ShangLuda Admirable film.

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Scott LeBrun Martial arts icon Sho Kosugi plays Cho Osaki, a Japanese man whose family is brutally obliterated by a troupe of evil ninjas. Realizing that a fresh start may be good for him, he accepts the offer from associate Braden (Arthur Roberts) to come and live in America and be Bradens' business partner. Braden, however, turns out to be a drug smuggling, evil son of a bitch who is also schooled in the ways of the ninja. Refusing to cooperate with local police (for whatever reason), Cho must soon come to the rescue of his son Kane (played by Kosugis' real-life son Kane) when the child is witness to a killing.Director Sam Firstenberg began his career in action films with this agreeable bit of action packed nonsense. He may have been a newcomer to the action genre at the time, but was wise to surround himself with people who knew what they were doing; in addition to star and fight choreographer Kosugi, notable crew include stunt coordinator Steve Lambert (who shows up on screen as the cowboy goon). Competently executed (if not particularly well written), "Revenge of the Ninja" benefits from a very tongue in cheek approach. There are some pretty dopey moments throughout, especially when Chos' friend Cathy (sexy blonde Ashley Ferrare) actually goes to battle with young Kane! There are some delightfully gory (and hilarious) gags here and there when various morons fall victim to ninja weapons. Firstenberg, Kosugi, Lambert and company get down to business very quickly, with their first major set piece taking place just minutes into the movie.The acting, for the most part, could charitably be described as not so hot, but that doesn't mean that the characters aren't engaging or entertaining in their own way. Kosugi is a stubborn hero, Roberts an amusing bad guy. Familiar faces in small roles include John LaMotta, Professor Toru Tanaka, and Don Shanks.The undeniable highlight is the final, extended rooftop battle between Osaki and Braden. Our villain sure shows some real ingenuity at times!Seven out of 10.

videorama-759-859391 Although it doesn't have as much action, as say for Pray For Death, where there's a similar premise, this one comes off a not a bad rate movie, where Sho is battling a more deadlier enemy of his own stature. The cover of this movie is fantastic, all the way down to it's impactful title'd font, with those deadly little spikes, that shoot out different colored smoke. An impressive fountain scene, involving them, I liked. Again, we're not asking for Oscar calibre actors, but we just surrender to the thrilling action, punctuated between not so happening but involving moments, one chase scene, that might leave your knees a bit raw and grazed. Like I said earlier, there are a few familiarities here that are akin to Pray For Death, even in it's opening. Even that flashback in PFD is similar to a scene here. Check out the start of the other I've mentioned, and you'll know what I mean. Sho and son, Kane, have come to America for a better life, but there's a deadly enemy stalking Sho and son, where unbeknown to Sho, used as a patsy, the inside of his dolls is housing cocaine. ROTN is a real kind of 80's film making I liked. It's a real quality movie of a different and more spectacular action. The couple killed screwing in a hot tub, and can't be pulled apart give a new meaning to the term, inseparable. Pity too, though like in Ninja 3, that incidentally came out only months later, as a double feature with Swordkill, we have to put up with that awful music. A small price to pay for exciting action like this. Just don't expect constant action, as for some Ninja fans, this could prove a bit of a down sight. The climax is engagingly intense. Good stuff.

david-sarkies My friend's quote is that this movie is funny, but not for the right reasons. There is no date on the cover of this video, but we assume that it is the early eighties, at the time when the ninja movies were popular. I will give a brief rundown on the movie and then consider what was so popular about ninja movies. Finally I will end with my opinion.A ninja in Japan is determined to live on his land and fight off all of those who wish to attack him, but an American wants him to come to LA to open up a gallery. At this time a whole heap of ninja attack and kill his family, all except his mother and child. He then decides to go to America. What we find out is that this American is an evil ninja and is using the gallery to smuggle in heroin, in fact I think the American sets up the battle at the Japanese's house to lure him to America. So they fight and the film ends.What is it about ninja films? Well, I guess in the western eyes we see the ninja as the mysterious and unbeatable assassin. There is something romantic about an assassin who uses tricks to get in and out of his missions and execute them with accuracy. We also see the ninja as being unbeatable, and as such we like to fantasise over this by watching the movies. The popularity seems to have died down now (probably because the 80's ninja movies were so bad) and thus we hardly see any of them anymore.I sort of snoozed through this movie as it was a bit pointless. The plot was quite clichéd and the acting was bad. On top of that the stunts weren't that well done. I do believe that I have seen far worse acting in even worse movies, so I guess I can't say anything else about this.

disdressed12 the second in the "Ninja" series,though really nothing to do with the first one,this movie is another Cannon Group production.ultra cheap,of course--the cannon trademark.lots of action,but some of the fight scenes between the 2 ninjas looks to stagey,too choreographed,compared to the first in the series "Enter the Ninja".this 1 has some definite unintentional comedic value.and some of the action scenes are much too far fetched.again the acting is not stellar,but this isn't Hamlet,so the acting proves adequate.there's bit of a plot,but it's pretty thin.some of the death scenes are a bit gruesome,owing to how cheap they look.but i enjoyed it for what it was,a classic,though brainless piece of entertainment.i give "Revenge of the Ninja" 8/10