Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

SteinMo What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

dafrosts There's an assassination plot afoot for your boss, General Kuang (Ti Lung) no less, so what do you do? Yup, hire people right off the street without asking for credentials. Sure, they're all Ninjas sent to fulfill the plot. Good thing the General's son has sought the Master of the 3 Arts to help protect his father. The Master of the 3 Arts gives te son the names of his 3 top students Tung, Mao & Chu (Lu Feng, Phillip Kwok Chun-Fung & Chiang Sheng respectively).Mao and Chu infiltrate the General's house staff while Tung surveys the perimeter as a time keeper (unsure what the actual title for the job is). It doesn't take long for each to find one of the Ninja spies. Chu deals with a kitchen staffer trying to stab Kuang during dinner. Kuang demands all his guards stay back to permit Chu to show his skills as a body guard. There is the usual enjoyable acrobatics from a Chiang Sheng fight.While Chu is battle the cook, Tung is outside fighting a disguised guard - with a pizza pan. Yup, Tung is using what looks like a pizza pan to defeat the 2nd Ninja. It definitely made me rethink defense techniques if someone breaks into the house. Mao handles the female ninja with a gift box. You're treated to Phillip's tumble and attack style during their fight. A few kicks here and there and one more Ninja bites the dust.The plot says the Ninjas want a Chinese fight book on top of wanting to remove Kuang from the planet. My CC kept showing it as a Ninja fight book, which makes absolutely no sense, unless the Chinese were studying it for ways to defeat Ninjas. No offense to Ninjas, but Chinese Wushu is far superior imho and therefore they wouldn't need a Ninja fight book.The final fight occurs while Kuang is on patrol. His son has been kidnapped by Fukushima Shigeru (who's played the Japanese baddie in a few movies I've seen). Mao, Tung and Chu have to fight through color coordinated Ninjas to reach the General's son and Shigeru. Chu gets the worst of the deal before they eliminate Shigeru. Proving once again, Wushu is the best.Two of the Five Venoms were absent in the film, but the strong chemistry the Venoms have as a team still shined through. I would definitely recommend this to anyone. Even with the ridiculousness of how easily the Japanese infiltrated Kuang's house.

Leofwine_draca NINJA IN THE DEADLY TRAP is a Taiwanese action film about court officials and their allies battling a Japanese team of ninja assassins who are desperate to get their hands on a priceless book. It's notable for featuring no less than four famous film stars from the Shaw Brothers stable; Ti Lung headlines the piece as the noble prince, but he doesn't take part in any of the action and he's here for name brand alone in little more than an extended cameo so don't get too excited by his name.The main draw is the presence of the three Venoms stars Chiang Sheng, Phillip Kwok, and Lu Feng. Kwok directs as well. IMDb lists the film's year of release as 1981, but I would put it later as this feels like a response to the Chang Cheh Shaw classic FIVE ELEMENT NINJAS, with the return of the gold lame suit ninjas at one point. Inevitably, as a low budget feature this isn't as good as a Shaw film, but I found it quite entertaining regardless.The bits where the Venom stars aren't on screen aren't that interesting, but the trio of actors have plenty of action and all of it is fun, if not quite top tier. Lu Feng plays a weapons expert and it's a pleasure to see him partaking in a good guy role, a rarity in his career. Chiang Sheng is, as ever, the joker of the piece and his role reminded me of the one he had in CRIPPLED AVENGERS a little. Kwok is rarely seen - too busy directing - but shows off some great athletic skills at times. The villain of the piece is the reliable Yasuaki Kurata, who makes for nearly as great a ninja baddie as Chan Wai-Man and Sho Kosugi. Things culminate in a decent extended fight scene, inevitably the highlight of the piece.

winner55 This film was put together after the closing of Shaw Bros. production studio by three actors who had achieved fame as members of director Chang Cheh's "Venoms" ensemble. They clearly learned a lot from Chang Cheh during that period, and this film is very handsomely put together and presented, and the acrobatically choreographed martial arts are precisely staged and well photographed. There are a number of weaknesses to the film, largely having to do with pacing; this film seems to go on far longer than it actually does, because the dramatic momentum is diverted toward the three heroes, when it clearly ought to lead toward the general, perfunctorily enacted by Ti Lung, who is given little to do but sit around looking aristocratic. 3 of the original Venoms and Ti Lung? this casting should itself produce electricity; instead, the filmmakers depend inordinately on the ninja to develop suspense, and, except for old pro Kurata, the performances of the ninjas are all pretty flat.Still, as an "old school" kung-fu flick, this is solid entertainment - as fair a means of spending 95 minutes as one could think of, as long as one isn't looking for anything special.

Mick-55 I am constantly pleasantly surprised by old kung fu flicks. Typical of the genre, anti-Japanese sentiment makes for a good action flick, as Ninjas try to bump of the Chinese general who keeps Japanese pirates at bay. With the aid of three martial arts experts, the generals son seek to save the generals life. There isn't much in the way of charater development, and the Ninja spies are pretty obvious, but some of the fight scenes are pretty good, including one of the better sword fights I have seen, between a chinese and a samuri. Well worth a look for the kung fu buffs.