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S16 Ep846: Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013, with Brandon Streussnig)

We Hate Movies

WHM Entertainment

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.75K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

“Scott Adkins’ character has a short temper these days, what with the dead wife…” - Steve

On this week’s episode, “White Guy Karate” Month continues as we welcome in friend of the show, Brandon Streussnig to chat about the wild Scott Adkins martial arts sequel, Ninja: Shadow of Tear!

How awesome is all the kick-ass fight choreography in this? Should we be writing ninja characters named Casey? Do all movie villains know how to play chess? Why in the world were those guys sparring on a hardwood floor? Is this one of the best Adkins films to date? And who wants to smoke some drugs out of a lightbulb? PLUS: Come train with the WHM guys at the Massive Heart Attack dojo!

Ninja: Shadow of a Tear stars Scott Adkins, Kane Kosugi, Mika Hijii, Vithaya Pansringarm, Mukesh S. Bhatt, Charlie Ruedpokanon, Kazi Patrick Tang, and Shun Sugata as Goro; directed by Isaac Florentine.

Don’t miss us on the road this winter when we’re in Los Angeles on February 22, Minneapolis on March 20, and Chicago on March 22! Tickets are on sale now and you’re not gonna wanna miss us, gang! Click through here and snag your tix now!

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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, gang, before we get to today's episode on Ninja, colon, Shadow of a Tear, just wanted to give you a couple of quick updates.

0:05.5

first of all, and most urgently, if you're listening to this, on the day it comes out, which is indeed Tuesday, February the 10th, we got some excellent news for you coming up because on Thursday, February the 12th, just two days from now, at 5 p.m. Eastern, we will be going live on our YouTube and Twitch channels to do a W.H.M.

0:21.2

Mailbag,

0:22.7

which we have not done in a very long time. So get them humiliating stories in. We love reading humiliating, you know, sometimes movie related, sometimes not. Stories on the air. Those are always great. Sometimes questions. debates need to be settled, all that stuff.

0:23.1

We will do that for you.

0:36.6

Just write into the mailbag.

0:37.5

We all hate movies at gmail.com.

0:38.7

And be sure to all that stuff. We will do that for you.

0:40.2

Just write into the mailbag.

0:38.6

We all hate movies at gmail.com. And be sure to get those letters in by Wednesday, the 11th at noon, eastern, just we have time to get them all selected and organized and whatnot. But it's going to be a lot of fun. It's been a long time since we've done a mailbag. So be sure to catch that. also of course as always the replay will be available on YouTube and the audio version will get turned out, you know, shortly after the broadcast at some point. So be on the lookout for that in just a few days. And then also, of course, Los Angeles heads up, y'all. We are coming to you guys in just a few weeks at this point. My goodness gracious, on the 22nd of February, just a few weeks from now, we're going to be at the Hollywood Improv. We're talking Broken Arrow. It's going to be a hell of a lot of fun. We want to see you out there. Tickets on sale now, WHM Podcast.com. And of course, our dates next month. You do not want to miss us in the beautiful city of Minneapolis that's going on March the 20th. That's a Friday night. We're talking about Conan the Barbarian,

1:11.1

the Arnold Schwarzenegger edition.

1:28.8

You want to make sure you're watching the right one there. Minneapolis, we are very excited to get to you and entertain you all for the night. Looking forward to that big time. And then Sunday the 22nd, we're going to be back in the great city of Chicago. We're talking about Big, the Tom Hanks movie that you all know and love. That's going to be a lot of fun. We are at the Den Theater in Chicago and we are at the varsity theater in Minneapolis, by the way, forgot to plug them. Again, all tickets on sale, WHMpodcast.com. And also want to point out, All three of these shows have meet and greets attached to them.

1:30.7

I think some of these venues have been biffing it with getting the information on the website properly.

2:01.6

But all three shows, if you buy whatever the, whatever they call them at the particular venue, whether it's VIP or an all axis, whatever the hell they say, whatever the one that's like a little more, that's the meet and greet. We are doing them. So apologies if there was some confusion there. But just wanted to confirm, like all WHM shows, unless the venue prohibits it, which these three are not. We are doing meet and greets for all three shows after the show. So make sure you're getting the right tickets. All right, that's it for me. Let's get into it today. We welcome in our good bud Brandon Streisning to talk all about, yes, Scott Adkins in Ninja

2:06.6

colon, shadow of a tear.

2:39.2

Cool, man.

2:42.1

Woo-hoo!

2:43.5

This week on the program, White Guy Karatey Month gets into a real I've got it, by the way, situation.

2:46.4

We're talking ninja colon, shadow of a tear.

2:51.5

I'm Andrew Jupin, Stephen Sadek, Eric Sisko, Cabin-Sahn, and Brandon Strison.

2:54.8

And we hate movies. I'm I'm Hello everyone. Welcome to We Hate Movies. Thank you for tuning into the fine program as always. That's right. White Guy Karate Month. Full steam ahead. We are getting into Scott Adkins territory this week with Ninja Col and Shadow of a Tear from 2013 directed by Isaac Florentine. And the only way we could talk about Scott Adkins was to bring in one of our favorite film writers of all time to help us talk about this. Welcoming to We Hate Movies properly, because you were on OSL, Mr. Brandon Streisening. What up, bud? Just great to be on here. I've been a listener and a big fan of you guys for a very long

3:00.9

time, so the feeling's mutual, and I will always be happy to talk about Scott.

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