Ninja Thunderbolt (1984)

01/01/1984Crime, Action1h 31m
  • User
    Score

Overview

The Ninja Empire has been run by an evil master and one member decides to leave the empire. The ex-Ninja wants a Hong Kong detective to track down the new leader and end his reign of terror. "Cut-and-paste" transformation of Taiwanese movie "To catch a thief" (1984; directed by Gam Ming) with new Hong Kong footage.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Richard Harrison

  2. Cast 1

    Don Wong Tao

  3. Cast 1

    Yasuaki Kurata

  4. Cast 1

    Chiang Tao

  5. Cast 1

    John Ladalski

  6. Pierre Tremblay

  7. Chow Kong

  8. Cast 1

    Cheng Fu-Hung

If there’s a Mount Rushmore of so-bad-it’s-fun cinema, Godfrey Ho is etched into the granite with a katana. And his 1984 film Ninja Thunderbolt is one of his most gloriously incoherent offerings. Slashed together from various incomplete projects and a few scenes of stock footage, entire sequences are unwatchable, filmed in pitch blackness with ninjas flailing about in the dark. There is even a jarring detour into a ski resort chase, complete with abrupt costume changes and what may or may not be stock footage of a dance party. But I would be lying if I said I didn't have a good time watchin...

Status Released

Original LanguageChinese 

Budget-

Revenue -

keywords