The film's theatrical trailer is the lone extra. The Dolby Digital English 2.0 soundtrack is a little flat, featuring some high-end distortion common with many old B-movies and dialogue that sounds improperly balanced, although the latter may just be poor ADR. Detail is above average and compression artifacts are only a minor occurrence. Featuring a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, "Enter the Ninja" is a relatively clean print, sporting a solid natural color palette that's a little bit less intense than the eye would expect. "Enter the Ninja" sports a shockingly crisp looking transfer for it's Golan-Globus origins and age, marking it one of the better efforts I've seen from MGM's Limited Edition manufactured-on-demand series. Although their final battle is more build-up than fight, it's a genuinely gripping clash of rivals and Kosugi's short screen time fully justifies the launch of his B-movie career as a ninja that would continue as late as the previously mentioned "Ninja Assassin." Kosugi's efforts go beyond the job of villain and extend to fight choreographer, making the actor the biggest reason why "Enter the Ninja" succeeds as a film. If it weren't for the first and third act, "Enter the Ninja" would have been long forgotten and what the film lacks for in general intrigue or believable performances, it makes up for in Cole killing hapless goons in every way imaginable, before only one foe remains: Hasegawa. Co-writer Mike Stone doubles under the mask for Nero, whose abilities in the film begin and end with his screen presence, leaving a thinly crafted story of industrial espionage and minor fist fights to keep the ship afloat until it's final act, that makes the opening seem like a casual warm-up. No better complement could be paid to "Enter the Ninja" than praise for its ability to keep viewers hooked with constant action punctuated by gratuitous violence and while there's no way it can go toe-to-toe in sheer spectacle against modern imitators like "Ninja Assassin," "Enter the Ninja" was fortunate to exist in an era where CGI wasn't in the lexicon and masked heroes and villains allowed for skilled martial artists and stuntmen to show off their art.
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Fists of Dragons/Ninja Terminator via Ninja Theate.Those who know the name Sho Kosugi generally come to expect absurd but satisfying ninja action, but "Enter the Ninja" is not a Kosugi vehicle, instead it employs the efforts of Spaghetti Western icon Franco Nero as a mustachioed ninja named Cole who tears through a host of lesser foes in the film's medium-impact, dialogue free opening act.Yes, uzi's (or something similar), Menahem Golan loves to include high volumes of automatic weapons fire in all his movies. The mafia hires Kosigi I guess because a ninja is more frightening to a bunch of peasants than 50 guys with uzi's?.
They are being harassed by the mafia who has discovered oil on the farmers banana plantation. As I recall, Nero is called out to the Philippines to help out an old war buddy and some poor campesinos. If not entirely believable, which you shouldn't expect anyway, it is pretty fun.
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If you're feeling brave and want to watch two ninjas fight in a cockfighting ring, you can watch the trailer for Enter the Ninja at Cult Trailers, and the whole movie free on IMDB. Star Franco Nero is of course Italian, co-star Kosugi is Japanese, and the film itself was shot on location in the Philippines. Director Menahem Golan is an Israeli, half of Golan/Globus and the venerable 80's exploitation powerhouse Cannon Pictures. I love the international flavor of this film. This is the first movie in the classic Sho Kosugi ninja trilogy. I've referred to this film in several prior posts about Sho Kosugi films, 9 Deaths of The Ninja and Pray for Death.
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