Kid Ninja
June 6th 2009 21:50
The kids these days are all into High School Musical. They just love watching Zac Efron and the gang singing and dancing their little sweaters and pom-poms off. They love to emulate the scenes, singing along to their favourite songs. There's a steady stream of merchandise from singing dolls to lunch boxes featuring the squeaky clean, bleached-white toothy grinning starlets who no doubt will go on to be the next big thing in the charts.
When I was a kid it was ninja movies.
There was Ninja Massacre, Ninja Strike Force, Ninja Vs. Ninja even Zombie Vs. Ninja - although I never saw that one. The one I remember most though is Revenge of the Ninja, starring Shô Kosugi, as Cho Tanaka. The movie begins with Cho's family being massacred by a Ninja death squad. He and his son, Kane flee to America and open a gallery with Cho's friend and business partner, Braden.
However, the gallery is a front for smuggling cocaine, and when Cho's son witnesses his first hand, Braden must eliminate him.
Revenge of the Ninja was part of the Ninja Trilogy, which began with Enter the Ninja and concluded with Ninja III: Domination.
The one resounding image I had of that movie was when Sho, after dscovering his son has been kidnapped by Braden, takes out the sword he swore he'd never use in combat again and breaks the seal.
Admittedly, the movie now looks more like the 1980's live action TV version of Spiderman, except with ninjas, but the fight scenes still pack a punch and like I said, the scene with the sword being released from it's bond sent a shiver of nostalgia down my spine.
So if you're tired of the all singing all dancing Zac and you're looking for something a little zestier, try a ninja movie; it never did me any harm.
When I was a kid it was ninja movies.
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There was Ninja Massacre, Ninja Strike Force, Ninja Vs. Ninja even Zombie Vs. Ninja - although I never saw that one. The one I remember most though is Revenge of the Ninja, starring Shô Kosugi, as Cho Tanaka. The movie begins with Cho's family being massacred by a Ninja death squad. He and his son, Kane flee to America and open a gallery with Cho's friend and business partner, Braden.
However, the gallery is a front for smuggling cocaine, and when Cho's son witnesses his first hand, Braden must eliminate him.
Revenge of the Ninja was part of the Ninja Trilogy, which began with Enter the Ninja and concluded with Ninja III: Domination.
The one resounding image I had of that movie was when Sho, after dscovering his son has been kidnapped by Braden, takes out the sword he swore he'd never use in combat again and breaks the seal.
Admittedly, the movie now looks more like the 1980's live action TV version of Spiderman, except with ninjas, but the fight scenes still pack a punch and like I said, the scene with the sword being released from it's bond sent a shiver of nostalgia down my spine.
So if you're tired of the all singing all dancing Zac and you're looking for something a little zestier, try a ninja movie; it never did me any harm.
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