After just completing his training at a ninja school, an army vet travels to the Phillippines and finds himself battling a land grabber who wants his war-buddy's property. He must also fight his rival, who happens to be fellow Ninja, Sho Kosugi.
Enter the Ninja, the first of the Ninja trilogy, oddly stars Franco Nero as the white-clad ninja and has a good screen presence but it's obvious he's not doing the fights, which are ok, but is doubled by Mike Stone' - a Karate champion and a former bodyguard for Elvis. I'm surprised they didn't cast Chuck Norris orJoe Lewis in the role, but Nero is an offbeat and ok casting, though his character can be quite dubious when he sleeps with his friend's wife after his friend tells him that, er, he can't rise to it anymore.
The film itself has a "land grabber" plot, and it's fairly average here, but it's the Ninja elements that bolsters the film a bit. The opening scene is great as is the finale. Sho Kosugi steals the scene as the villain in an ok Ninja action. But it isn't great. Just passable.
Enter the Ninja, the first of the Ninja trilogy, oddly stars Franco Nero as the white-clad ninja and has a good screen presence but it's obvious he's not doing the fights, which are ok, but is doubled by Mike Stone' - a Karate champion and a former bodyguard for Elvis. I'm surprised they didn't cast Chuck Norris orJoe Lewis in the role, but Nero is an offbeat and ok casting, though his character can be quite dubious when he sleeps with his friend's wife after his friend tells him that, er, he can't rise to it anymore.
The film itself has a "land grabber" plot, and it's fairly average here, but it's the Ninja elements that bolsters the film a bit. The opening scene is great as is the finale. Sho Kosugi steals the scene as the villain in an ok Ninja action. But it isn't great. Just passable.