NINJA TERMINATOR begins as the evil ninja empire threatens to encroach on the good and take over. Three martial arts students, determined to stop the evil ninjas, decide to search for "The Golden Ninja Warrior," a sacred ninja icon that gives its possessor unimaginable powers. Of course, others are also seeking the powerful .. Read more
| Starring | Richard Harrison, Jonathan Wattis, Maria Francesca, Jack Lam |
|---|---|
| Director | Godfrey Ho |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, World Cinema |
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NINJA TERMINATOR begins as the evil ninja empire threatens to encroach on the good and take over. Three martial arts students, determined to stop the evil ninjas, decide to search for "The Golden Ninja Warrior," a sacred ninja icon that gives its possessor unimaginable powers. Of course, others are also seeking the powerful icon, including interpol and a gang of rival ninjas, leading to an unforgettable showdown at Devil's Rock.
| Starring | Richard Harrison, Jonathan Wattis, Maria Francesca, Jack Lam, Philip Ko |
|---|---|
| Director | Godfrey Ho |
| Studio | HOLLYWOOD DVD LTD |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 25 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Chinese, Mandarin |
| Released | DVD: 28 Jan 2002 Production year: 1985 |
| Format | DVD |
I had forgoten how bad these films were. Still it cleared the front room while I was watching it
This is a film of 2 halfs. In one half, there is Hwang Jang Li. For anyone who doesnt know him, he is the thunderfooted no1 kung fu villain, the one that out shines & out performs Jackie Chan in Drunken Master, and the guy he fights in this film isnt a bad opponant.
On the other hand, the original film was never finished & Godfey Ho (famous at being HK's cheesiest director) mashed it together with totally unrelated scenes starring American ninjas in order to appeal to the international market. Apart from being very very funny, in an ironic way, these ninjas are extremely poor fighters and don't really do anything except talk on a garfield phone and send death threats to one another. Godfrey Ho made numerous hashed-up ninja films like this one and is single-handedly responsible for the bad press of ninja films outside of Asia. Ninja Terminator is the best of them, only because of Hwang & the hero Jaguar 1
It’s not the oldest franchise in town, and certainly not the most prolific (it can’t compete with Friday the 13th, for example), but The Terminator series is the only one that has pursued an on-going millennial dialogue between the twentieth and the early twenty first century. In James Cameron’s 1984 original, the Terminator and Kyle Reese come back in time from 2029 bringing the war between man and machines with them. Kyle also brought news of a potential saviour, a leader... Read more