Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Whrn one must preserve honor, knowing your past is better than living in it. For Cho (Sho Kosugi) , he is a ninja. Back in Japan, he and his friend Braden(Arthur Roberts) encounter massacre of Cho's family by ninjas. Cho and Braden take out the ninjas, then Cho and his surviving family head out the USA for a new life. In California, Cho opens up a doll shop with Braden. Little does Cho knows that the doll shop is actually a front for smuggling heroin for a Mafia boss (Mario Gallo). Little what Braden knows, that the boss want to change the deals. So in payback, he attacks and kills his informers and family members. For Braden, he too is a ninja. For Cho, he swore off being a ninja when he moved to California. He later breaks the oath when his son went missing, and his mother killed by Braden. He had some assistance from Dave Hatcher (Keith Vitali), who was later mortally wounded by Braden. Cho was on a vengeance streak like never seen. Seeing Hatcher as a true friend, he was avenged well. The fight choreographs are amazing, Sho Kosugi really put it very well. You also got to know who are your real friends from the fake one. This movie is fine, s must see gem. 3 out of 5 stars.

Better than the original one, Enter The Ninja. It's the same story and was also made by the Cannon group but this was campy. If you just thought it couldn't get any worser well, here you have it. Ever seen a granny ninja? Or gratuitous violence toward a ninja kid? The use of cheap effects are in full glory to watch, throwing stars flying into faces, nails in heads, nudity for no reason at all, but we liked it! Or have a look when a girl appears in a red robe forgotten to put a trouser on, but she's fighting nevertheless. It's so typical eighties, look at the clothes, look at village people at a playground...It's more bloodier than Enter The Ninja but it is really campy at sometimes. Only for the freaks of eighties smut.

Living legend Sho Kosugi portrays the similarly-named Cho Osaki in this classic Ninja Boom outing that helped kick off the aforementioned boom.Cho is a mild-mannered man living in Japan who is also a ninja. When baddies kill off his family, except for his son Kane Osaki (real-life son Kane Kosugi) the two move to the U.S. to start their lives over again in the face of the tragedy and get on with their doll-selling business. Little do they know that some nefarious men are importing drugs in the dolls. When Kane sees what's going on, it fuels a war between the Osaki's and the drug peddlers. Add to that, there is a traitor in Cho's midst. Will Cho Ninja his way out of this mess and finally have peace? It's easy to see why this is one of the most popular Ninja titles from the classic era. Sho is at his best here. He says little, but that works in his favor. His son Kane takes after his dad, and nowhere is that better seen than when he fights some schoolyard bullies. Those kids never saw NINJA moves coming their way. Don't mess with pint-sized Kane. Maybe this was the seedling that later sprouted the 3 Ninjas franchise (the first one of which features Prof. Toru Tanaka, as does this film...coincidence?) and, of course, Little Ninjas (1990).The movie is surprisingly brutal, with ninja stars embedded in foreheads and all, but it's all in good fun. Fun really is the name of the game here, as the simple plot allows for the maximum amount of Ninja action. It's well-shot and everything is very pro. This obviously raised the bar for Cannon Films.Watch out for the aforementioned Toru Tanaka who is always fun to see, and Keith Vitali of American Kickboxer 1 (1990) fame is on hand as well. This is a great place to start for those unfamiliar with Ninja movies and are looking for a good way to kick off a potential obsession. Go Sho! For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com

The only thing worse than acting was, the fightscenes. And of course the plot was a laughing matter. Poor choreography, poor dialogue, poor acting, a 6 year old that defeats adults with his martial arts skills and in general so many laughable clichés (the mafia guy has an Indian chief (who's the most non-native-American looking guy in the world) and so many poorly executed scenes make this movie a complete farce... 1½ hours of time wasted and a good evening ended because the poor quality of this movie hypnotised everyone to sleep.The only redeeming quality I can think of was the healthy amounts of blood when the evildoer is finally brought down by our courageous hero. Of course not until after the evil boss guy has defeated him time and time again almost casually. Several times fooling him with the help of mechanical dolls of himself that somehow materialise out of thin air when needed the most.I've watched I don't know how many kung-fu, samurai and ninja movies and I can honestly say that none of them has been as poor as this one.