There were many silly action/kung fu movies made in the 80's. Sho Kosugi, Ninja Master, was in many of them. I saw this in the theaters and it was fun then and it's fun now. Sho is a Ninja who has moved to America and runs into trouble that only his Ninja skills can get him out of!

My friend's quote is that this movie is funny, but not for the right reasons. There is no date on the cover of this video, but we assume that it is the early eighties, at the time when the ninja movies were popular. I will give a brief rundown on the movie and then consider what was so popular about ninja movies. Finally I will end with my opinion.A ninja in Japan is determined to live on his land and fight off all of those who wish to attack him, but an American wants him to come to LA to open up a gallery. At this time a whole heap of ninja attack and kill his family, all except his mother and child. He then decides to go to America. What we find out is that this American is an evil ninja and is using the gallery to smuggle in heroin, in fact I think the American sets up the battle at the Japanese's house to lure him to America. So they fight and the film ends.What is it about ninja films? Well, I guess in the western eyes we see the ninja as the mysterious and unbeatable assassin. There is something romantic about an assassin who uses tricks to get in and out of his missions and execute them with accuracy. We also see the ninja as being unbeatable, and as such we like to fantasise over this by watching the movies. The popularity seems to have died down now (probably because the 80's ninja movies were so bad) and thus we hardly see any of them anymore.I sort of snoozed through this movie as it was a bit pointless. The plot was quite clichéd and the acting was bad. On top of that the stunts weren't that well done. I do believe that I have seen far worse acting in even worse movies, so I guess I can't say anything else about this.

After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. When he finds out that his friend has betrayed him, Cho must prepare for the ultimate battle he has ever been involved in....To the movie snob, you know those people who think they know everything about film because they own The 400 Blows, will laugh this movie out of the shop.But while the film offers nothing new, it has a wealth of great stuff going for it, and its one of the better Ninja movies of the eighties. Ninja movies in the eighties were as common as Vampire movies today.Its unintentionally hilarious, and its all the better for it. From a back flipping Granny, to the best thing in the film, a fight in the park with the Village People, which lasts nearly as long as the fist fight in They Live, the film is never boring.I does have many flaws though. The bad up wears a mask whenever he is fighting, because they probably couldn't find a stunt double that looked like him, and Kosugi isn't the best actor in the world (although he has great hair).But for all its flaws, it has really good set pieces, and stunts. The final siege is pretty remarkable stuff, and the sub plot involving the mafia and strangely, a Red Indian, is hilarious.So all in all, its not for everyone, but if you are a fan of the eighties, and especially Cannon movies, you will lap this up.Plus, its the best movie ever made where a chap dressed up as a cowboy is getting beat up in a park, and his false moustache keeps coming loose.

Many movies about Ninja have introduced to us because of interesting culture and action. However, you can't trust that every Ninja movie are good. Revenge of Ninja is one example of Ninja movies' "fault".Somebody in this page maybe praised this movie and like it because how it present the action flick. But for me, unreasonable things came up all of 90 minutes. Did you think that a lot of henchmen with the machine guns can lose to an "one and only" police who just punched them? Yes, he is not John McClaine or The Terminator or JCVD, but is this foolish us?I am laugh at the interview of Sam Firstenberg, the director, which was posted in this page's trivia. If he thought that he is the best director, I don't think so. He is just an "amateur" director. Bad arrangement of the story, some unreasonable scenes, and particularly the "kidslike" action scene. You put many of Ninja weapons in the movie, but only end in very silly way? I can guarantee that all of you will shocked when everything is over. Oh! Bring my money back!For the cast, Arthur Roberts was OK with his villain role, but Shô Kosugi failed. He had no look of the great protagonist, especially when he still think that "his friend" didn't betrayed him. How fool? However, I praised of Kane Kosugi due to his action ability and maybe this movie made him "the second protagonist" because he appeared in many scenes liked he was the main hero.I accept that Ninja has a very exclusive character and style. But if you didn't understand it so good, please don't think that you can pick it up and film it easily, because you are trying to "bullsh*t" the audience. Thus, I firmly think that we have other good Ninja movies to watch rather than Revenge of the Ninja.