In Japan, ninja films are part of their venerated cinematic category known as Jidai-geki, or “period dramas.” Silent Japanese movies about ninjas can be found as early as the 1910s – silent like Snake Eyes himself. Joe franchise, Snake Eyes rides on the cloak tails of a massive colorful genre (even if that color is mostly black splattered with sanguineous red). Nowadays, most new ninja films go straight to streaming so to see one on the big screen is quite a treat for fans of the genre.Ībove and beyond the G.I. But with the advent of home entertainment, those cheap flea-ridden theater seats atop soda-sticky floors are long gone. Campy, low budget ninja pictures were popular fare there back then, right alongside slasher films and teen sex comedies. Back in the 1980, ninja films proliferated when second and third-run movie theaters ruled. They are pigeon-holed as B-grade movie fodder, and justifiably so. Ninja films rarely earn a theatrical showing anymore. Joe Origins is a dazzling return to the underrated ninja genre – a breakout premiere in the shadow of the pandemic. It’s been a long time since we’ve been to the movies and an even longer time since we’ve seen a ninja flick on the big screen.
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