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Originally shot in 1984 and not finished until 2021, New York Ninja is about a sound technician for a news station (John Liu) who becomes a vigilante ninja in New York City after his pregnan... Read allOriginally shot in 1984 and not finished until 2021, New York Ninja is about a sound technician for a news station (John Liu) who becomes a vigilante ninja in New York City after his pregnant wife is murdered.Originally shot in 1984 and not finished until 2021, New York Ninja is about a sound technician for a news station (John Liu) who becomes a vigilante ninja in New York City after his pregnant wife is murdered.
Don Wilson
- John Liu
- (voice)
- (as Don "The Dragon" Wilson)
- …
Linnea Quigley
- Randi Rydell
- (voice)
Matt Mitler
- Freddy Cufflinks
- (voice)
Ginger Lynn
- Nita Liu
- (voice)
- (as Ginger Lynn Allen)
Zihan Zhao
- The Kid
- (voice)
Bill Timoney
- The Pale Man
- (voice)
- …
Darius Churchman
- Ricco
- (voice)
- …
Robb Moreira
- The Mayor
- (voice)
- …
Tom Wayland
- Switchblade
- (voice)
- …
Lee Baptiste
- Street Lion
- (voice)
- …
Wayne Grayson
- Rattail
- (voice)
Ryan Andes
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Dan Becker
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJohn Liu originally shot the film in 1984 in New York City. The film remained unfinished until Vinegar Syndrome found the original unedited camera negative in their film archive. With the sound elements and script lost, producer/editor Kurtis Spieler finished the film and hired a new cast to dub the voices as well as the band Voyag3r to create an original score.
- GoofsWhen the wife is stabbed at the start of the film, the knife is obviously made of a soft, flexible material, since it's bending as she grasps it.
- Crazy credits"Due to a lack of records, we are unable to individually credit all of the cast and crew members from the original 1984 production. We would like to thank all those involved in the original production for their hard work and dedication to the project. We hope this version of the film will make you proud."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Best of the Worst: New York Ninja (2021)
- SoundtracksN.Y. Ninja
Performed by Bronx Style Bob
Written & Produced by Holbrook, Kelley, Khaleel
Raging Music (ASCAP)
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If you're into films such as The Room or works by Neil Breen this will be right up your alley. It has some seriously bad action by the main character and his voice certainly doesn't fit his body how bad the leads voice dub is if that makes any sense. It would be like a big fat black woman was voiced by a little old korean woman with a very thick accent. This film has a similar fate to Miami Connection which was shot in the mid 80s and then finally came out 30+ years later.
The action in this movie is stiffer than Ron Jeremy who was probably shooting his own films a few blocks away. We take for granted good fight choreography and.flexible actors who can kick higher than someones chest when they do martial arts as for the most part it just comes off like drunk fathers wrestling after a few cold ones.
The musical score fits the era, especially of the movies budget where it's probably on the cheapest musical keyboard, where it almost sounds like 8 bit Nintendo music of that era. Then of course you get the odd bit of rock music but for the most part it's Nintendo music.
Some films this reminded me of besides the ones mentioned are the Death Wish series with Charles Bronson, then we've got bits and pieces of stuff like Spiderman or any of the other trillion super hero movies as well as stuff you'd expect from a Tromaville film. Perhaps Toxic Avenger which Toxie kind of sounds like main character John as well as the questionable costumes from Nuke'em High.
I love the over the top bad guys. It's so over the top you just laugh at them. It can't be intentional. The chauffer who they called "Rat tail" is almost memorable. Did anyone on set have any bleach? Our ninja looks like he's using his urine soaked sheets for the costume. Everything is whiter than his outfit. I don't care what anyone says, you see even a bit of someones face though you'll know who they are. Some other stupid scenes was when he nursed him and this random boy back to health. The 10-ish year old boy asks if he'll be his friend than 7 movie weeks later they are fishing and the only thing more stuffed than John's speedo is egg rolls at a local Asian restaurant.
I can't wait to show this gem to my friends. I enjoyed this more than a lot of garbage from Tom Cruise, Matt Daemon and so forth lately.
The action in this movie is stiffer than Ron Jeremy who was probably shooting his own films a few blocks away. We take for granted good fight choreography and.flexible actors who can kick higher than someones chest when they do martial arts as for the most part it just comes off like drunk fathers wrestling after a few cold ones.
The musical score fits the era, especially of the movies budget where it's probably on the cheapest musical keyboard, where it almost sounds like 8 bit Nintendo music of that era. Then of course you get the odd bit of rock music but for the most part it's Nintendo music.
Some films this reminded me of besides the ones mentioned are the Death Wish series with Charles Bronson, then we've got bits and pieces of stuff like Spiderman or any of the other trillion super hero movies as well as stuff you'd expect from a Tromaville film. Perhaps Toxic Avenger which Toxie kind of sounds like main character John as well as the questionable costumes from Nuke'em High.
I love the over the top bad guys. It's so over the top you just laugh at them. It can't be intentional. The chauffer who they called "Rat tail" is almost memorable. Did anyone on set have any bleach? Our ninja looks like he's using his urine soaked sheets for the costume. Everything is whiter than his outfit. I don't care what anyone says, you see even a bit of someones face though you'll know who they are. Some other stupid scenes was when he nursed him and this random boy back to health. The 10-ish year old boy asks if he'll be his friend than 7 movie weeks later they are fishing and the only thing more stuffed than John's speedo is egg rolls at a local Asian restaurant.
I can't wait to show this gem to my friends. I enjoyed this more than a lot of garbage from Tom Cruise, Matt Daemon and so forth lately.
- talllwoood13
- Oct 29, 2023
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Нью-йоркский ниндзя
- Filming locations
- New York City, New York, USA(location)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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