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BA_Harrison 2012-05-24 01:47:28

Why run when you can cartwheel?

The late-80s/early-90s was the golden era of the action hero: Sly andArnie were tops at the box office, whilst second-tier stars like Chuck,Dolph, Van Damme and Seagal cleaned up on VHS. Even Speakman andDudikoff became recognisable names, not just amongst die-hard fans offight flicks, but with normal folk who arrived too late at the videoshop to rent out the newest releases but didn't want to go home emptyhanded.Richard Harrison, on the other hand, is a name that will probably onlybe familiar to those who weren't afraid to delve into the darkestdepths of the dreaded bottom shelf (reserved for only the lowestbudgeted Z-grade garbage). Sporting an ultra-macho Selleck-style 'tacheand often seen clad from head to toe in a crap camouflage suit,Harrison was the star of many a Ninja film from legendary directorGodfrey Ho, who would cobble his films together with little regard forlogic or narrative cohesion.Ninja Protector is a fairly unexceptional example of such a movie: theplot is typically all over the place, the result of Harrison's Ninjafootage having been clumsily spliced together with an old Hong Kongfilm; ninjas materialise out of nowhere to do battle with each other,resulting in the usual frenetic sword-based martial arts mayhem; andthe action is regularly punctuated by soft-core sex scenes featuring aselection of nubile Asian honeys. Those familiar with this type of junkmay find it mildly entertaining for the duration, but the film sadlylacks any of the truly bizarre stuff that occasionally qualifies suchninja nonsense as unmissable.

hengir 2012-05-23 10:15:37

Not good, not good at all

No matter how many ninja films one sees it always looks to me likepeople fighting wearing pyjamas. This is particularly true in this filmwhere the Richard Harrison character wears a natty pair of duds thatlook perfect for bedtime. Which makes the ninja fights he is in looksilly. When he puts on his ninja suit he also looks slimmer. At leastthey could have had someone similar in size to Richard Harrison. He wasa big boy.The film is a hybrid of at least two others but one never knows. Itcould be more. The western actors are dubbed but their lip are sayingthe same dialogue anyway so it becomes quite surreal. The Hong Kongactors are also dubbed but one gets used to that in martial art filmsanyway even though their lip movements are so different. Being a hybridthe plot wavers all over the place. When a character says, "Tiger hasbeen killed" you think, who heck is Tiger? Is my memory going or didthey ever appear? A rambling plot, tame fight scenes and plain actingare not even redeemed by a couple of sex scenes as they are just asboring as the rest of the film. Not good, not good at all.

2012-05-22 12:13:49

Ninja movies, real or fiction?

This review is from: The Ultimate Ninja Collection: Ninja the Protector (DVD) Well, after getting this DVD, I always wonder if all Ninja movies are for real or just fiction. Ninjutsu is an art that must be treated with honor, respect and sacrifice. It depends on the practioner of Ninjutsu on what's real and what's not. Movies with Ninjas seems to pop up the obvious question, real or fiction? All I can say is this, go to the movies, buy or rent DVDs with ninjas in them and judge for yourself. One thing's for certain, like any Martial Art discipline, Ninjutsu has come a long way to spark interest and controversy.

LThomas72 2012-05-22 04:33:33

Activates the desire to kill when applied to the human body!

What a fantastic movie and anyone who doesn't think so I invite to scufflewith me. And I will win because I have the Dak 10 formula which ispurportedly worth over 10 million dollars to the right people and iscontained on a single video cassette now in the hands of evil yellow ninjaStuart Smith. But have no fear Agent Gordon Anderson is here along withhischinese sidekick "his name is Aaron!" and the hilarious child star Billy"Mom! Why did'ya leave me!". By far my favourite of all Harrison's moviesit never fails to light up an evening in with the boys. Just priceless...and just £3 at most used video stores!