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The Power of Ninjitsu

  • 1988
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
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Richard Harrison in The Power of Ninjitsu (1988)
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Raymond's father is the leader of the Scorpios and he is preparing to hand over the business to his son. Other gang leaders, Phoenix and Anders, know this too well.Raymond's father is the leader of the Scorpios and he is preparing to hand over the business to his son. Other gang leaders, Phoenix and Anders, know this too well.Raymond's father is the leader of the Scorpios and he is preparing to hand over the business to his son. Other gang leaders, Phoenix and Anders, know this too well.

  • Directors
    • Joseph Lai
    • Godfrey Ho
  • Writers
    • AAV Creative Unit
    • Godfrey Ho
    • Stephen So
  • Stars
    • Richard Harrison
    • Grant Temple
    • Lee Dae-kun
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    68
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Joseph Lai
      • Godfrey Ho
    • Writers
      • AAV Creative Unit
      • Godfrey Ho
      • Stephen So
    • Stars
      • Richard Harrison
      • Grant Temple
      • Lee Dae-kun
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Richard Harrison
    Richard Harrison
    • Gordon
    Grant Temple
    • Paolo
    Lee Dae-kun
    Lee Dae-kun
    • Master Lee
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Master Lee)
    Geoffrey Ziebart
    Adam Frank
    Adam Frank
    • Ninja
    Peter Kjær
      Rita Bachmann
      • Lisa
      Joe Render
      Jenny Park
      Geoffrey Brown
      Patrick Eriksson
      Thomas Anderson
      Wai-Sun Lam
        Oscar Dickson
        Dick Chong
        Lisa Hwang
        Willie Cheng
        • Directors
          • Joseph Lai
          • Godfrey Ho
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          • AAV Creative Unit
          • Godfrey Ho
          • Stephen So
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        1seesar

        Awful

        This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It is a Hong Kong This is a Hong Kong movie flick mixed with some American film. I have seen Imperial Films "Zombie versus Ninja" which was so bad it was laughable. Except for the American footage this movie was more gut wrenching painful then laughable.

        The plot was about rival gangs killing each other in 1980's Hong Kong, however this movie had ninjas!? The movie had spontaneous seen changes and spontaneously appearing and disappearing objects/ninjas.

        This movie is almost as bad as Manos the Hands of Fate.

        Note: This movie should be rated R for violence, sexuality (no nudity) and language.
        7HaemovoreRex

        More IFD ninja goodness!

        Released here in the UK under the alternative title of, Ninja Operation 5: Godfather the Master, this is yet another utterly baffling but hilarious cut & paste effort brought to us by our good old friend Joseph Lai.

        Well, if you're reading this review, chances are that you've come across these glorious cut & paste ninja flicks before so rather than give yet another history lesson of the brazen scam that IFD and Filmark productions were running in the 1980's I'll instead offer you a glimpse of some of the highlights in the film in question.....

        Herein you'll find a plethora of God awful dubbing and inappropriate voice over work, some fabulously attired ninja, a soundtrack stolen from pop group Ah Ha(!), a vengeful mob boss's son called Raymond who spends the entire film laughing like an imbecile, a brief scene featuring a man with possibly the worst mullet ever(!!!), a truly demented fight near the beginning in which the combatants miraculously switch from fighting in an office, to suddenly appearing, fighting atop a rooftop and finally suddenly appearing (and still fighting) in a public park somewhere(WTF?!!!) and best of all, the hilariously abrupt ending in this in which Richard Harrison's character get's a rather unpleasant surprise in the final shot....classic!!!

        Ah, why don't they make films like this anymore?

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          Edited from Osaka daebu (1986)
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          The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
          (uncredited)

          Performed by a-ha

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        • Country of origin
          • Hong Kong
        • Language
          • English
        • Also known as
          • Ninja Operation 5: Godfather the Master
        • Production company
          • IFD Films and Arts
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          • 1h 30m(90 min)
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