Full metal ninja
Movie | |
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German title | Full metal ninja |
Original title | Full metal ninja |
Country of production | Hong Kong |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1989 |
length | 94 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 18 |
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Director | Godfrey Ho |
script | George Chu |
production |
Betty Chan Joseph Lai |
music | Stephen Tsang |
camera | Paul Wong |
cut | Homer Kwong |
occupation | |
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Full Metal Ninja (aka: Metallic Fury ) is a low-budget Ninja film of Hong Kong - director Godfrey Ho from the year 1989 .
action
Eagle survives General Lung's massacre of his village while his parents are killed and his wife Jade is kidnapped by Lung's henchmen. Eagle then spends months practicing kung fu in order to later avenge himself for the pain and loss caused him and to save Jade.
Meanwhile, the ninja master Boris, who came to China years ago, and his henchmen support General Lung in his evil plans to build a ninja empire. Little does Lung suspect that Boris himself intends to kill him in order to take over the ninja empire.
These plans can only be thwarted by an alliance between Eagles and Boris' archenemy Leon. Leon, himself a ninja master, uses newfangled firearms to the annoyance of his enemies and thus has an advantage over Boris. Ultimately, Eagle reaches General Lung's palace with the help of Leon, kills him in a grand final duel and frees his wife from its clutches.
criticism
The film has an IMDB rating of 4.7 from 70 reviews.
Trivia
- The film was shot by Godfrey Ho using a cut and paste method. H. Most of the film consists of recordings from another already existing and unpublished film, and has been changed in the sense of a new synchronization and expanded by newly filmed scenes
- Film A, from which the original footage is taken, is Warrior (Mu-In) from 1984
- One of the nine films by Pierre Kirby and with Zombie vs. Ninja the last before he died in 1990
Web links
- Full Metal Ninja in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Full Metal Ninja in the online movie database
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Pierre Kirby at pierrekirby.toonfur.com, accessed August 13, 2012