Saturday, January 20, 2018

American Force Ninja (1988)

aka Empire of the Spiritual Ninja

How bad is it? 8
How unintentionally bad is it? 4
How enjoyably bad is it? 5


Still another film Godfrey Ho directed under a pseudonym, splicing together two unrelated films. This one is distinguished by a ninja with a swastika and a "tame" ninja. Ninjas, contrary to everything you know, attack visibly in groups. They can't be killed with bullets, or, as shown at the end of this film, hand grenades, but throwing stars with attached rockets are okay (if thrown by a ninja). For unexplained reasons, characters laugh when their friends are killed in front of them. There's a ton of dull disco and water skiing footage. The plot is, um, bad guy attacks former master.

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