Enter The Ninja
1981
A westerner (Franco Nero) initiated into the society of ninja, the secret army of professional assassins, finds himself up against greed and an old rival. Spectacular martial arts battle with explosives ensues. Read more
| Starring | Franco Nero, Susan George, Sho Kosugi, Alex Courtney |
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| Director | Menahem Golan |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Enter The Ninja
A westerner (Franco Nero) initiated into the society of ninja, the secret army of professional assassins, finds himself up against greed and an old rival. Spectacular martial arts battle with explosives ensues.
| Starring | Franco Nero, Susan George, Sho Kosugi, Alex Courtney, Christopher George |
|---|---|
| Director | Menahem Golan |
| Studio | MIA VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LTD |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 17 Sep 2001 Production year: 1981 |
| Format | DVD |
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After the kung fu mania of the early 1970s cooled off — following the unfortunate death of martial arts superstar Bruce Lee — came a spate of movies relishing the silent but lethal killing machine that is the Japanese ninja. An evil Filipino crime baron (Christopher George) is intimidating a farmer into giving him his precious land. But he reckons without visiting friend and ninja Franco Nero who makes short shrift of various henchmen until he is forced into a real ninja-style showdown with all the trimmings laid on by far-eastern superstar Sho Kosugi.
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A Z-grade international cast fumbles its way through a tiresome series of action movie clichés (impotent wealthy... read more on Time Out
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Brings back some fond memories!
This brings back some fond memories of seeing it as a kid. It prompted all sorts of ninja games at school and throwing shuriken at the blackboard (even though there's none in this film) became a favourite passtime for months afterwards.
Now it's all fairly cheesy, but still thankfully in a good sort of way. However the years haven't been too kind. I remember it being quite violent, but now it's fairly tame. There's no gore, very little blood and no nudity. Quite why it's got an 18 rating, I don't know - 15 is far more appropriate. It's still entertaining as an action/martial arts movie though.
The picture wasn't too great - 4:3 and fairly grainy with some damage. There's also no extras. Still no sign of the two sequals (Ninja 2 - Revenge of the Ninja & Ninja 3) on DVD, but when/if they do come out I'll be sure to watch them. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Brings back some fond memories!
This brings back some fond memories of seeing it as a kid. It prompted all sorts of ninja games at school and throwing shuriken at the blackboard (even though there's none in this film) became a favourite passtime for months afterwards.
Now it's all fairly cheesy, but still thankfully in a good sort of way. However the years haven't been too kind. I remember it being quite violent, but now it's fairly tame. There's no gore, very little blood and no nudity. Quite why it's got an 18 rating, I don't know - 15 is far more appropriate. It's still entertaining as an action/martial arts movie though.
The picture wasn't too great - 4:3 and fairly grainy with some damage. There's also no extras. Still no sign of the two sequals (Ninja 2 - Revenge of the Ninja & Ninja 3) on DVD, but when/if they do come out I'll be sure to watch them. -
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Enter The Ninja
A westerner (Franco Nero) initiated into the society of ninja, the secret army of professional assassins, finds himself up against greed and an old rival. Spectacular martial arts battle with explosives ensues....
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