Mirai Ninja |
Japan • 1988 • 71m •
   • Directed by: Keita Amemiya. • Starring: Hanbei Kawai, Kunihiko Ida, Eri Morishita, Makoto Yokoyama, Satoshi Itô, Fuyukichi Maki, Masaaki Emori, Shôhei Yamamoto, Mizuho Yoshida, Hiroaki Mita, Hideki Sasaki, Chikara Aragaki, Kiichirou Tai. • Music by: Kôichi Ota.   In a future time a war is being waged between humans and cyborgs. One of the elite cyberninja of the enemy goes rogue and sets out to assist the royal family after their headstrong princess is captured and destined to become the final sacrifice needed to summon the cyborg legions digital overlord from another dimension.
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I realize I haven't said anything about the movie yet, but that's just as well. The more you discover for yourself as you watch, the more brazen and outlandish the whole thing becomes. Suffice to say, it's a Japanese rip-off of "Star Wars" with "Power Rangers"-type villains and some of the silliest-looking ninja I've ever seen in my life. (Once you see how the mecha-ninja get around, you'll know what I'm talking about.)
Calling this movie "reminiscent of 'Star Wars'" -- as somebody did in the blurb on the front of the box -- is amusing since it's set in a quasi-futuristic feudal Japan (with laser guns and sword battles existing side-by-side), and "Star Wars" itself is "reminiscent" of Akira Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress" (i.e. Lucas stole characters and plot points wholesale from it). Does that make this a second generation rip-off? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I think it does.
Review by craigjclark from the Internet Movie Database.
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