Ninjas

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Bullet Points: Renegade Ninjas

I remember a time when young Chad Cruise would wander around the video store for two hours just reading the backs of VHS tapes and trying to figure out what craziness might happen in them based...

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Bullet Points: Enter the Ninja

On one hand, 1981’s Enter the Ninja is heralded as the catalyst for the ninja craze of the 1980’s. On the other hand, 1981’s Enter the Ninja is overshadowed by the movies that followed it in...

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Scene of the Week: American Ninja 2

For those keeping score at home, this will be the third time that 1987’s American Ninja 2: The Confrontation has been featured in the Scene of the Week spotlight. Which is a testament to how much...

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Scene of the Week: Pray for Death

Bulletproof Action has paid tribute to Shô Kosugi on numerous occasions and rightfully so. And while this week’s Scene of the Week from 1985’s Pray for Death is another great display of Kosugi’s ninja awesomeness, I...

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5 Questions: Lethal Ninja

Before I get into my 5 Questions about Lethal Ninja, let me answer a few questions that you may have… The laypeople and more mainstream action fans out there, who are not hardcore action movie fanatics...

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Bullet Points: American Ninja 4: The Annihilation

By the time 1991 rolled around and American Ninja 4: The Annihilation was released, Cannon Group had seen better times. The glory days of releasing dozens of films each year with the hopes that a select...

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Bullet Points: Mask of the Ninja

Thanks to the visionary Menahem Golan and the folks at Hasbro that came up with the G.I. Joe characters of Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, I am a fan of ninjas being in movies and on...

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Bullet Points: Ninja Busters

Paul Kyriazi’s Ninja Busters has an interesting backstory. The movie was actually produced back in 1984… but thanks to some motion picture industry red tape, the movie was never released and found itself seemingly stuck in...

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Bullet Points: Pray for Death

There is a great deal of debate among Shô Kosugi fans on which of his revenge themed flicks is the better movie, Revenge of the Ninja or Pray for Death. Some Shô Kosugi fans have their definitive favorite, while others...