Enter the Ninja

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Andrew M Excellent martial arts exhibition in this film. Comedic beyond anything I have ever seen in a martial arts movie, especially anything involving Mr. Parker. The movie does not have an American feel which I find most interesting since Ninjas were such an American obsession when the film was made. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/11/24 Full Review Dappa D Truly awful. I only score it 1.5 because of it's legacy. Watch it if you want to be amazed. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/27/23 Full Review Pasqualino I Yes, a B-movie from the 80ies I got the chance to see then, and which I recently got the chance to watch again. To nowadays standards it may seem bad, but honestly I could still reconnect why this launched the ninja hype. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/02/23 Full Review Alexander B It had terrible fight choreography especially from the lead character who I could tell was not a martial artist. The special effects were pretty bad even for the time. It did have some funny moments but they weren't intentional. The villian was a good martial artist so he should have been the main character. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/12/23 Full Review Marcelo H Just for the nostalgia! I wouldn't watch it again. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Cannon Films need to be on our site more often, but that's because I want to make sure that I have the time and energy to properly focus on this astounding company. But hey — let's get things started by talking about Enter the Ninja, a movie written by the man who stole Priscilla from Elvis, Mike Stone, and nearly starred in it before his acting ability supposedly wasn't good enough for a ninja movie Luckily, Franco Nero was in the Philippines and Stone was nice enough to remain on set as the fight double for Nero and the fight/stunt coordinator. That's right — Django as a ninja. Make that a ninja that cucks his best friend and arrdvarking his wife Susan George and then fighting Sho Kosugi. If you were wondering why I loved Cannon Films so much, just read that last sentence again. Cole (Nero) is a soldier who has become a ninja — much like Snake-Eyes in the Marvel comics — before he visits his war buddy Frank Landers and his new wife Mary Ann (Ms. George) who own a giant farm in the Philippines that is threatened by Charles Venarius (Christopher George), whose Venarius Industries wants the oil that's on their land. After said cuckolding — Frank had already drunkenly confessed to our hero that he couldn't life his own katana, so to speak — Venarius' henchmen kill Frank and kidnap Mary Ann. That means that Cole has to battle his way through all of the many soldiers in his way before battling his old sword brother Hasegawa (Sho Kosugi). Directed by Menahem Golan, who also gave us The Apple, this is actually the exact kind of movie that I want it to be. Golan said, "It started when Chinese karate films became popular. I looked for something new in Asian martial arts and found information about the ninja culture in an encyclopedia. The ninja were middle-class people in Japan — lawyers, government clerks, etc. It was a secret organization that helped the feudal government. It actually preceded the Chinese karate battles. They used very special methods, developing their sixth sense. That fascinated me and I said I could write story ideas out of it, so we made Enter the Ninja and American Warrior later on. Many imitations followed." Actually, Emmett Alston was supposed to be the film's original director. Supposedly Charles Bronson refused to allow Golan to direct Death Wish II. Alston directed Force of the Ninja and Nine Deaths of the Ninja, which is somehow even better than this. Also, I know that we got a whole bunch of Kosugi ninja movies, which I love, but man, why did we not get another Franco Nero in karate PJs movie? Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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