No, I don't know why Shredder and the Terminator are hanging out back there in that poster. I also don't know why the USA was stylized as a pseudo-swastika. And Contra has nothing to do with this. Yeah, it's another bad ninja movie...which means it's a great ninja movie. Ninjas attack rent-a-cops and steal a … Continue reading Sakura Killers (1987)
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Ninja Terminator (1985)
That poster makes no sense. None of that is in this movie. Three students of the Ninja Empire have stolen the three pieces of a golden statue which provide invincibility to whoever controls it. Now the Ninja Empire is after them, but the three students have their own men at play who fight each other … Continue reading Ninja Terminator (1985)
Fireback (1983)
Straight out of the Philippines in an attempt to look like Vietnam come the most anticipated First Blood wannabe knock-off of 1983 that nobody knew about: Fireback! Richard Harrison, possibly the greatest of the 1980s white dude movie ninjas, is a weapons expert who gets captured along with his latest super weapon by the Vietnamese … Continue reading Fireback (1983)
American Ninja (1985)
Deep in the Philippines, "rebels" are ambushing US Army trucks to steal the goods. But these rebels are really ninjas, a league of silent assassins under the employ of a man who wishes he was Ricardo Montalban and sells the stolen weapons to the highest bidder, all with the help of a corrupt army colonel … Continue reading American Ninja (1985)
Ninja the Protector (1986)
A team of ninja are running an illegal counterfeiting operation. The law is hot on their trail, with a mole inside their organization. But nothing can be done, as only a ninja can defeat a ninja. It's a good thing the head of the police team investigating the counterfeiters happens to be a ninja himself! … Continue reading Ninja the Protector (1986)
The Ninja Mission (1984)
You should know I love a good ninja movie. I love it even better when its existence is really weird. The Ninja Mission is a Swedish movie directed by Mats-Helge Olsson in which the Americans use ninjas to try and secure a scientist and his daughter from the KGB who are after the scientist's revolutionary … Continue reading The Ninja Mission (1984)