Interesteg
What makes it different from others?
Brightlyme
i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.
Konterr
Brilliant and touching
Skyler
Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Icarus Tannhäuser
Wow. I loved martial arts movies as a kid. I studied Tae Kwon Do and I lived and breathed everything remotely pertaining to Asian fighting arts. I wanted to see this movie way back in the day but we didn't have a VCR and it didn't show in local theaters. The same goes for the Shô Kosugi's next movie, "Revenge of the Ninja." I still haven't seen it. The best I could do was see "Ninja III The Domination (which I'm now afraid to revisit).So anyway, "Enter" was a terrible movie. The movie opens up with a white ninja being chased by red ninjas in a jungle setting. Seriously? White is for snow, red is for....wtf is red for? Anyway, unbelievable. Then when the masks are off, the white ninja is a white guy. No big deal but his body is completely unsuited for martial arts, at least ninjutsu. When you think of ninjas, you think of thin acrobatic men. Franco Nero, the star, is a tallish brutish wrestler-esque dude with a 70s porn mustache. I just have no words. I have nowhere to start because there was so much wrong with this movie from the star to the plot to the lunacy of the movie logic. Hell, in the final 30 minutes, Nero, again in his white ninja outfit in tropical Manila with not a snowbank in 1000 miles, enters the building of the bad guy with two swords, a blowgun, a bow, arrows, sais, shruiken.....it's completely unbelievable. At some point he loses both his swords and yet, he still has another sword. Obviously he has mastered sphincter concealment. I admit that this review sucks because there is just so much not to like I don't know how to articulate it. I hated this movie after the first 10 minutes but I decided to gut it out until the end and now I regret it. If you want to live forever, this movie will make time feel like it is standing still.
trashgang
Enter The Ninja came out on the now famous Cannon label. It was the start of Cannon's legendary action movies and also Enter The Ninja is the godfather of the American ninja flicks. It started the craziness of ninja flicks in the eighties. So it took me exactly 30 years to discover this flick due that I'm collecting VHS and came across many Cannon flicks. This one is luckily available on DVD but so many Cannon's aren't. Don't expect to have a real gem hear. The actors weren't that good and it's more about the fighting scene's that you watch it. The effects used were the real stuff, CGI wasn't available back then for a flick that only costs a million and half dollars to make. But it is a classic and also a Franco Nero classic. Many do find the fight scene's laughable and stupid but again, this was made by a label known for low budget flicks, exploitation and horror (Lifeforce "Tobe Hooper" was their first outcome). Just watch it for fun.
gregsmart
This movie is possibly the deepest, most philosophical meditation on life, being, friendship, love, and ninjas ever produced for the silver screen. Prepare to have your mind blown, your foundations shaken, your ideas about reality questioned - prepare to Enter the Ninja. I first saw this movie as a child, but by the the time the credits were rolling, I was a man. I don't want to give away any spoilers, but this movie is about more than just ninjas. Don't get me wrong the ninja parts are spectacular, but this film is more about the intense drama and top- notch acting.Which brings me to my man Franco Nero — probably one of the most under- rated white ninja actors in the biz. I'm sick to death of hearing about that dude from American Ninja. Nero would sleep with his wife, and ninja star him so quick it's not even funny. Still waters run deep in this one.
HumanoidOfFlesh
"Enter the Ninja" is the first of the trilogy.The other two are Sam Firstenberg's "Revenge of The Ninja", and "Ninja III: The Domination".Franco Nero plays white ninja and Sho Kosugi plays black ninja.Nero is helping a husband and wife try to stop the trouble gangs are causing where they live(in Phillipines)."Enter the Ninja" is a very cheesy martial arts flick with plenty of bloody violence.The weapons of ninja include sai,shinobi-gatana,tonfa,nunchaku,manriki,blowgun,shiroken,bow and arrow and spear-staff.The use of smoke bombs is also quite effective.Despite the violence the film is often light-hearted and quite humorous.The final showdown between Nero and Kosugi is truly memorable.7 ninjas out of 10.
