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Enter the Ninja - Kino Lorber |
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Written by Richard Taylor
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Tuesday, 16 June 2015 |
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AKA:
Ninja I, Посвещение в нинджа, Ninja - A Máquina
Assassina, Ninja - drćberen, La justicia del ninja,
L'implacable ninja, Ninja: I mihani pou skotonei, A
nindzsa színre lép, L'invincibile ninja, Wejscie ninja,
Ninja, o Imbatível, Ninja, Die Rache des Ninja, Ninja,
die Killermaschine
Directed by: Menahem Golan
Written by: Dick Desmond, Mike Stone
Produced by: Judd Bernard, Yoram Globus, Menahem
Golan
Cinematography by: David Gurfinkel
Editing by: Michael Duthie, Mark Goldblatt
Special Effects by: Ben Otico
Music by: W. Michael Lewis, Laurin Rinder
Cast: Franco Nero, Susan George, Shô Kosugi,
Christopher George, Alex Courtney
Year: 1981
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Runtime: 1h 39min
Studio: Cannon
Distributor:
Kino Lorber,
MGM Studios |
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Almost every kid growing up wanted to be a ninja at some
point during their childhood. Ninja's looked cool in their
black hoods, knew how to jump around and fight and had the
best weapons, like swords, nunchucks and ninja throwing
stars. The intro to Enter the Ninja is every ninja
fans dream. It’s not exactly material for kids, but it’s not
the most violent compared to stuff being churned out these
days. We see our hero played by Franco Nero (Hitch-Hike)
sporting the traditional white ninja garments, fighting his
way through an endless gauntlet of ninja foes, welding a
kick ass ninja arsenal of weapons. After all the bloodshed,
the viewer then realizes it was all just a test and this
viewer realized what kind of cheesy and campy movie he has
gotten himself into from the start.
The first of a three part series Enter the Ninja is
not related to the other films in any visible way except by
title, production company Cannon, with producers Menaham
Golan and Yoram Globus. The all-star Sho Kosugi, who in this
one plays a rather minor role as a ninja villain, but later
becomes the lead character in the sequel Revenge of the
Ninja and Ninja 3: Domination. Enter the Ninja
was originally intended to be directed by Emmett Alston but
duties were later taken over by producer Menaham Golan who
was booted from directing Death Wish 2 at the time,
as requested by Charles Bronson.
There were also some other strange occurrences in the film
such as the dubbing of Italian lead actor Franco Nero's
voice to make it sound like an American voice. It was said
that in the original versions of Enter the Ninja,
Nero's voice was not dubbed and you could hear his original
Italian accent. I've also read that Nero was chosen for this
role on short notice. Another martial artist named Mike
Stone was in the role but supposedly could not act. Nero
happened to be in the right place at the right time in
Manilla, The Philippines and was approached by director
Golan, even though Nero had no idea about how a ninja was
supposed to act. When you watch the movie Nero does look a
bit awkward to me; an unlikely candidate for the role in my
opinion.
The plot for Enter the Ninja involves Nero's
character Cole, a war vet who has just completed his
ninjitsu training. Despite negative attitudes towards him
from rival Hasegawa (Sho Kosugi) the sensei passes Cole with
flying colors and welcomes him back at any time with open
arms. Cole then visits his war buddies farm in the
Philippines but all is not well with them -- a corporation
lead by a man named Venarious (Christopher George, Pieces)
wants the farm land to develop the untapped oil resource it
is sitting on. There is lots of kung fu chop-socky action as
Nero defeats all of Venarious's goons without batting an
eyelash or breaking a sweat. It’s all pretty goofy to watch
actually. Finally, Venarious sends for Nero's old rival
Hasegawa for the final showdown of ninja versus ninja.
Not to be taken seriously, Enter the Ninja is not a
bad time waster. It’s pretty light material, very cartoonish
and campy and not to be taken seriously. One thing I did
notice in the movie is actor William Hare, playing the role
as Dollars. If any exploitation fans remember Hare played
the crazy off the rocker grandfather in the original
Silent Night, Deadly Night. "You see Santa Claus
tonight boy, you better run! Run for your life!" I also
can't figure out what the writers of Enter the Ninja
were thinking when they included in the plot for Cole to
sleep with his best friend’s wife played by Susan George. I
know the dude said he was impotent but he didn't tell him to
pork his wife because he couldn't!

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