Ninja Thunderbolt

I rented this movie on VHS when I was a teenager during the ninja movie craze. All my credibility as a movie selector for my friends was ruined because I was literally fooled (like many) by a misleading cover and the clever recommendation of the guy who ran the VHS store. We have the classic Godfrey Ho movie with Richard Harrison, who deserved better luck in his acting career. The story is simple: there is an incoherent plot, fantastic chase sequences (real, dangerous), the use of a microcar that calls for laughter and a couple of moments that every teenager will remember. Despite this, it is a mediocre film that only holds up in the memory of those of us who are today lovers of z-movies and the bizarre. Recommended.

I contemplated for a while if I should give "Inferno Thunderbolt" a 1 or a 2 out of 10. At the end I decided on a 2, because there are at least a couple of action scenes in the final 10 minutes. Don't get me wrong, those are as terrible as the rest of the movie, but at least SOMETHING is finally happening to wake up the viewer from his slumber. Because for more than an hour, this supposed "action" movie has virtually NO action in it. The first bad sign comes early on, when the filmmakers can't even make a female mud wrestling match exciting! Of course I can tolerate a bad, cheap, incoherent, awfully dubbed movie if it is at least FUN, but "Inferno Thunderbolt" is not much fun. It is an ordeal that few people will be able to live through.

Godfrey Ho is probably the greatest trash or b-movie director, he is notorious for his ninja movies, Ninja Thunderbolt is probably the most notorious of his Ninja movies.

Usually, the "plot" on Godfrey Ho movies are confusing and sometimes he "recicles" parts of his older movies and add's them to his "new" movie (AKA: Cut and paste technique).

This time, Godfrey Ho tell us the story about the Ninja Golden Idol getting stolen. Inspector Wang gets involved in the "Ninja Empire" while investigating "regular" crimes.

Highlights of the film include: -a chase scene is put "on speed up", adding a comical effect - A sex scene (are you thinking that this is a kid's movie ?) - The Chase scene where a bunch of ninjas are chasing Detective Wang (while he is driving a "Bubble Car"). Recommended for who wants to get approached in the craptastic world of Godfrey Ho !

I have to say that this movie contains the best chase scene ever to be filmed in the history of mankind! When the main character, Mr. Harry Wong (no joke) gets into his tiny little car and is chased by ninjas wearing white rollerskates with big pink wheels.

If you manage to find this one, rent it! Just beware of the 2 absolutely random and gratuities sex scenes. They kinda pop outta nowhere.

All in all, it's your typical Kung Fu type movie out of Hong Kong, but with a bizarre and puzzling twist at the end. "Ninja Death!"

Watch out.

This ninja-film is extremely bad and ridiculous. Besides from the fact that it is very dull and therefore hard to follow, the only good thing about it is that it's silly in a funny way (but only sometimes). I remember (OK you don't remember bad movies you saw 10 years ago, but this one was so bad that i did remember) that I rented this movie on video in the late 80's and thought I had a really exciting ninja-film to kill the evening with, but how wrong I was. (1 out of 10)