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I can't say I remember too much about the film except it has all the normal ninja stereotypes in it with lots of blood. If that is what you want that is what you'll get. Don't get me wrong, when I watch a ninja movie I'm not looking for Shakespeare. I'm looking for sword slashing, shrunken throwing and bear claws to the face fun. And maybe a few heads getting lopped off. It is what it is.

The cool thing is how movies can bring back memories and I remember going to the movies with my mom and older brother and somehow convincing her that this particular movie was the one we were going to see. I'm not sure why she agreed to it and I'm sure she regretted it afterward as she is a conservative Christian woman. I was only 10 at the time and whining like crazy for us to see it. LOL I guess she thought, "It's about ninjas, how bad could it be!?" WRONG! This was the first rated R movie I saw in fact. All I have to say this movie is part of my life narrative now. Thanks Mom. I still remember the ending, but I won't spoil it for you.

I'm probably one of the few people who actually saw this in a theater.

Sho Kosugi stars as a ninja who had his whole family wiped out by a rival clan (We even witness his son take an arrow to the back) and when his entire family is killed, except for his mother and youngest son he decides to hang his jammies up and live out his life as a businessman however when his partner runs drugs and Kosugi's son witnesses it, Kosugi must protect his son and take on his equally proficient pal in the art of ninjitsu. Revenge Of The Ninja is quite possibly the best ninja movie ever made. (Ironically the best and worst ninja movies have Sho Kosugi. Worst one being 9 Deaths of The Ninja) In it we witness everything that makes a ninja movie so appealing, lots of cheesy zen philosophy, tons of fight sequences, lots of carnage and just tons of cheese in general. Revenge Of The Ninja also remains probably the best movie to date from Sho Kosugi and indeed it is just unfortunate he had his son also partake in what could have been even better without the kid. Still Revenge Of The Ninja is a very enjoyable movie and that is not even including the granny ninja.

* * * out of 4-(Good)

Martial Arts movies have always sacrificed acting and dialogue in favor of keeping the action constant and entertaining. Revenge of the Ninja is no exception. The fight scenes are amusing and the dialogue is absolutely hilarious, and yet this movie has enough charm to be a cult classic.

Sho Kusagi plays Cho, a doll collector(!) living in Japan. For centuries he and his family have followed the way of the ninja. However, one day a group of ninjas massacres his family. Only his grandmother and infant son survive. Following the advise of his friend, he moves to America to sell his doll collection. Little does he know that he is a pawn in a Japanese drug-smuggling ring...

The plot aside, Revenge of the Ninja acts out like a parody of ninja clichés. You got the evil ninja that manages to change into his ninja suit in the blink of an eye, a grandmother that can do backflips, and over-the-top villains that look like they just came back from a Halloween party. The film's final fight scene occurs on a Los Angeles rooftop, where the evil ninja pulls out decoys, sticks, and shrunikens; none of which he had at the start of the scene.

There are a lot of bad martial-arts out there. Some are pure trash. Others, like this one, are good for a few laughs.

After seeing "Enter The Ninja" in the movie theater that I worked at in the early 80's, I cringed of the thought of having to watch another American made martial arts movie when my boss notified me that "Revenge..." would be our next attraction. When the movie opened in 1983 and I watched the opening scene, I was drawn in and hooked!

Everything about this movie seemed perfect (except the acting). The locations were great. The colors and lighting in the film were great. And the fight scenes were fantastic.

I just purchased the DVD to see how well this has held up through the years, and I must say it has held up quite well. I didn't even remember this movie being so bloody and violent (I had to quickly usher the "under 10" crowd away from the TV). Even by today's standards, this movie holds on tight to its "R" rating for violence. There is very little profanity and very little sex in this film.

It's funny that a movie with such good production values would have such bad acting. I mean some of the lines in this movie are delivered so badly I had to laugh out loud. And the "thugs" in the park look like the Village People!

Honestly though, this is, in my opinion, a great action movie. And the characters, in spite of bad acting, are quite likeable (or hateful, whichever appropriate for the character).

I also thought the music track was excellent, and doesn't really sound dated now like a lot of early 80's movies.

I recommend this movie with eight out of ten stars.

This classic Ninja about practitioners of an ancient Oriental art of killing named Ninjitsu , wearing in black , using martial arts and diverse weapons , as Katana , deadly star (Ninkaisen), explosive balls...The exciting movie deals about Cho (Shô Kosugi , he personally crafted many of the weapons in the film) , when his family is murdered , he goes to America along with his son (Kane Kosugi) . There he puts a dolls-store , but his friend (Arthur Roberts) deceits him by means of drugs smuggling into the dolls . Then , a Ninja dedicates to human chase disguised in silvered mask . The Japanese Ninja , helped by a cop (Frye) , confronts enemies , mob , hoodlums (Professor Tanaka) and metes out his own justice when his son is abducted . The Ninjitsu fighter is possessed by the spirit of vengeance-seeking Ninja and only Sho Kosugi wipes out a passel of heinous villains and brings his bloody rampage to a moving final .

This a violent and gripping story with plenty of noisy action and struggles in a comic-book style . It's a mindless but enjoyable for martial arts aficionados of the old style because the new technical are made by means of wires , cables and computer generator . The violence was dramatically cut for its original theatrical release which still garnered '18' certificates around the world . The unrated version of the film features an infamous blood splatter , one of the major reasons this version of the film is more popular . Shô Kosugi was adamant that Keith Vitali's character be killed to heighten the drama , director Sam Firstenberg agreed but nixed the idea that the character's hand be cut off during his dying scene . The film highlights are the fighting between the little boy named Kane against a group of children and a gorgeous woman ; the combat between the grandmother and a killer and Sho Kosugi fighting and wielding a fan , among them . The fights , thrills and lots of action and even some moments of unintentional humor make this movie worth seeing .

The previous movie was ¨Enter the Ninja¨ (81) by Menahem Golan with Franco Nero , Menahem Golan was director of the first film , and was to direct this one also , but shortly before production was to start he decided to turn over directing chores to Sam Firstenberg . Golan did remain as producer , however and he came up with the films' opening prologue that adds more depth to the story . It was followed by ¨Ninja III , the domination¨ with Lucinda Dickey and again Sho Kosugi . The picture was well produced by Cannon -Golan and Globus- and rightly directed by Sam Firstenberg , being first "Ninja" film directed by Sam Firstenberg for Golan-Globus' . Sam's a low-grade expert on karate genre and Ninja sub-genre , such as he proved in ¨American Ninja¨ and sequels , and ¨Forced vengeance (82)¨ and ¨Avening force (1986)¨ with his usual actor Michael Dudikoff . Martial-art and Ninja films aficionados should enjoy it , because this Ninja entry is good of its type .

Better than the original one, Enter The Ninja. It's the same story and was also made by the Cannon group but this was campy. If you just thought it couldn't get any worser well, here you have it. Ever seen a granny ninja? Or gratuitous violence toward a ninja kid? The use of cheap effects are in full glory to watch, throwing stars flying into faces, nails in heads, nudity for no reason at all, but we liked it! Or have a look when a girl appears in a red robe forgotten to put a trouser on, but she's fighting nevertheless. It's so typical eighties, look at the clothes, look at village people at a playground...It's more bloodier than Enter The Ninja but it is really campy at sometimes. Only for the freaks of eighties smut.

Revenge of the Ninja (1983) was the second film in the "Ninja" series. This time Sho Kosugi is the good guy (ya!) and the Caucasians are the evil villains (Ya-ya!) Sho tangles with the mob over the usual scheme (drugs what else). The mob don't take too kindly to Japanese people but they picked the wrong guy to tangle with. Sho goes into action when his family's endangered. Using his skills in the ways of a ninja, Sho grabs his sword and stars and lays waste to the local mafia.

A better film than the first one. Although Sho Kosugi acts with all the emotion of a wooden Indian, he's one bad dude and is very credible as a hero. A fun action film filled with enough cheese and sleaze to entertaining fans of this genre. Followed by the weird and strange Ninja III: The Domination starring a very hot Lucinda Dickey!!

Recommended for Sho Kosugi fans and Cannon Film buffs. A film company that's sadly missed.

B+

This movie is terrible. The acting is just awful and the plot could have (or perhaps was?) written by a drunk autistic child. Nonetheless, you will love it. Watch it! It and Enter the Ninja are easily the two best ninja movies of the 80's.

Living legend Sho Kosugi portrays the similarly-named Cho Osaki in this classic Ninja Boom outing that helped kick off the aforementioned boom.

Cho is a mild-mannered man living in Japan who is also a ninja. When baddies kill off his family, except for his son Kane Osaki (real-life son Kane Kosugi) the two move to the U.S. to start their lives over again in the face of the tragedy and get on with their doll-selling business. Little do they know that some nefarious men are importing drugs in the dolls. When Kane sees what's going on, it fuels a war between the Osaki's and the drug peddlers. Add to that, there is a traitor in Cho's midst. Will Cho Ninja his way out of this mess and finally have peace? It's easy to see why this is one of the most popular Ninja titles from the classic era. Sho is at his best here. He says little, but that works in his favor. His son Kane takes after his dad, and nowhere is that better seen than when he fights some schoolyard bullies. Those kids never saw NINJA moves coming their way. Don't mess with pint-sized Kane. Maybe this was the seedling that later sprouted the 3 Ninjas franchise (the first one of which features Prof. Toru Tanaka, as does this film...coincidence?) and, of course, Little Ninjas (1990).

The movie is surprisingly brutal, with ninja stars embedded in foreheads and all, but it's all in good fun. Fun really is the name of the game here, as the simple plot allows for the maximum amount of Ninja action. It's well-shot and everything is very pro. This obviously raised the bar for Cannon Films.

Watch out for the aforementioned Toru Tanaka who is always fun to see, and Keith Vitali of American Kickboxer 1 (1990) fame is on hand as well. This is a great place to start for those unfamiliar with Ninja movies and are looking for a good way to kick off a potential obsession. Go Sho! For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com

Ah, the American martial arts movie...In the 80's, they littered the theatres with almost as much regularity as a teen sex 'comedy', and this may very well stand as the worst of a very bad lot. It certainly must rank as the FUNNIEST. Where to begin...? First and foremost, you will see some of the lamest, most stilted fighting ever presented on screen; as with just about every early-to-mid 80's chop-socky flick, the villians are amazingly polite, pausing at JUST THE RIGHT MOMENTS so that our hero can get in a few VERY well-placed hits, most of which never really seem to find their mark but that doesn't stop these filmmakers from instructing ALL bad guys to not just drop or fall to the ground - OH NO! Instead, the MEREST punch, kick or swat sends the baddies FLYING through the air. Oh, and, it seems, when humans are hit by flying stars or swords or knives or even just someone's fist, blood pours INSTANTLY from the wound, and looks eeriely like ketchup. The fight scenes - along with the rest of the movie - might best be appreciated with your TV's captions 'on'; then, and only then, will you get such choice subtitles as - and I kid you not - "splurch!" (the sound a body makes, apparently, when impaled), "OO! EE! AH!" (said by a small, remarkably hammy child in the film) and "Ha-Cha!" (that's ninja-speak, for the uninitiated). "Splurch" happens to be my favorite and it's used several times throughout. And eagle-eyed viewers will enjoy copious laughter from the stunt-doubling: keep a keen eye, especially, for the laff-riot showdown between our "evil" ninja, Braden, and Sho Kosugi's grandmother, in which her stunt double is about 6 inches taller and 50 pounds slimmer. And then there's the acting...oh, the acting! You get the full gamut here: wooden (Kosugi's handsome cop buddy), hammy (that aforementioned little kid, as well as the actor who portrays Braden), stony (Kosugi himself), and bimbo (the ubiquitous blonde love interest). Even worse may be the direction (or would that be the score? Hmm...close call...): AT ALL TIMES, ALL villians ACTUALLY ISSUE a Snidely Whiplash-type laugh. I kid you not. You just can't help but laugh at loud when it's just SO cartoonish! As for the plot - and, really, who watches these things for the plot, anyway?? - it's got something to with stolen dolls...but does it really matter? Come on now! What DOES matter is that, as a martial arts flick, it's god-awful. As comedy, though...it kicks serious ass.

In Japan, Cho Osaki returns home to find most of his family murdered by a group of ninjas. He decides to take his mother and his surviving son Kane to America. It's 6 years later. He has swore off violence. He resists the advances of his assistant Cathy. He is importing rare Japanese dolls with business partner Braden. Kane accidentally breaks a doll and discovers white powder inside. It turns out that Braden and Cathy are smuggling drugs. The Italian mob refuses to pay Braden for the drugs and a ninja starts killing them.

There is some good action and some good fighting. There is a good fight in a moving vehicle. There is even a pretty good kid stunt fighter. He should do a Kid Ninja movie. As for the adult ninjas, the main drawback is that they're running around in daylight. It's harder to do the sneaking around. It leads some stupid stuff like a man running down a hallway and missing a ninja in the doorway. It's still silly ninja fun.

Man, this movie SUCKS!

But it is absolutely hilarious. There are many, many flaws in this piece of rubbish falsely labelled a 'movie' (dont let them trick you!)

In particular, watch for the bad guys who die WITHOUT EVEN BEING TOUCHED!!

If you're looking for a laugh, this is top stuff.

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.

The only thing worse than acting was, the fightscenes. And of course the plot was a laughing matter. Poor choreography, poor dialogue, poor acting, a 6 year old that defeats adults with his martial arts skills and in general so many laughable clichés (the mafia guy has an Indian chief (who's the most non-native-American looking guy in the world) and so many poorly executed scenes make this movie a complete farce... 1½ hours of time wasted and a good evening ended because the poor quality of this movie hypnotised everyone to sleep.

The only redeeming quality I can think of was the healthy amounts of blood when the evildoer is finally brought down by our courageous hero. Of course not until after the evil boss guy has defeated him time and time again almost casually. Several times fooling him with the help of mechanical dolls of himself that somehow materialise out of thin air when needed the most.

I've watched I don't know how many kung-fu, samurai and ninja movies and I can honestly say that none of them has been as poor as this one.

The best ninja-film ever made. A bit naive and weak on story, but the action scenes in this movie i one of the best ever made. Sho Kosugi & Virgil Frye has a reel talent in martial arts (but where are they now). A must for ninja-fans. I can't understand why this movie is banned in my country.

I love these ninja films. Coming to view this one again, after a many year absence, one could say, I was pleasantly amused by the bad acting, dialogue, and unintentionally funny action, which had me re watching clips, if to confirm disbelief, or instill laughter again. This is another 80's addictive cheese with extra topping. Acting is wooden, self conscious, and embarrassing, if for that actor analyzing their dire performance. Golan Globus knows how to bring out cheap, entertaining as hell watches, ala Brian Trenchard Smith, Mark Lester, and this one is no exception. The simple cut story involves a betrayed Kosugi, again relocating to America, where he's used as an oblivious pawn in a drug smuggling operation, between his partner and the mafia. There are truly many unintentional humorous moments, and loads of action, again with Kosugi, putting himself through the ringer. Even the opening title comes up cheaply on the screen, as a fair forewarning as to what is to follow, where the movie title boldly pops up with an unfitting sound jingle. ROTN indisputably has a great cover poster but not much As in GG productions, here, again, there is patent, painful predictability, but it was the really bad acting which had me here. It does have a stylishness about it though, and an original postmortem scene involving two nude lovers, where one could say, they're really into each other. Not a badly made chop socky vehicle. One mostly for action fans, not ones studying the fine craft of acting. Fyre as the cop, has an interesting, and photogenic presence I must say.

This movie is real crap! The fights are some of the worst I've ever seen. The timing in the fight scenes are awful as you can see the actors/"martial artist" are waiting for the next hit to come. This is the kind of movie that makes martial arts look bad...

Give me a ninja movie with extra cheese...and that's what you have here and I love it. As with the first movie I was still very young when I first saw this and I was already a fan of Sho Kosugi. I was also very swept up in the romance of the ninja and the samurai (and I still am).

So I love this movie probably more than I should. To date I still don't feel like we have seen the best ninja movie that can be made (2009 Scott Adkins Ninja is pretty good). They have all lacked the real darkness that we found in the Dark Knight Trilogy, violent yes but always with a hint of the comic book to them.

This is an 80's action movie as much as anything else so you should know what to expect :)

man this was the greatest ninja movie ever made......it had violence,sex and a hero and a villian that were capable assasins!!!..for the people that say the acting was bad ar there were script problem....the movie was about the action and the entertainment not about winning the dam oscar!!!!!!!...and it was set in salt lake city utah...that alone made it unique because it wasn't the typical filmed in new york or la crap!!..anybody who can't appriciate two ninjas dueling to the death..with those beautiful utah mountains in the backgroud....just doesn't get it!!!