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This is the funniest movie I've ever seen

posted 17 years ago by frankrul
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History:
I watched this movie when I was a kid, pretty much everyday, especially in the summer. This movie was my training for becoming a ninja. So I would wake up in the morning, put on the movie and study, study hard. I would look away, as I pushed a coffee mug off of the table to see if I could catch it without looking. I was a serious ninja, and this was a serious movie. Hell, it was a documentary to me.

Present:
20 years later, I buy the DVD. 2 years after that, I still can't stop laughing. In all honesty, I have never ever approached the amount of laughing watching another film as I have with this masterpiece. Every minute provides another ridiculous:

costume
line
scenario
actor
stunt car (its the same car in every scene)
fight
indian
bad prop

I cannot relate to you, dear readers how amazingly perfect this movie is. It's intention was serious and the fact that it aimed so high and hit so low, yet still touches me as one of the most amazing films of all time is just mind boggling.

This is a BAD movie; the acting is terrible, the costumes are laughable, the story is fluff and the stunts redefine sub-par. I have no reason for liking this movie at all yet it is easily the most entertaining movie I have ever seen.

I'm perplexed.

[–] jmartz11 15 years ago

WTF is peoples problem? why is it funny? its some of the most brutal action back in 1983 there was and some of it is true like the Ninjas !!!

[–] Carpenter_Fan 15 years ago

Yeah, it does have some brutal action sequences, and is one of the best ninja films of the period by far.

But come on, the cheese factor is high in this film when it comes to dialogue, wardrobe, and acting.

"One of their numbers was butchered, this is a wake."

[–] Barney_Ross 15 years ago

*beep* hilarious and bad-ass at the same time.

[–] tepista 14 years ago

This was the Death Wish 3 of Ninja movies. Awesome.

[–] the_bamboo_spear 14 years ago

"Anybody gets in your way... SCALP em'!"

"Randal, I come back here, I cut me a steak"

[–] Gerber15 14 years ago

I sadly didnt find it to be funny because they played it on tv yesterday in spanish and i was very sleepy since it started luckily i watched it until the end and i liked it it had a lot of surprising moments that left me with my mouth halfopen the final fight was very surprising when you see the guys blood going out of him lol the only part that could have been better was if it have had more cool kicks in the final fight but i like all ninja movies I would see them all if i had them ,what i dont like its seeing people from other countries dressed as ninjas only asian people look cool been ninjas because i remenber this movie about an american dressed as a white ninja wich is a very stupid movie ,maybe though there,s cool ninjas that arent asian ,i have yet to see that movie ,the end :)

when you re sleeping your spirit is on earth when you awake the spirit goes up

[–] Necramonium 13 years ago

The white Caucasian Ninja was from the movie Enter The Ninja, that one indeed looked stupid, Michael Dudikoff in American Ninja pullet it off pretty well, the other dude not so good. A Ninja is supposed to be invisible and he chooses a completely white costume!

But i was in the mood for a ninja movie, i searched the internet on what is the best ninja movie ever made, mostly i came out on Revenge Of The Ninja, and after i saw the movie and how cheesy and bad the acting was, i wonder what the other movies must have been like!

[–] Gerber15 13 years ago

he said i wonder what the other ninja movies have been like hahahaha good one

My favorite color is blue

[–] dgbenner 11 years ago

frank, that is hilarious. i was cracking up reading about the coffee cup, as i think i did something similar. it's so ingrained in my personal mythos, that now when i instinctively catch a pen before rolling off a table, i think 'knneen-jah' but didnt realize until rewatching it was from this movie.

pound for pound, this is the most "ninja packed" movie I've ever known. it's bad, but overall compared to other karate movies of the same era, it does capture the ninja element/mystique (although a true ninja can never be captured!!!!)

[–] Kung_JK 10 years ago

HAHAHA! I wish FOUR virtual arms so i could give this thread FOUR thumbs up!

[–] spencerprattsactingcoach 7 years ago

LOL I could relate so much with what you said. I remember all I wanted was a little child's Ninja costume, even the funny looking shoes to boot. I would wear that inside the house watching this movie as if I was watching instructions on how to become a ninja. I took this movie seriously every viewing.

Fast forward now, it's unintentional comedy. You're right, this movie took itself very seriously, but it was the 80's and 80's were cheesy AF. This is one of those movies that are so bad it's actually really good.