Nero is legendary: he's worked with Fassbinder, Bunuel, Castellari, and John Huston he's played Jesus, Valentino, Versace, Django, and Lancelot! At first I thought he was phoning it in, but if he hasn't won you over by the half-way mark, you really shouldn't be watching these kinds of movies anyway.
Wait.is that Franco NERO?! And indeed it is. When the big unveiling comes, and we finally see the face of the newly anointed 's a sweaty white guy with a bad hangover?! The film begins with ten minutes of sheer ninja action (and no dialogue- but this ain't ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST). They usually involve land-developer villains, bad dubbing, lots of slow motion whooshing sound effects, spit-take inducing dialogue, and the moral of the story is usually that 'you can't fight a ninja without another ninja.' All of this is gold, and Menahem Golan (THE APPLE, OVER THE TOP) is a veritable 80's King Midas. The words 'Cannon Films,' 'Golan,' 'Globus,' and 'Ninja' indicate one thing, and one thing only: supreme awesomeness. human killing machines!"īest one-liner: " I want a ninja. Tag-lines: "Warriors of a lost martial art! Hired assassins. GOODBAR), cinematography by David Gurfinkel (OVER THE TOP, THE APPLE, SALSA), and a cameo by Michael Dudikoff! Notable Cast or Crew: Franco Nero (CAMELOT, TRISTANA, DIE HARD 2, KEOMA), Susan George (STRAW DOGS, DIRTY MARY CRAZY LARRY, MANDINGO), Sho Kosugi (NINE DEATHS OF THE NINJA, BLIND FURY, THE BAD NEWS BEARS GO TO JAPAN), Christopher George (THE SHOOTIST, EL DORADO, DAY OF THE ANIMALS), Alex Courtney (AND THE BAND PLAYED ON, LOOKING FOR MR.
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