Scene of the Week: Like Father Like Son
Shô Kosugi wasted little time indoctrinating his sons, Shane and Kane, into the world of martial arts. As soon as Shô could start training them he did and those skills would pay off both sooner and...
Revenge of the Ninja
Movie Kumite: Revenge of the Ninja vs. Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
Shô Kosugi and Scott Adkins have quite a bit in common. Both are practitioners of the martial arts. Both are international action movie superstars. Both were even born on June 17th. Kosugi was born on June...
An Interview with Sam Firstenberg
When I first began writing for Bulletproof Action, interviewing director Sam Firstenberg was only a dream. But now that dream has become reality. One of Sam Firstenberg’s most famous films is the 1984 cult classic, Breakin’...
Scene of the Week: Playground Smackdown!
In the world of ninja movies, it is one of the best. In the world of Shô Kosugi movies, it is the best. 1983’s Revenge of the Ninja is also one of the rare times where a sequel...
Movie Kumite: American Ninja 2 vs. Revenge of the Ninja
Last September two ninja films from the legendary Cannon Films library battled it out in our Movie Kumite. In that battle, American Ninja destroyed Enter the Ninja. I knew at some point Sho Kosugi needed a chance...
Scene of the Week: Revenge of the Ninja Final Fight
For our final Scene of the Week for 2016, I thought we would take a look at the climax of one of my favorite 1980’s actioners, Revenge of the Ninja! Revenge of the Ninja is the...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Revenge of the Ninja
The fine folks over at Kino Lorber recently released the Cannon classic Revenge of the Ninja on Blu-Ray for the first time. Revenge of the Ninja was the second film in Cannon’s Ninja Trilogy, it was preceded by...
5 Questions: Ninja III: The Domination
The toughest part of doing a 5 Questions post on Ninja III: The Domination was narrowing it down to 5 Questions. This movie will make you question pretty much everything. Especially everything you knew about ninja...
