banzai-3 Reviews

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

This movie had me cringing - not out of fear, but out of embarrassment.

[26 April 1999]

This is quite possibly one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It makes a poor attempt at humor, and most of the time the jokes had me at a loss of words because of their random nature. The "scary" scenes were mostly composed of a bunch of guys in bad costumes, all screaming at the same time. The movie also tried to add a few "sad" scenes, where one character mourns over the death of another. Unfortunately, these scenes are awkward and out of place. Dennis Hopper's character was awful, and the ending of the film made me wonder why I had wasted the electricity to play this tape in my VCR.

Enter the Ninja (1981)

A fun ninja flick for the tolerant viewer

[26 April 1999]

This movie has two sides. The ninja side is very well done, with tons of ninja weaponry, fighting techniques, and violence. The other side is cheesy 1980-esque humor with the occasional barroom brawl. If you can tolerate a few corny jokes and guys in tight jeans, then maybe this is the movie for you. I give this movie four shurikens (****) out of five.