Holy crap I found it!
I've been trying to find the name of this movie for over ten years! Every time I try to explain it to people they give me the oddest looks and snyde remarks, like I'm making up this movie about a time traveling cyborg and his "ninja comando team".
Thank you IMDB plot search. Strangley enough the only other title that came along with it was Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.
After all this time I'm almost afraid to watch it for fear of how dated it may have become.
--Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter--