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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)
- Director
- Writer
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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.
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.
Ninja III: The Domination was one of those 80s movies that were always on TV, and were pure entertainment. Nobody knew why it was called "Ninja 3" and no one really cares about it. This 80s Cannon Films were great, no doubt about that. The plot: a near-immortal black ninja posses a beautiful babe to make her commit revenge against the cops that kill him. Thats basically the story of this gem.
The first action sequence of the movie is amazing, pure action, lots of ninja action and gunshots with cool and absolutely dated synthesizer movie (i love this music in this 80s films). No logic, lots of plot holes this is a no-brainier that its very enjoyable
7/10
The first action sequence of the movie is amazing, pure action, lots of ninja action and gunshots with cool and absolutely dated synthesizer movie (i love this music in this 80s films). No logic, lots of plot holes this is a no-brainier that its very enjoyable
7/10
This is a pretty silly film, including what may well be the least erotic come-on ever to make it to the big screen (the heroine pours V-8 all over herself and invites the hero to lick it off -- yuck!). And yet it also features the resplendent Lucinda Dickey in what is far and away her most erotic performance. In those long ago days, women -- even action heroines -- with real muscles were a rarity, and I can still remember the way my jaw dropped when Dickey took off her shirt, revealing the most powerfully built female back and biceps I'd ever seen. Dickey's beauty and vitality carry the film: she could have been a female Schwarzenegger if anybody had had the vision to promote her.
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 Break Street 84 (1984), Breakin' 2 (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)
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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