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Chinese Super Ninjas
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List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $17.99
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Ground Zero
Starring: Tien-chi Cheng, Tien Hsiang Lung, Meng Lo, Wai-Man Chan, Chen Hei Psi
Directed By: Cheh Chang
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0694795207524
Format: Color
Label: Ground Zero
Manufacturer: Ground Zero
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Ground Zero
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-04-24
Running Time: 108
Studio: Ground Zero
Theatrical Release Date: 1982
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Customer Rating:
Summary: This movie is way overrated.
Comment: Wow! I thought I could depend on the opinions of other kung fu fans when making purchases on amazon, wrong! This movie is highly overrated and is not the classic everyone says it is. I'm the first one to give this a 3 and rightfully so. Its worth a watch and then after that you have no reason to keep it around.
Why is this movie so overrated? I dont know, the ninjas maybe? Anyhow the storyline is very corny. For one, why would a master with wisdom send his best fighters out to fight something they have no clue about? Not only that but he already knew it could be a trap and that the ninjas do lots of tricks. Didnt make much sense.
Then after some chick helped knock off your brother and your whole army, why would you second guess killing her? Saying, was I right(for killing her)? Here is a simple outline to this movie. Chinese go against ninjas and get slaughtered leaving Chinese with their 2 best men. One of the best men falls for a chick that the ninjas use to draw outlines of their well guarded house. Chick completes the mission and ninjas slaughter everyone except one of the best men because the chick likes him. Best fighter escapes and goes on to learn ninja. Him and his 3 new brothers go and counter the 5 element ninjas. The end.
Its just not that good. Buy it and judge for yourself. But if you're a true fan of good kung fu flicks, you'll understand that this isnt a 5 or a classic. Last hurrah for chivalry tears this to pieces. Fearless, 36 chambers, and even the Jade claw tears this apart. This cannot be put up there with the greats because there isnt anything great about it. The best part to me was the last fight where the lead ninja had various tactics and weapons like the spiked feet and the foot cuffs. That was a good last fight. Everything else was corny and poorly thought out.
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Summary: Chang Cheh at his best
Comment: If you have seen 'Kid With the Golden Arm' and thought the action in that was amazing, you ain't seen nothin yet. Ricky Tien('Shanghai 13', 'War of the Shaolin Temple') is one of the most athletic kung fu stars ever and shows supreme weapon handling in this, and Lo Meng is so awesome he actually makes you believe that he can defend himself against a samurai sword using no weapon at all!
After character actor Shen Chan(not Chang Shan) decides to use a Japanese fighter in a contest between 2 schools, the Japanese fighter dies and the Five Element Ninja challenge the school themselves. You may have heard of Five Element Ninja before in Godfrey Ho movies, and even some pretty good flicks, but this is where it came from! So the master assigns some of his fighters to take on the different elements. They find out real quick that these ninja can fight really good and they all die. Nice to see Chan Wai-Man as the leader of the ninja. He was usually best in boxing types of movies since he was a real fighter in the ring, a great figher I should add, but he is superb in this movie even though there is no real hand to hand. What also may have helped him look the part is that he was(maybe still is) in fact a real gangster. Those tattoos all over his back and frontside are real! I also have to point out how sweet it is how in an American movie, there will be a really cool scene where the villain doublecrosses someone and then pulls out his gun and just shoots everyone himself(or herself of course). Well, Chan Wai-Man is a great villain and it is even cooler when a similar scene happens in this movie. Instead of guns, his men just throw ninja stars and kill everybody as gruesomely as possible with their various ninja techniques. You have to be a fan of the genre to get the full enjoyment out of this, but not necessarily. Any fan of the Lone Wolf and Cub movies and great Chang Cheh films will be very happy with this masterpiece of cinema. It is just splendid.
Now since this is a Chang Cheh film, there for sure will be some training. Don't expect it to be anything extreme like 'Invincible Shaolin', but it has some very fun training sequences. And of course after training, revenge.
I want to note that I have seen many heated discussions on the internet on what a TRUE Venoms film is. The consesus is that it has to have at least 3 Venoms and it HAS TO BE directed by Chang Cheh. I personally consider Ricky Tien a Venom(the 8th for me), not one of the "true" 5(even though there were originally 6 in '5 Deadly Venoms'), but he is still one of Chang Cheh's Venoms. Now to finish breaking this down, under the criteria I have stated, this is not considered a Venoms movie since there are only 2 Venoms in it. The real question is, does that matter? The answer is no doubt, a big fat NO! It is a comic book movie, and the finale gets even crazier than you could ever imagine! 'Shanghai 13' is one of the greatest kung fu movies ever in my opinion, and is very similar to this. Both have mindless plots, just the way I like it. Not a lot of story, but the director just lets his kung fu stars do their thing. The ending of the final fight in 'Shanghai 13 was a disappointment, but there is no disappointment in 'Chinese Super Ninjas', and I can guarantee you that. Maybe the greatest ending to a movie ever.
So maybe it is not considered a true Venoms film by a lot of people, but it is still a GREAT Chang Cheh flick and bloody as can be. By far one of the best Shaw Brothers movies ever(top 100), and yet another reason that it is so sad the Shaws closed up prematurely, even though they still had all of this outstanding talent on hand and could no doubt have made great movies for many more years. :(
I also have to point out that this movie has Ping Yu-tai, he is known for his big nose and is the guy that uses the slingshot in 'Crippled Avengers'(aka Mortal Combat), and is in almost every single Venoms movie ever made, and so are a couple other guys as well. So, you could say there are really 11 or 12 true Venoms. Anways, I must move on since I could talk Venoms all day(though I know some would not mind).
One final note on the movie-Lo Meng only has a few fights but he is absolutely out of this world! I don't think I have ever seen him look this good, and that is saying a heck of a lot. And if you think Lo Meng looks good, wait until you see the end of this!
4.5/5 from me. This is one of those where I am stuck in the middle between a 4 and 5, but it is just so much fun that I can't give it any less than the highest rating possible. It is my guess that Ricky Tien(Cheng Tien-chi ) had a hand in the action, but whoever did this movie put together some of the finest weapons choreography ever. The fighting is so tight and fluid, you just won't be able to look away from the screen. This is a MUST have in any kung fu movie collection.
Look for this to be remastered some time in the near future by Celestial! And that means you will finally be able to throw away that full screened version. Man I hope Celestial remasters this soon(I hope they still have it in good condition in their vault), so then it can be seen in all it's widescreened glory. Best of all, we will be able to fully view all of those great sets and smoke effects! I will be sure to post here how it looks.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Old "Skool" kung fu!!
Comment: I've never really been big on kung fu with the many different weapons,,however, I really enjoyed this particular flick, due to my main man Lo Meng (Toad),,,I enjoy any flick that has him in it,,,he is the man for real. He was absolutly outstanding in this movie, which is why I gave it a 5 star!
Respectively,,if you're really into the kung that has weapons,,this one is a keeper...three words,,TOUGH, TOUGH, TOUGH!!!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Off da hook
Comment: This movie is definately a classic, man they had the O.G. dude from 5 Venoms, Toad, in there whoopin some serious tail. Then you got homeboy with the long hair, who escapes, kills that girl what was her name?zenji or somethin...then he kills all the Ninjaz, he represented big time...man, 5 stars doesnt even say it all, what more can i say i luv it
Customer Rating:
Summary: NOT CELESTIAL PICTURES !!!
Comment: THIS DVD LIKE SO MANY RELATING TO THE SHAW BROTHERS COLLECTION THAT ARE NOT RELEASED BY CELESTIAL PICTURES ARE A SHAM !! I WILL NOT SUPPORT SOME LOW DOWN PIRATES LOOKING FOR A QUICK BUCK !! IF IT AIN'T A CELESTIAL RELEASE IT AIN'T WORTH A DIME !!!
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