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The '80s are a beloved era for many cinema fans. It is often considered the golden age of horror, the decade defined by coming-of-age films like Stand by Me and The Breakfast Club. The action genre is no different, having delivered such classics as Die Hard, The Terminator, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Still, another side of the '80s has aged like fine wine: camp. And when it comes to camp, '80s action delivers some of the most memorable and entertaining films.

New York Ninja embodies '80s camp, unlike any other film, with its fascinating history — discovered, remastered, and released decades after it was initially shot — and its delivery of absurd action in a dystopian New York landscape. The best part? This unearthed gem is currently streaming for free on Tubi.

'New York Ninja' Is an Unearthed '80s Classic

A sound technician,...

"This city owes... justice." Vinegar Syndrome has unveiled the brand new trailer for a long lost 80s campy action film titled New York Ninja, which has been finished and is ready for release in 4K this year after a premiere at Beyond Fest. Originally directed by & starring martial arts actor John Liu in his only American production, New York Ninja was filmed entirely on 35mm in 1984, but the project was abandoned during production resulting in all original sound materials, scripts, and treatments going missing. 35 years later, Vinegar Syndrome acquired the original unedited negative and painstakingly completed the film. Now with the voices of Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Linnea Quigley, Michael Berryman, Vince Murdocco, Matt Mitler, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Ginger Lynn Allen, and Cynthia Rothrock. A sound technician for a news station becomes a vigilante ninja in NYC after his pregnant wife is murdered. Restored in 4K from the original camera elements,...

Stars: Vince Murdocco, Mary E. Zilba, A.J. Stephans, Rodrigo Obregón, Johnny Venocur, David Jean Thomas | Written by Addison Randall, Tony Kandah | Directed by Tony Kandah, Martin Morris

L.A. Wars follows Jake Quinn (Vince Murdocco), a disgraced cop who yearns to re-join the LAPD but who makes his living working as a bouncer. But when a bloody turf war breaks out between Carlo Giovani’s established mob family and new thug on the block, Raul Guzman, Jake is called back into action and put deep undercover, getting a job as personal bodyguard to Carlo’s daughter, Carla. As the unlikely duo form a close and romantic bond, Raul senses that in order to take over the streets, he’ll need to do something that’ll force Carlo into his crosshairs, and proceeds to kidnap Carla. But what he didn’t count on was the vengeance of one man army, Jake Quinn…...