Interesting. I saw that she was in a movie called Breakin’ and I plan to check that out at some point.

I own every one of those on blu Guess that let's us know where my Cannon fandom lies

Even though it ultimately had a decent box office, I think it was a little disappointing when it opened. This was Lucinda Dickey's first movie, but it was released after Breakin' which was a big hit. So Ninja 3 not living up to that, combined with Breakin' 2 completely flopping, led to Breakin' 3 being cancelled and they ended up giving King Solomon's Mine to some actress named Sharon Stone.

I'll rewatch it tonight. Maybe grab some V8 on the way home... Also, the first two films (also Cannon) are fun too. Even if they do not involve ninja ghost possession

I watched Ninja III last night and I have to say, this is a strong start to the B grade movie club. It's fast paced and never feels like it drags. It has classic 80's B grade acting and the soundtrack and style are great. The opening has to be one of coolest B grade movie openings I've ever seen. So over the top and funny. The martial arts are a really strong point in this movie. I did some research after watching it and wasn't surprised to read that the actor was an expert in a lot of different forms of martial arts. The cinematography and directing were well done and captured all the action perfectly. I really liked some of the shots towards the end in the desert. The acting was your standard B grade acting. I liked the main actress, she wasn't great, but she did a pretty good job with the role. The cop actors were rather bad though. I looked into the budget for this movie and it was roughly $2mil, which is a decent size for a B grade movie in the 80's, but they have grossed around $7mil, so a pretty good return I'd say. On the Reed movie scale I'd probably give this about 6.5-7.

Never seen er. Excited to toss this one on tonight.

This reminds me of Ridley Scott and Dan O'bannon denying for years, or perhaps it was even decades; I'm uncertain, that they were inspired by the Mario Bava film "PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES" from 1965. They claimed that they had never seen the film and did not relent for a long time, but then years or decades later finally admitted to having seen the film prior to making ALIEN. I guess they didn't want to be accused of being rip-offs in the early days of ALIEN and then enough time passed that everyone could simply see it rather for the "heavy inspiration" that it really was. PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES, too cerebral for a B movie club??

In an interview with the Ninja Golf game developer, he said they were originally intending to make a Caddyshack game and just happened to mix in ninjas because they were popular in the 80s. No mention of being influenced by this movie... Yea, I ain't buying that! Since it was my pick, I obviously really liked this movie. There is so much to unpack in it, I felt the urge to start this club so I could have a place to discuss it. From the moment you seen that Cannon group logo you know your going to be having a good time. There's something cozy and refreshing about a company that just made unabashed schlock entertainment. The opening scene with the golf course attack is a strong start! (the first of many ninja fights that happen in broad daylight) The blow dart into the barrel of gun causing it backfire was pretty rad. Some really cool stunt work including him flipping onto a the roof a cop car, swinging to a tree via a grappling hook while a car and motorcycle launch into the water, then climbing up the tree and clinging to the bottom of a helicopter. When the cops go to take out the evil ninja, they pump nothing less than 200 bullets into him. It reminded me of when they shot up Jason in Jason Goes to Hell: Christie being a telephone linewoman by day who moonlights as an aerobics instructor felt very Flashdance inspired, but I checked the release dates and this was probably filmed around the same time. A NINJA has just attacked and killed an important scientist, his security guards, and over a dozen cops!!! But it doesn't really seem like that big of deal back at the station when Christie comes in to give her statement. In fact, officer Billy thinks this is a great time to hit on her. He offers her a Coke. Sorry, but she "doesn't use soft drinks!" (She prefers V-8 ) Back at her ultimate 80s warehouse apartment she is playing a lost and unreleased arcade trackball game called "Bouncer" that never made it to mass production due a series of unfortunate events. From the gameplay footage, it kind of reminds me of Picnic Paranoia, except instead of protecting picnic blankets from ants, your protecting bar patron's tables from annoying intruders. This game will later play an important role as the conduit through which the ninja demon spirit takes full possession of her. I'm also a big fan of the roof ventilation fan she keeps as an ornament on top of her refrigerator. I could spend a long time only talking about the set decoration of her apartment! I'll have to talk about the rest of the movie later because this is already getting a little long.

Here's my breakdown. Great movie. Good Martial arts. Great Special Effects. Relatively Coherent Story. In spite of all my peanut gallery comments I very much enjoyed this film and would recommend it. In all seriousness this B Movie is probably better than 90% of all the "hundreds of millions of dollars to produce" films that I've seen." On a scale of 0 - 5 stars I'd give it a very solid 17 1/2.

Oh, yeah I never saw the prompt to vote.

I missed the vote bump but I’m happy with anything. Can’t make the viewing party but that’s a good idea and I’ll try to make future ones.

I can't do a watch party but I will (re)watch it

As the only movie to get any votes this weekend, it looks like Ninja 3 The Domination is the pick. You can watch it here if you don't have other access to it already: https://www.tokyvideo.com/video/ninja-iii-the-domination-1984 I'm down for a watch party on Discord this Friday if we can get at 3 or more people.

poll added!

Glad I’m not the only one who is just going to watch them all because they all sounded interesting Planning to start on Nightmare City tonight.

Would a nerd own TWO copies of Ninja III? I...oh, wait. Probably...

Lol nerd.

Let's do this

Heard good things about Destroy All Neighbors. Seems like the perfect cheese ball film for something like this.

You need to join a regular movie club with all the stuff Reed posts in the movie debate threads before you can even think about watching B movies Just kidding, hope you can watch a few.

I hereby submit that I will make a concerted effort to watch the movies put forward in this club.

"Nightmare City" from 1980 is one of my favorite B's. Great example of a film that does some things well but is also ridiculous bad. It's on Youtube in Italian w/English Subs. I'll just leave it here for consideration... "Burial Ground: The Nights Of Terror" from 1981 is also fantastic for much the same reasons.. Also on Youtube, and in English...

Great idea for a club! I'm ok with watching most things as long as it is a 4 or higher on imdb Both of those sound good so I'm fine with either.

A ridiculously over-the-top film "inspired" by The Thing and Alien? Yes, please. Oh, and the cast?