It seems as if this movie was two spliced into one. Half of the scenes were filmed completely in China with completely different actors than the part that was seemingly filmed in America. These scenes had nothing to do with each other whatsoever. The main character's acting was so awful, they would have been better off hiring a crash dummy and just animate it during the action scenes. The funniest part was that he had a skinny and ugly wife, who seemingly took about 20 minutes to die after she got stabbed with a sword. She bled orange blood out of her mouth before bleeding from the actual wound itself! (Talk about needing some damned iron in your system!!) If I'm not mistaken, Ninjas are supposed to be low-key and and very inconspicuous. In other words, you're not supposed to be easily seen. Furthermore, people are not supposed to know that you are a ninja. However, the director of this movie felt it important to have the "ninjas" in this movie clad in highly visible outfits which had luminous yellow, green and red colors. They fought mostly in the daytime. Oh and not to mention, they felt compelled to wear head bands that read 'Ninja' on the front!!! One of my best friends in the world bought this DVD in a $1.00 bin at Big Lots. He sat me down and said "You have to see this movie!! It's awful, but it's funny as hell!!" I really wish that I had those 2 hours of my life back!!
7 Reviews
Ridiculous low budget martial arts/cop 'action' flic
lovecraft-126 February 2002
Oh gawwwwd what a nightmare! Premise is a pair of cops, who are also secretly 'ninja', are trying to get the goods on a crime boss, who is only ever mentioned by name and never seen and guards his person with an army of thugs and..you guessed it..ninja. Okay, lets start with the transformation sequence each ninja goes through, changing from their civilian guise to ninjas. This is accomplished by waving their hands in the air in whats meant to be, I assume, a mystical fashion. Theres a puff of smoke and voila, instant ninja, complete with brightly colored costume (the main characters is bright yellow, his partners, blue) and headband with a little ninja logo that has NIN on one side and JA on the other. Yes, they actually wear handbands that say 'Ninja', in case we're not sure. Then there usually ensues a martial arts duel thats 90% camera work and cheesy sound fx. The story is weak, the fights are _barely_ coreographed and drag on forever, the sound quality is terrible, the sets are anywhere they couldn't get thrown out of. There are also a few spontaneously introduced characters who have nothing to do with the plot per se, but provide a few more badass (*snicker*) 'martial artists' to pad out the listless fight scenes. And the acting is _sickly_. I give this steaming pile two thumbs...BURIED IN THE SAND!!! Don't see this. Do not seek it out, do not watch it on a dare, for gods sake don't pay money for it, just don't.
I didn't know it was so easy to be a Ninja!
Elijah_Chandler5 May 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Holy crap, Ninjas are awesome! I mean, they're the pinnacle of cool. On a scale of 1 to 100, Ninjas are totally kick ass! OK, here's the deal: there's this black guy who, despite all common sense evidence to the contrary, has been trained in the awesome art of Ninjitsu. He of course wears a purple and yellow outfit that he can change into by throwing a magical costume changing ball onto the ground in front of him. Also, if he ever needs a weapon or an awesome Ninja sandwich all he has to do is wave his awesome Ninja arms around in circles and it totally appears in hands. I can't do that. Can you? OF COURSE NOT! We're not completely bad ass ninjas! Somehow, and I'm serious when I say I'm not sure how, he gets involved in some dumb plot or another and hooks up with another improbably cool Ninja, this time a white guy from New York. Personally I had no idea that there were other Ninjas besides Storm Shadow living in New York. The title of this film really should have been "Ebony and Ivory Ninjas Who Kick Total Butt On Anyone Who Doesn't Respect Their Awesomeness" but I guess the producers knew what they were doing. There's also two bad Ninjas who appear to be white Frenchmen. I don't think they were real Ninjas though, because all the did was wave their arms about, get some new awesome Ninja weapons, and then retreat like the Frenchies they are. To my utter surprise, I don't think there was one Asian Ninja in the whole film. I guess that would probably be to much awesome for one film.
Sweet zombie Jesus......
Uniondale3516 July 2004
This movie was HORRID!!!! I purchased it out of the $3 bin at Wal*Mart because my friends and I were intrigued. We watched it and wanted to gouge out eyes out. The Sound effects were pathetic, the voice overs wouldn't hold up in Siberia and the "acting" was worse than if chimps were hired to scream into a garbage can. Who and why was the kid in the movie, and why should I care that his father was killed for not joining the union? WHY WERE THERE MORE FIGHT SCENES WITH THE DORKY KID AND THE MANISH BROAD???? Normally, movies end with a wrap-up and credits. This steaming pile of hobo feces just quit. I am writing this mere moments after it ended, and my friends and I are going to set fire to the tape in a remote field. Chris Kelly should be put on the rack for this tripe.
Camp at its best!
regnier10 November 2002
This movie is hilarious! My friends and I stumbled upon this movie and we had to rent it. We were not disapointed it is absolutely fantastic. Don't worry about the plot (its impossible to understand anyway) or the acting because this movie is all about the campy action scenes. If you have the opportunity to see this movie make sure you see it!
Best Movie Ever Made
Markgraf24 May 2006
There is camp and there is Black Ninja. Black Ninja takes camp to a whole new level.
The movie stars Alvin, a man whose wife Donna (who looks as if she has Down's Syndrome) is murdered by a gang of ninja's. He naturally seeks revenge and flies to Hong Kong to find Rudolph, the man responsible for her death. Along the way we meet Gordon, who Alvin enlists to take on Rudolph and his partner Norman.
This movie also features a parallel storyline involving the assassination of the chairman at Aberdeen Harbor and that man's son seeking revenge. The stories are VERY loosely connected by Tiger, who serves Norman and is responsible for the chairman's death. This storyline features Edmond (the chairman's son), Vivian and Teddy. (The remarkable trio) Basically, all Edmond does is run around taking people's shirts off looking for a man with a phoenix tattoo as Teddy informed Edmond that the killer has one on his body.
The movie is filled with hilarious one liners that are unintentionally funny and REALLY BADLY choreographed action scenes.
On a side note, I would like to mention that this IMDb listing isn't correct. As you can see in the picture, the star of the movie is Chris Kelly, who is not mentioned in the IMDb listing. There are also a large number of Caucasian actors, but this listing only includes Asian actors. Also, it's impossible that this movie was produced in 1967 as the cars in the movie are from the 1980's, possibly 1990's. I would greatly appreciate having an accurate listing for this movie.
The movie stars Alvin, a man whose wife Donna (who looks as if she has Down's Syndrome) is murdered by a gang of ninja's. He naturally seeks revenge and flies to Hong Kong to find Rudolph, the man responsible for her death. Along the way we meet Gordon, who Alvin enlists to take on Rudolph and his partner Norman.
This movie also features a parallel storyline involving the assassination of the chairman at Aberdeen Harbor and that man's son seeking revenge. The stories are VERY loosely connected by Tiger, who serves Norman and is responsible for the chairman's death. This storyline features Edmond (the chairman's son), Vivian and Teddy. (The remarkable trio) Basically, all Edmond does is run around taking people's shirts off looking for a man with a phoenix tattoo as Teddy informed Edmond that the killer has one on his body.
The movie is filled with hilarious one liners that are unintentionally funny and REALLY BADLY choreographed action scenes.
On a side note, I would like to mention that this IMDb listing isn't correct. As you can see in the picture, the star of the movie is Chris Kelly, who is not mentioned in the IMDb listing. There are also a large number of Caucasian actors, but this listing only includes Asian actors. Also, it's impossible that this movie was produced in 1967 as the cars in the movie are from the 1980's, possibly 1990's. I would greatly appreciate having an accurate listing for this movie.
INTENSE!
boogolay15 January 2003
Warning: Spoilers
This movie was absolute insanity. Chris Kelly is out for VENGEANCE. The NINJAS killed his wife who got a watch from him and now he's kickin ass and taking names. The secret is... HE'S A NINJA TOO. He meets a partner who is also a ninja. There's this part which is absolutely pertinent (read: pointless) where some guy jumps over a car in the middle of a dance sequence. A good power that the ninjas have is to do somersaults and go completely through gates. Sorry, that might be a spoiler.
Check this movie out if you enjoy the best action sequences. It'll be the best 99 cents you'll ever spend.
Check this movie out if you enjoy the best action sequences. It'll be the best 99 cents you'll ever spend.
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