching Jay Saunders as Aaron. He's funny, emotes nicely and fights really well too. Maybe the only highlight of the movie is in the initial scenes where Aaron makes a frustrating yet hilarious attempt to get his love Alex to remember what happened after she loses her short-term memory in a vampire attack.What to talk about the cons here? Although the fights are nice, the strategies the vampires or the ninjas come up with to destroy each other seem dumb or dumber! Verdict: If all you really want is to watch skimpy clad duh vampires biting necks & equally duh ninjas, nothing like this :-)

The only complaint I had for ninja's vs Zombies was its slow pacing at times and being overly long. Both of these problems have been fixed in this film and its very apparent the director is growing.It is still grade B horror, or indie as they are calling them these days, but it has a fun plot tons of great fight scenes and some good laughs.I you are looking for big screen production values I am afraid you may need to look elsewhere as the money spent to make this is not massive, however if you give it a chance I think you will be very happy with it.Be sure to keep an eye on both this series and the director as I expect one or the other to be making it to the big screen one day!