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An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.
Shô Kosugi
- Yamada
- (as Sho Kosugi)
John LaMotta
- Case
- (as John La Motta)
Steven Lambert
- Pilot
- (as Steve Lambert)
Earl W. Smith
- Jefferson
- (as Earl Smith)
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I was a big fan of ninja movies in the mid-80's, and some of the late 80's. I first saw this movie back in 1985. It's the second best ninja movie ever made. It's very entertaining. Plenty of action in this movie. It is nearly as good as Revenge of the Ninja. I give ninja III:the domination ***1/2 out of ****
A highly unusual formula ("The Exorcist" meets "Enter the Dragon") is injected into routine martial arts film. Martial arts action (and there's plenty of it) and second rate special effects compensate for lousy acting. An innocent woman (Lucinda Dickey) is possessed by the spirit of an evil ninja assassin (David Chung), causing her to murder the police responsible for his "death." It's Sho Kosugi ("Enter the Ninja," "Revenge of the Ninja") to the rescue as he tries to rid the spirit and destroy the ninja once and for all ("Only a ninja can destroy a ninja"). Best in the series, but only one complaint: Kosugi has very little screen time. My evaluation: **1/2 out of ****.
This is probably the only female Ninja movie ever made. It's great as a B film and the action sequences are a lot of fun to watch. This movie is just so deliciously 80's. You'll never see another film like it. Check it out for some 80's retro fun.
You gotta admit, the stories intriguingly different in Ninja land, the action sequences spectacularly done, especially at the start, providing spectacular entertainment. An evil ninja, avenges those who have made a deadly mistake of killing him. Ninja rule, you can't outkill a ninja, only if you're a ninja. The evil ninja's spirit takes refuge in a woman's body, a hot body if that of Breakdance's Lucinda Dickey, who's angry moments are cute. She's a younger and sexier version of Mimi Rodgers. So now our hottie, who trains and works out a gym, while also working with power lines, is the "you don't mess with chick" who's killing bad guys, cops, and taking on gangs of thug. A young cop who falls for her, wanting to get into her panties, senses something weird, while really being deeply attracted to her, and to re-iterate, wanting to get into her panties. Dickey leaves a lot of her bloodshed in her wake, where it's time to call in a professional. Guess who that is. This action pic is a well staged spectacle, of "throw reality out the window" entertainment, and these ninja films always deliver hard on action, but only accept it for that ninja love. The "Body Shop" song used in other Golan Globus films, rocks too. A far fetched tale that of course will spark moments, of unintentional laughs, here's another one ninja fans like me, love.
Wow - this movie has everything!!! Ninja fights, horrible 80s soundtrack, bad acting, some good stunts and car crashes, some of the worst fights you've ever seen, aerobics wear from the 1980s, awful special effects and the most bumbling cops since the Keystone ones made silent comedies. If you've read some of the other comments - they are pretty dead on - Flashdance meets Exorcist meets Ninja movies. Lucinda Dickey (who made the Breakin' movies) looks like a low-rent Linda Hamilton and she is not very good in the fight scenes. But the movie does have one of the most amazing openings ever where a ninja attacks and kills dozens on a GOLF COURSE!!!! If you like cheesy bad movies, then this one is for you. Man oh man.
Did you know
- TriviaThis was the first film of a five picture deal for Lucinda Dickey who Menahem Golan wanted to make her a star very badly. The other films in the deal included Breakin' (1984), Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984), Breakin' 3, which was planned but fell apart, King Solomon's Mines and its sequel, Allan Quartermain And The Lost City of Gold. The latter three films didn't happen for her because she felt that both she and Cannon Films were totally tired of each other at that point.
- GoofsAfter the evil ninja comes out of the lake he is soaked from head to toe. In the next shot, he continues to fight police officers and is bone dry.
- Alternate versionsThe film was cut by 1 min 12 secs for its UK cinema release to remove all footage of metal throwing stars. All cuts were waived for the 2015 video release.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Best of the Worst: Ninja Movies (2014)
- SoundtracksBody Shop
Music and lyrics by David Powell (as Dave Powell)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,610,785
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,727,546
- Sep 16, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $7,611,652
- Runtime
- 1h 32m(92 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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