This is the craziest ninja movie ever. Totally insane | So Bad It's Good #76 - Revenge of the Ninja 

Life was so much better back when every movie had Ninjas or KGB agents trying to find the microfilm!

Sho Kosugi is a damn legend. The little boy that plays his son is his real life son Kane Kosugi.

Having a wife that actually wants to watch crappy movies with you should not be taken for granted. We should all be so lucky.

This has quickly become my favorite channel, also never realize I’d love old movies so much

I have a confession to make: I was the chunky ninja. I had no clue what I was getting into when they offered me the job.

Is there anything more perfect in this world than having a cold one with your friends and watching a glorious cheezy 80's ninja flic from Cannon? Yes: doing it in the 80's when the movie was new in theaters.... :) Thank you so much for this channel and allowing me to vicariously relive the best years of my life. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Imagine building your own decoy. While putting the mask on it you're like "he's gonna be so spooked and confused for 5 seconds."

I was 5 years old when this was filmed. And I remember my Dad talking about it. Because he worked in the building where that guy went off the roof. Lol memories

One of my favorite ninja movie tropes is that they run around in full black camouflage *_during the day._* For stealth. Even though it only makes them highly visible. I can barely believe it was an actual Japanese guy making these movies, but I guess he knew what people wanted at the time, and he certainly delivered. I'll never forget that "shuriken only work if you throw it in their eye" bit. Instead of just applying poison to the tips, which makes much more sense. I might call Sho's movies "aggressively nonsensical."

Fun Facts: The Kuji-Kiri are the Ninja's Nine Levels of Power. They are 1. Rin - Strength of mind and body. 2. Pyo - Direction of energy. 3. Toh - Harmony with the universe. 4. Sha - Healing of self and others. 5. Kai - Premonition of danger. 6. Jin - Knowing the thoughts of others. 7. Retsu - Mastery of time and space. 8. Zai - Control of the elements of nature. and 9. Zen - Enlightenment. The film was originally to be shot in Los Angeles, but the necessary permits, police protection, fire marshals and myriad logistics fees would be taking up a bigger and bigger part of the film's budget. The Utah Film Commission was trying to get Cannon Films to start producing films in their state and a representative promised no permits, location fees or union deals as well as lower salaries for local crews. The commission's assurances persuaded Cannon to switch filming to Salt Lake City. Menahem Golan called an emergency meeting one day at the Cannon offices in regards to the film which he called a mess. During the meeting, it was Golan who came up with the films' opening prologue that adds more depth to the story. Kane Kosugi plays Kane Osaki, the son of Cho Osaki, who is played by Shô Kosugi. Kane actually is Sho's son. His younger brother, Shane Kosugi, appears uncredited as Cho's first son. Ninjutsu was "the art of invisibility". The martial art is also known as Ninpo and Ninjitsu-Ryu. Shô Kosugi is an actual Ninpo practicioner and was also the movie's technical advisor and fight co-choreographer. Kosugi starred in numerous other 1980s ninja movies and appeared in each of the films in Golan-Globus' Cannon "Ninja" series but playing different characters. Director Sam Firstenberg said in an interview that his "first decision right away was not to follow in the steps of the Hong Kong flicks, but rather to approach the movie as a straight Hollywood action movie with a martial arts slant, and the Ninjitsu mysticism the icing on the cake." Despite being the second entry in the Ninja trilogy, this film has nothing to do with the film that preceded it (Enter the Ninja (1981)) nor the one that followed it (Ninja III: The Domination (1984)), other than the fact that they starred Shô Kosugi (but playing different characters). The final rooftop fight scene between Shô Kosugi and the villain took two weeks to shoot. Director Sam Firstenberg in an interview said this is because there were many effects, pyrotechnics, mechanical rigging, safety considerations, elaborate camera positioning (including hanging 20 stories high outside the building), and helicopter shots. Shô Kosugi personally crafted many of the weapons in the film. The second of three "Ninja" movies in the Golan-Globus Cannon ninja series. The others were Enter the Ninja (1981) and Ninja III: The Domination (1984). All three were unrelated in terms of story. Cannon also went on to make American Warrior (1985), which spawned four sequels. The unrated version of the film features the infamous blood splatter from Graden spaying all over from a clear rubber tube that is completely visible. One of the major reasons this version of the film is more popular. The violence was dramatically cut for its original theatrical release which still garnered '18' certificates around the world. In the documentary, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films, director Sam Firstenberg stated that this film was "very heavy on philosophical ideas and drama" which may have been one of the reasons the first cut of the film was a total failure prompting a re-conception of both the plot and the movie itself by Menahem Golan, who had previously directed, Enter The Ninja. The film's budget was roughly around 700, 000 dollars. The film was shot in 48 days. First "Ninja" film directed by Sam Firstenberg for Golan-Globus' Cannon Films. Firstenberg who would go on to direct the sequel, Ninja III: The Domination (1984), as well as American Warrior (1985) and American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987). According to Mark Helfrich, who was also the films' editors who appeared in the Electric Boogaloo: The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films, that the first assembly of the film that was edited together, "made no sense" the way it was shot. Which led Menahem Golan to redo the films' plot and added the prologue that opens the film in which Sho Kosugi's family is massacred by a Ninja clan and decides to go America with his only remaining sibling at Brayden's urging despite a warning from his mother in the film about "not trusting him" Steve Lambert, the film's stuntman, virtually played the entire Brayden/Silver Devil Masked Ninja himself as Arthur Roberts didn't have the physical ability to do everything that was required for the role as well as the fact that he and Sho Kosugi rehearsed and choreographed all of the major action sequences together. Lambert also plays a few of the ninjas in the opening prologue and is in the fight in the park's jungle gym. This is the first film in the trilogy in which a Ninja has displayed another power that isn't physical but mental. Brayden uses the power of hypnosis to seduce Cathy into joining him to get Shane after witnessing him murder his grandmother in Cho's dojo/Gallery which also enhances her aggression within her. In Ninja 3: The Domination, the Black Ninja uses black magic to not only possess the girl and use her body to control and manipulate her enhancing her aggression and sexuality but to also use mind control and spiritual witchcraft to control his enemies. These could be apart of the nine levels of power established in Enter the Ninja or other powers that were never fully developed or explained in the original film. Director Sam Firstenberg says in the Blu-ray commentary for the film that the original cut was around two hours long but Cannon told them to cut it down to 90 minutes, mostly to have more theatrical screenings with the shorter running time. Not much is known about any deleted scenes, but Firstenberg says that in the part where Braden first enters the building there was a decapitation scene which was cut. He also mentioned how he wasn't sure whether Caifano had a death scene which was cut out during re-editing or not. There are several promotional stills which show some deleted scenes (including some additional action parts) and the theatrical trailer shows a few shots of deleted scenes like Braden slicing off Cathy's dress, and a couple extra parts from the ending action sequence which show armed soldiers arriving and entering the building and Braden shooting an arrow towards some of them who are shooting at him from the roof. According to Producer David Womark, who was also the films' second unit cinematographer who appeared in the Electric Boogaloo: The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films, stated that Menahem Golan wanted a sequel and said "Here's seven hundred thousand dollars to make a Ninja movie. By the way, the script isn't too good." Menahem Golan was director of the first film, Enter the Ninja (1981)), and was to direct this one also, but shortly before production was to start he decided to turn over directing chores to Sam Firstenberg. Golan did remain as producer, however. Sho Kosugi played the film deadly serious and it is noticeable in several scenes such as the Van Chase, in which he did most of the stunts himself. In the end credits of the movie Don Shanks is credited as "Dan Shanks." Producer Menahem Golan wanted the story for this sequel to take place in America, since its predecessor, Enter the Ninja (1981), took place in the Philippines. The name of the art gallery was "CHO Oriental Art". Although the scenes set in America were filmed in Salt Lake City, it is never explicitly stated in the movie where they are supposed to take place. At least one trailer for the film, however, says that the action takes place in Los Angeles. According to the credits and various promotional interviews with Sho Kosugi in 1983, Eddie Tse did most of the "devil mask" Ninja double work. Ashley Ferrare's debut. Ashley Ferrare is of Italian ancestry. In a video interview Sam Firstenberg showed the original Silver Devil mask and stated it was the only prop he had kept from any of his movies.

Sho's son Kane was such a badass kid in this movie. He's had a pretty good career into adulthood as well since doing this film. He was even cast as the black ranger for the original Super Sentai Kakuranger that was later adapted into Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers for the US.

Thank y'all so much for your reviews. I'm dealing with a sad and challenging family situation right now and the bad jokes, huuuurrr, and Erin's laugh is helping me through it.

The box art on the vhs tape caught my eye as a kid, I LOVED that movie! Good stuff as always guys!

This channel must last forever, I just enjoy these too much! Thanks you guys.

This was my one of my favorite movies as a kid. You definitely need to watch Ninja III: The Domination. It's got Shô Kasugi and the woman from Breakin' Lucinda Dickey. It's also a Cannon film, I believe.

Dave's beautifully crass comment about the A cups not being much padding is why I watch this channel! Also Pam's battle cry is amazing, it reminds me of Xena Warrior Princess!

This is the OG ninja movie! I love being an 80's kid. Cannon films gave me the best childhood. 🤣🤣🤣

You know a movie is going to be so bad it's good when within 5 minutes we have children gang violence.

Off-Cam Pam: best war-cry ever! May the spirit of the Cannon film Thunderbird always be with you!

You cut off a limb and everyone else runs away. Chocolate milk came out my nose after that.

Every time OffCamPam talks just cut to and zoom in on the dog, but never acknowledge it.

That's actually actually Sho's little boy, he has a two sons, Shane & Kane. Love it too hard that you guys viewed a favorite movie of mine growing up form the 80's Ninja era. Side not his sons also got into acting & stunts as well. I so hope you guys also do the other Kusugi greats like Pray for Death & Ninja 3 The Domination.

Hi Jason, less than two weeks ago I discovered your channel, I'm not sure what's so addictive to watching people watching and commenting on bad movies, but it is. I binge-watched a lot of your videos since then and really love your channel!

Jason and Red Letter Media are my go-to guys right now. I've been watching RLM for 10 years, and I've added this channel to my repetoire of daytime break-time viewing.

In the land of excessive and unnecessary back flips, revenge reigns supreme- the absolute absurdity of this kept me on the edge of my seat as a kid too- and you all laughed at all the same places We did in the theater when it came out - great show, glad you liked the insanity as much as I did- you guys rock!!

This is refreshing to see. It's a genius way to present this kind of content. I honestly cannot stop binging this channel and I love it. Thank you for your work.

Thank you for all the countless laughs, this channel has been my go to when I’m feeling like crap, much love.

Your content is only getting better and better. So many laughs. Great great stuff you all!

I stumbled upon your channel today, so happy this was my 1st movie to see, loved this one as a kid

11:01 F*** me sideways, that's Trevor Ochmonek from ALF!!

I stumbled upon your channel and watched a Seafood Seagal review and was hooked. I spent all last week watching your guys reviews and was throughly entertained. Keep up the get work Jason, Erin, Dave, Brian.

As a kid growing up in the 80s, I always saw this movie, covered in dust, sitting on the shelf, presumably untouched for years. Since as a kid, my desired career path was ninja-assassin who righted wrongs the world over, a part of me always wondered what was shown on the tape within. But I never wound up actually watching it. Thanks for showing me Jason. It was well worth the wait...another great video!!!

I heard this was based on a true story and Sensei Seagal was born.

Holy shit she went full wookie when she heard it was a cannon film. Respect!

His dog is so calm and doesn't give a shit as long as he is on a lap and under a blanket lol

27:27 Big trouble references make you even cooler than you already are Jason. Thanks for the great vibes you guys put out.

This is a genuine 80s guilty pleasure for me. Used to rent the tape for this so many times, the guy at the video store eventually offered to sell it to me. Finally found it again in the mid 2000s. The plot doesn't make sense, the fight scenes were laughable, all the ninja "stealth'' scenes are amusingly in broad daylight but hey its an American ninja movie with an actual Japanese (and his actual son!) as the hero! Also, fanservice! 😁 Plus the immortal line: Only a NINJA can kill a NINJA! And where else can you get a NINJA GRANNY!!! 🤣

Sho Kosugi is one of the greatest Ninja’s of all time! Love this pick.

How you guys don’t have a millions subs is beyond me. I have watched hours of you guys and am hooked!

This is a guilty pleasure YT channel. Thanks for doing what you do. From one random YT guy to another!

The 80s was fantastic.....you had to live thru Canon films to appreciate them ...it was awesome

When you realise, the new Mortal Kombat movie ripped off this one.

Another awesome video guys! When I was a kid. There was a Neighbour (who is now pursuing acting in Hollywood) and he was obsessed with ninja films. I think I watched with him every last American ninja and anything canon ninja related in the 80’s. Great times.

this channel shows me wonderful new things that I never knew existed on film

Haha this was so good, Dave was out of it haha. So loving off cam Pam getting into this. That kid was so good. I was laughing so much at this, thanks to all

That was so enjoyable to watch! And seeing all of you guys loving it as much as me was great! It’s honestly an amazing movie, cheesy yeah but it’s 1983, for it’s time it was very good and really stood out from other ninja films to me, either way looking forward to the next one! I’d love you guys check out best of the best 2!

I love this channel! I feel like I’m sitting with friends in a living room watching movies! Subscribed!

The bad guy ninja just so happens to have 100 points in robotic engineering and crafting.

😂🤣🤣😂😅 I lost it when he said, “do we have to explain being Native American to you?!”

Finally, a channel the reviews the straight to VHS movies. Thank you!

So glad I found this channel. Between that super cute grandpa looking doggie and the commentary, I’m always entertained.

“You cut off a limb, everyone else runs away” 😂

Love how chill Daves dog is, alot of dogs of that kind are yappy, that little guys just zoned out everytime doesnt get excited when they are all laughing, just happy to be in the sleep zone 😂 Edit/side note: love this channel been binging it since I came across it 🤓

The part where he's getting dragged behind the car by his thighs and when he rolls away his pants are shredded and they added the damage make-up to his thighs is burned into my brain from when I was a kid.

Yay! I didn't see this one yet! Just love this channel! You really make me laugh (with you ofc) :P

After the blonde walked in the the room, in my head I was all, "And this is how the American Ninja was born". So not true, but now I want it to be. XD

I got one for you guys: "DOA: Dead or Alive" (2006) Directed by Corey Yuen ("No Retreat, No Surrender" The Transporter") and starring Jamie Pressley, Eric Roberts and this kid, Kane Kosugi. It's based on a popular 90's fight game famous for having options to adjust the chest jiggle on the female characters. And here's the kicker: it's actually good. It's very silly, but far more often than not, it's on purpose and great fun. Nobody really knows about it because it never got a theatrical release, but for my money it's better than Mortal Kombat

Some of those fight scenes were pretty nuts. Especially that rooftop scene at the end. Good stuff.

Thank you so much for keeping the sound on at 21:22!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Native American character Chief is played by Don Shanks - stuntman who is best known for playing Michael Myers in Halloween 5, and often played Native American characters throughout his career.

29:14 call back to Dragon Sound's "Against The Ninja" was chefs kiss. Also, the iron claws/spikes at 28:48 are called Shuko. They made them for hands (and feet) and were used as fork assists to carry large bails of hay/feed for animals on farmlands. When in use for combat/espionage/spying, the ninja could wear them and use to climb tubular trees (similar to the way conventional cable men climb telephone poles), they were used to claw out flesh, and when hands were placed together weaving the spikes, it created an iron stop against swords. This is where myth of ninjas catching swords with their bare hands came from because they couldn't easily be seen. This was a secret weapon attributed to the Togakure-Ryu Schools of Ninjutsu. The more you know ;)

I actually get so excited when I see you post!

The callback references are great. Keep doing that! I know it's a lot of work, but it pays off!

They hired young Machete and Sub Zero as henchmen!!😄 This is one of your reviews that I watched over and over! Your reactions where hilarious!!😄

Love this Sho Kosugi classic! 😁 And you guys should totally try that ninja hypnotization jutsu on Erin sometime . . .wait, what 🤣

This is one of your best episodes to date... 80's Ninja movie by Cannon films, sweet comic book T-shirts, Erin giving a very enthusiastic Barbarian yell to kick things off, hilarious commentary and jokes...perfect way to get the week started! Thank you all!

1:20 when Dave looked me in the eyes and said “hope you guys are ready for this one” has to be a highlight in my life!

Thanks for these videos guys! Making my Sundays awesome :)

This movie was so good. I can't wait for you to review the two other films in this series.

This. Was. Masterful. Thanks again folks. Already looking forward to next Sunday.

You've finally made it to Sho Kosugi. Your training is almost complete 😂

So good! I grew up watching stuff like this,this one holds up. 🎵against the ninja 🎵

GOOD STUFF!! thanks guys, you make my day

The end fight with the wooden robotic/magic decoys was perfect hahha

I've been binging on your videos all weekend! 🙌

What a cute little dude! And the puppy's neat too. Always fun to watch with all y'all.

Oh my god, I’ve seen this movie like 20 times when I was 7. I thought it was completely gone from my memory, but scene by scene it all came flooding back.

that dude with the roller blades is just too epic, listening to a boogie box while wearing headphones, that's 80's excess right there

Samurai gave boys a sword when they were young, they also presented a favourite toy, if the boy chose the sword he was trained in martial arts, if he chose the toy he would learn math, science, medicine etc. Samurai didn't raise their kids to be working class, they were professionals and teachers. Sho is a Samurai but it was the 80s and ninjas were all the rage.

Hi Jason. This was the first R rated movie I ever watched. I think I was nine years old, and it shaped the way I thought about restricted movies, ninjas, and frankly life itself. I haven't seen the movie since. But, there were two memories from almost 40 years ago that stuck with me: the ninja star embedded in the kid's skull and the leg slashing from below (which happens at the end of the movie). Thanks for resurrecting those innocent childhood memories!

The jokes about the scalpes and TSA, you guys could have added “officer, those aren’t mine…” Another great episode. I can’t wait for the next!

Love the channel,subbed weeks back,binged on your videos,best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪

Another great one guys, thank you 😂

Lmao @ “The Kylo Ren of ninjas” 🤣🤣🤣

I remember watching this movie when I was younger. And hats off to Jason for rocking the X-Men shirt.

I remember renting this movie when I was in high school. This is when every Convenience store had a video section.

That shot of the guy slamming his own ass in the van door absolutely killed me 😂

I immediately busted out laughing when you said Dave looks like an old man wrapped in that blanket. 🙏🤣

I don't know why the yogurt got me so bad. Came out of left field big time. Great episode

Just found this channel recently, really enjoying the content :)

Been missing you guys. These ninja movies are gold.

Epic! Canon Films doesn't disappoint. Jason's BTILC reference "you are not brought upon this world to 'get' it". Have we had an off-screen Pam reveal yet?

That was AWESOME! After that INSANE last fight, now I need to watch something more grounded, like Shaolin Soccer. BTW the guy whose head got unscrewed in the loo was Mr. Ochmonek, Alf's neighbour. Cheers. 🍺

These last three movies have been so good man. I am spoiled. I don't think I'm going to be able to emotionally withstand the next actual turkey you guys watch after having my hopes raised so high.

Feels like these are buddies sitting next to me. Just having fun together. Great party. Keep it up. Always fun to watch.

Sam Firstenberg is awesome, he also directed American Ninja 1 and 2, Ninja 3 - The Domination, Avenging Force, Cyborg Cop 1 and 2, American Samurai, The Alternate and other good gems.

The commentary was phenomenal! 😂😂😂

Every time Dave is on, you just know its going to be funny. I am not sure what he was rubbing in the blanket though....

sounds like my drunk aunt just yelling in the backround dying to be heard... lol. funny video most ridiculous ninjas ive seen yet

this was amazing, I love watching you guys. side note: I'm just guessing but I'd bet the eyeliner wasn't just bad movie makeup but was meant to be like the samurai of old, they rocked the eyeliner and were encouraged to carry makeup on their person into battle so the could die looking their best.