Blu-ray Review: Baby Assassins 3: Nice Days

Chisato and Mahiro try to vacation. Blood, bullets, and awkward silence follow.

The Girls Are Back—and Still Weird, Violent, and Hilarious

4 out of 5 stars

Baby Assassins 3: Nice Days is finally here on Blu-ray, courtesy of Well Go USA, and it’s exactly the kind of chaotic, offbeat, snack-fueled fun we’ve come to expect from the series—though this round might feel a little more mature, a little more restrained, and maybe even a little lost.

Directed by Hugo Sakamoto, the third installment finds our teen assassins Chisato (Akari Takaishi) and Mahiro (Saori Izawa) attempting something they’ve never truly had: a normal break. But normal is relative when you’re a government-trained killer, and sure enough, their “nice days” turn deadly after crossing paths with a lone-wolf assassin with unfinished business—Kaede, played with icy calm by Sousuke Ikematsu.

🎯 Action vs Story

While Baby Assassins 2 had the tighter story arc (and some of the best villain dynamics in the series), Nice Days leans into character development and tonal shifts. We get more quiet moments, more eating scenes (of course), and a touch more gunplay than hand-to-hand. The shift from martial arts to firearms is noticeable—and likely intentional. The franchise may be growing up, but it’s also leaning into what “assassins” really look like in a modern setting.

That said, the action still lands. Fight sequences—coordinated by John Wick veterans Kensuke Sonomura and Nao Kawamoto—remain sharp, kinetic, and shot with clarity. There’s a cool professionalism to how the violence unfolds, even as the characters stay quirky and unpredictable.

📀 Blu-ray Quality

The Blu-ray picture is crisp, vibrant, and clean. No frills. No major bonus features. Just a solid, simple physical release that delivers the goods. If you caught it last year at Beyond Fest, you know how fun this was in a crowd—but even solo on your couch, it hits the same.

There’s something nostalgic about watching it this way—reminding us why physical media still matters, especially for genre films that often get buried on streaming.

🧨 Final Thoughts

There’s definitely some shine taken off this entry, possibly due to the timing of other Japanese action films like Ghost Killer (also starring Akari Takaishi, whose presence in both is well-earned). But Baby Assassins still does its thing—loud, weird, hyper, and proudly off-kilter. If you’ve followed these two since the beginning, you’ll want to own this one.

Less martial arts, more guns. Fewer jokes, more silence.

But make no mistake: Chisato and Mahiro are still the strangest hitgirls in cinema—and we wouldn’t have them any other way.

📦 Baby Assassins 3: Nice Days – Blu-ray Details

• Distributor: Well Go USA

• Release Date: August 26, 2025

• Language: Japanese with English subtitles

• Special Features: Minimal (trailers, basic menu)

• Rating: 4 out of 5