Tuesday, February 22, 2022

#33 Chinese Super Ninja, aka Five Elements Ninja

Chinese Super Ninja (1982)

directed by 
screenplay by
Chang Cheh and Ni Kuang

Another movie from Hong Kong's over-the-top director of somewhat fetishized bare male chests and arms, Chang Cheh. There are some splendid moments when the various elemental ninja forces fight, and Lo Mang is always a welcome presence in a kick flick, but overall the movie is meh. The plot involves Japanese martial artists who believe they've been wronged by a Chinese martial arts school and connive with another Chinese school to destroy the first. There's spying and killing and lots, and lots and lots (and lots!) of very vibrant blood splashed all over the place and a few fantastic fight scenes, but overall, the movie isn't worth our keeping it.

Lo Mang


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